Discussion
PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians
lo_fye: It wasn’t a surprise to us. It’s how Canadians already feel. Threaten our sovereignty and that’s what happens.
nomdep: Your sovereignty??? Have your politicians been claiming the USA wants to invade Canada or something?
CoastalCoder: My dear friends to the north: I just want to repeat how sorry many of us are for this.
darepublic: As a Canadian I feel like this country has some problems that contribute to the brain drain south. And I feel like Trump is definitely not our friend but the situation could have been helpful to stir us up to self reflection. But I fear that instead we will just try to recreate the former status quo by whatever means and call that a victory. But what it means is the inevitable decline of this country.
CalRobert: If it helps, it seems like half my family (well educated US-Ian’s) have a cit0001 application in to reverse the brain drain
calmbonsai: Good. Many Canadians view Carney as a "war-time" PM and I think that's accurate.The Trump administration has treated Canada and Canadians appallingly. It will take many years and another President, but I hope the U.S. can repair relations. The onus is on us.Canada honored its commitments. The U.S. started this stupid trade war.
throwatdem12311: It’s gonna take more than a dem POTUS sucking up to us to fix this. MAGA will outlast Trump and the everlasting threat of another lunatic Republican president doing this crap again means this isn’t going away as easily as replacing a president.
deeg: And that some of us are trying to change the situation. My reps have heard from me multiple times.
xena: Ah yes, strongly worded letters. That is the way to fix things. They must be trembling in fear at the weight of your words.
jmyeet: For additional context:- Carney's Davos speech (Jan 2026) evoked "workers of the world unit" [1];- Carney's pre-election speech (Mar 2025) claimed the old relationship with the US is over [2]; and- Trump's handling of Canada relations, particularly with the tariff frenzy, basically ended up giving the election to Carney [3].This administration is busy destroying the relationships and institutions that the US created for America's interests like NATO.[1]: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-a...[2]: https://speakola.com/political/mark-carney-response-to-trump...[3]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypz7yx73wo
throwatdem12311: Or maybe it was Trump saying multiple times that he wanted to make Canada a state?!
CalRobert: …yes? This is literally something the US administration has openly discussed.
deeg: I'm hoping it was sarcasm but these days you never know.
dr_kretyn: These really feel hollow. Just like "thoughts and prayers." ACK.
abirch: I apologize as well; however, they need to diversify. They can't count on the USA.
youngtaff: And of course it's now flagged…
OutOfHere: It won't be long now before the US imposes sanctions on Ottawa and funds separatist movements across Canada.
Kareem71: As a Canadian I am afraid that the more bad behavior the USA exhibits on the world stage, the easier it becomes to scapegoat and not look within at our own problems.It was maybe 15ish years ago when Blackberry was at its peak. A world with such a dominant tech company in Canada today seems comically impossible
beardyw: It takes much longer to regain trust that it takes to lose it.
CoastalCoder: What would you consider more appropriate?I'm not willing to start another actual civil war over Trump's presidency.I figured an apology was at least an improvement over not apologizing.
CoastalCoder: I fear it's going to take more than just one other president.Now we've all see what one bad POTUS can do to the world, and I don't know if/how/why the world would trulyove past that.It reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode "The Shelter" [0].[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shelter_(The_Twilight_Zone... xz
