The deadline of July 1 for the mandatory joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is fast approaching.

Following his election, CMark Carney has come under fire for failing to make a trade deal with President Trump to resolve the issue like he campaigned on during the 2025 federal election.

But does Mark Carney really want to renew the USMCA?

Evidence thus far suggests that he might not be as interested in reaching a trade agreement as he's led Canadians to believe.

We have watched Carney's USMCA approach change from promising a deal was imminent in June 2025, to saying the current agreement is the "best deal" available in September 2025, to calling our reliance on the US part of Canada's "weaknesses" in April 2026. That last claim, combined with a lack of any serious action on the negotiation front, should have every Canadian concerned. It did not go over well with the Americans at all.

On April 22, Ambassador Rick Switzer, Deputy US Trade Representative, blasted Canada's stand-offish turn. "I think Carney has made it personal," said Switzer. "I think it's political malpractice for the prime minister of Canada to pit — politically — himself against any President."

Switzer contrasted Carney's avoidance with Mexican President Sheinbaum's willingness to strike a deal with the US. "They can have a weak economy that is underperforming and not doing well, and Carney can feel superior," Switzer warned Canadians. "Or they can have an economy that participates as a partner of the US economy."

It would shock the entire world if Canada just dropped its negotiations with the US and decided to approach trade through the WTO and other global regulators. However, that would be in line with Carney's promised new world order and, as he's alluded to many times, it's unlikely that the US would be part of it. In the meantime, Carney would continue to construct bilateral agreements, while perhaps working towards a grand globalist strategy with other willing partners to try to revamp the world's multilateral institutions and bring them renewed regulatory power through patronage.

Catherine Swift is an economist and also with the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada about the growing disconnect between official economic narratives and what Canadians are actually experiencing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVKF4MU1DI8

The Trump administration is now offering Canadian and Mexican aluminum and steel companies immediate tariff relief if they commit to moving production to the United States in the future.

President Trump's trade policy is focused on using steep tariffs to try to push foreign companies of all kinds to move production to the U.S. As part of that strategy, the administration has been clobbering Canada's aluminum and steel sectors with tariffs for more than a year, escalating to 50 per cent.

But don't worry, we don't need a trade deal because what matters is that Mark Carney is still elbowing up.

You can't save a country that keeps voting for decline.

Quote from: Herman on April 18, 2026, 06:51:55 PMThis isn't even the full picture.
• Where does Canada send most exports?
• Where do our companies raise capital?
• Where does talent move to?
The gap between rhetoric and reality is getting wider.
Canada's economy is structurally tied to the U.S.:
• 75% of exports go south
• Capital flows are U.S.-linked
• Talent mobility is one-directional
So when leaders say 'we can't depend on America.
What's the actual plan?

Remember in thee 2011 election the Conservatives ran ads with the accusation Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff was just visiting. That is caarney.

This isn't even the full picture.
• Where does Canada send most exports?
• Where do our companies raise capital?
• Where does talent move to?
The gap between rhetoric and reality is getting wider.
Canada's economy is structurally tied to the U.S.:
• 75% of exports go south
• Capital flows are U.S.-linked
• Talent mobility is one-directional
So when leaders say 'we can't depend on America.
What's the actual plan?

Blanchet on Mark Carney, "Mr. Carney has taken to his toolbox tools that he was not given in order to be free to do what he wants. He's the only person who is responsible now for his success or his failures.

He seems to have renounced on removing those tariffs that are hurting Canada, in the case of wood and aluminum for Quebec.

And right now there are no negotiations ongoing with the US, in spite of what has been said and what was said to Donald Trump a year ago.

While Mexico under Ms. Sheinbaum, who is no more strict than we are in her comments and talks with Mr. Trump, has moved forward with negotiations, but we have not.

And for a high-level economist, this is an unfortunate approach, particularly for the workers of Quebec and Canada."

New data from Statistics Canada proves what we all already knew: Mark Carney isn't building ANYTHING.
The new data shows that the value of building permits fell by $1.1 BILLION in February alone, at a time when Canada critically needs to build more housing and more infrastructure so we can solve the housing crisis and stay competitive amid American tariffs.
But instead, we're seeing a decline in construction.
This is not what Canadians thought Carney meant when he said he would "build Canada strong."

Elbows up. I really hope the boomers who keep voting Liberal end up alone in a care home with temporary foreign workers looking after them. They deserve it.