Mark Carney came to Ottawa from the world of central banks and Davos, and this tag follows what that means for Canada: the trade barriers against its closest ally, the new world order speeches, the hate laws aimed at the church, the Chinese cars at the border and the separatists in Alberta. The articles read his foreign policy through the geopolitics of North America and ask whether Canada is drifting from the United States on purpose.
Canadian PM Mark Carney says the international order will be "rebuilt out of Europe." But West Virginia — America's second poorest state — already outpaces Germany's GDP per capita. Europe can't fund its own military, can't unify its languages, can't unite ethnic groups, and can't agree on a common army. Tweets aren't a world order.
Carney claims “the U.S. has changed,” but Canada has long maintained trade barriers hitting 270% on American dairy. President Trump finally confronted Ottawa's protectionist supply-management system, over-quota tariffs and “buy Canadian” rules choking U.S. exports. Real allies don't hide behind 300% walls then demand reciprocity from Washington.
