The U.S. is leveraging its control of the estimated globally 25 percent of the earths remaining minerals that lay within the Arctic ⭕️. Russia claims more than a third. Canada another third or more. The U.S. and Denmark split up the remainder of the territory. There are treaties on restrictions in place on extraction and shipping within the Arctic for sound environmental reasons. It’s a pristine and vulnerable ecological system that also contains the North West Passage. Canada and the U.S. are both building Ice breakers. With Canada of course having more and better ones at present. The passage is a game changer when it’s usable because it cuts a week or more off of transportation costs versus the Panama Canal for Russian and Chinese Shipping. 100s of millions in savings every year. Canada has some of the largest resources of REEs on the planet. The northernmost regions have not even truly been tested. Saskatchewan just discovered a huge deposit of Alumina( used in advanced ceramics for aerospace etc) 1/3 of the Earths known reserves, also 4000 sq km tested for Blue hydrogen ranged from 86 percent to 96 percent pure hydrogen. Just started another Uranium project. Holds 1/3 of the world’s potash resources. REEs are usually found with uranium and Sask has the first refining facility in N.America in production . The U.S of course has some potash but it’s deep and possibly ten yrs in development. Manitoba has also started a potash product. Has began to rebuild Churchill and the Hudson Bay line for shipping mineral resources instead of wheat as Churchill did in the past. Canada does have leverage of course in negotiations. Our huge Critical minerals resources, Alumina, Potash and Oil and Fresh Water. Cheap hydroelectric power. The States failed to strategize to ensure its supplies of Rare Earths. China controls 90 percent of supply. The U.S. needs Canada in a big way and it knows it. Hence Trumps belligerent and demeaning comments actions, He seeks to appear as negotiating from a position of strength. The Greenland fiasco was a joke. Greenlands REES? Some are under 3 km of ice. No infrastructure or power grid, production, YeaRs to develop YEARs! Canada at least in Saskatchewan the infrastructure is already there because of Northern uranium mining. Canada at least Western Canada is strongly positioned to negotiate with its neighbour to the south. With B.C and the East constantly sabotaging any developments for shipping it may be the only option left for The Prairie Provinces. Canada shoots itself in the foot constantly the Question is who is behind it? Who pulls the strings? Forces the West to go South? Think about that! Elbows up dumb asses!
At this point, I'm convinced King Carney is deliberately sabotaging the USMCA with the intent to paint the Orange Man as BAD in the hopes of persuading the Elbowzo crowd to give him a majority & a mandate to "fix" the trading relationship.
If voters are that stupid, King Carney will take the majority, ignore the mandate and implement a CCP style "social credit system" complete with mandatory digital ID, CBDCs and constant surveillance.
The U.S. is leveraging its control of the estimated globally 25 percent of the earths remaining minerals that lay within the Arctic ⭕️. Russia claims more than a third. Canada another third or more. The U.S. and Denmark split up the remainder of the territory. There are treaties on restrictions in place on extraction and shipping within the Arctic for sound environmental reasons. It’s a pristine and vulnerable ecological system that also contains the North West Passage. Canada and the U.S. are both building Ice breakers. With Canada of course having more and better ones at present. The passage is a game changer when it’s usable because it cuts a week or more off of transportation costs versus the Panama Canal for Russian and Chinese Shipping. 100s of millions in savings every year. Canada has some of the largest resources of REEs on the planet. The northernmost regions have not even truly been tested. Saskatchewan just discovered a huge deposit of Alumina( used in advanced ceramics for aerospace etc) 1/3 of the Earths known reserves, also 4000 sq km tested for Blue hydrogen ranged from 86 percent to 96 percent pure hydrogen. Just started another Uranium project. Holds 1/3 of the world’s potash resources. REEs are usually found with uranium and Sask has the first refining facility in N.America in production . The U.S of course has some potash but it’s deep and possibly ten yrs in development. Manitoba has also started a potash product. Has began to rebuild Churchill and the Hudson Bay line for shipping mineral resources instead of wheat as Churchill did in the past. Canada does have leverage of course in negotiations. Our huge Critical minerals resources, Alumina, Potash and Oil and Fresh Water. Cheap hydroelectric power. The States failed to strategize to ensure its supplies of Rare Earths. China controls 90 percent of supply. The U.S. needs Canada in a big way and it knows it. Hence Trumps belligerent and demeaning comments actions, He seeks to appear as negotiating from a position of strength. The Greenland fiasco was a joke. Greenlands REES? Some are under 3 km of ice. No infrastructure or power grid, production, YeaRs to develop YEARs! Canada at least in Saskatchewan the infrastructure is already there because of Northern uranium mining. Canada at least Western Canada is strongly positioned to negotiate with its neighbour to the south. With B.C and the East constantly sabotaging any developments for shipping it may be the only option left for The Prairie Provinces. Canada shoots itself in the foot constantly the Question is who is behind it? Who pulls the strings? Forces the West to go South? Think about that! Elbows up dumb asses!
The recent cozying up to China seems designed to create that drift you warn of
At this point, I'm convinced King Carney is deliberately sabotaging the USMCA with the intent to paint the Orange Man as BAD in the hopes of persuading the Elbowzo crowd to give him a majority & a mandate to "fix" the trading relationship.
If voters are that stupid, King Carney will take the majority, ignore the mandate and implement a CCP style "social credit system" complete with mandatory digital ID, CBDCs and constant surveillance.
Canada can dance or just be a wallflower. It’s up to her.