ivanvector comments on PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians

PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by aeppelcyning@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[–] ivanvector@piefed.ca 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Trading primarily with the United States instead of building other trade partnerships has been our weakness since the Avro Arrow was cancelled. It's about time our leaders started trying to do something about it.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

This is why Charles de Gaulle was onto something when he built France to be more independent and resilient to outside influence. He had many flaws, but that was not one of them.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

since the Avro Arrow was cancelled.

And before.

The Arrow was killed due to pressure from the American government.

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