The Sound of a Fool Trying to Roar

A few weeks ago, Mark Carney, Prime Minister by appointment and Liberal candidate by calculation, declared with dramatic pause that Canada’s “relationship with the United States is over.” He delivered the line like a teenager airing grievances on Facebook. You know the type—posting cryptic heartbreaks for attention, not policy direction. It was unserious, undiplomatic, and stunningly out of touch.

Let’s be clear: Canada and the United States are not dating. They’re continental partners—militarily, economically, and geographically tethered. If Carney were talking about Lesotho, it might be intemperate, but at least feasible. But our bedrock doesn’t drift; we're not Djibouti breaking off into the Indian Ocean.

Worse, Carney doubled down during the French-language debate last night, promising to confront America’s commercial posture with “une force écrasante”—a crushing force. He said it twice. No flub. No walk-back. He meant it.

Now, “crushing force” is the sort of phrase General Schwarzko…