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"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is having a moment.
While every leader in the world has to grapple with the abrupt and arbitrary
decision-making of United States President Donald Trump, few have had to do so
with such high stakes as America’s neighbour and ostensible ally to the north.
With more than two-thirds of Canadian exports bound for the US, bilateral trade
is a matter of economic life and death for Canada. Since his return to office
in January 2025, Trump has made repeated references to Canada becoming
America’s “51st state” in an effort to put economic and political pressure on
its northern neighbour.
Despite this, Carney has met the challenge with rare candour.
In his recent speech at this year’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Carney
gave the world a word for the transformations now underway, describing a
“rupture” in the international rules-based order.
The speech was remarkable in its honesty on other fronts, as well. Effectively,
Carney acknowledged what everyone knows, but no one in a position of power has
previously admitted: even before Trump’s return to the White House for a second
term, the US-led liberal international order was deeply unfair in its
distribution of prosperity and security."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
