When I arrived in Canada in 1970 I was surprised at how "American" we were. In those days it was largely social - TV shows, movies, literature, products... I have watched since then as our culture has been stripped away, our industries sold off, with no effort to diversify our markets. It is total political laziness to sell all we have to the greedy monster south of us, especially as we all aware that in any trade negotiations we make, we are the ones that get beaten up. As but one example of the one-sided dealings with this "friend" of ours, check out the agreement thrashed out over the creation of the St Lawrence Seaway. It's a joke. We were too focused on selling to American refineries to build our own, we were so focused south that we failed to sell our oil east and west. Yes, we can boycott America - in my small way I do anyway - but, frankly, it's much too late. We should have been acting positively decades ago, but Canada is far too complacent and self-congratulatory. We are in this position now because of the blindness of our political leaders over decades. How was I able to watch this happening over the years, when none of our politicians could? I'm no genius.
When I arrived in Canada in 1970 I was surprised at how "American" we were. In those days it was largely social - TV shows, movies, literature, products... I have watched since then as our culture has been stripped away, our industries sold off, with no effort to diversify our markets. It is total political laziness to sell all we have to the greedy monster south of us, especially as we all aware that in any trade negotiations we make, we are the ones that get beaten up. As but one example of the one-sided dealings with this "friend" of ours, check out the agreement thrashed out over the creation of the St Lawrence Seaway. It's a joke. We were too focused on selling to American refineries to build our own, we were so focused south that we failed to sell our oil east and west. Yes, we can boycott America - in my small way I do anyway - but, frankly, it's much too late. We should have been acting positively decades ago, but Canada is far too complacent and self-congratulatory. We are in this position now because of the blindness of our political leaders over decades. How was I able to watch this happening over the years, when none of our politicians could? I'm no genius.
The road here was paved with vested interests
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