{"id":223645,"date":"2026-05-24T17:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=223645"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:53:31","slug":"timetostop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/timetostop\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! Enough already! Time to stop this crap | Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cI love Canada. I love the people of Canada\u2026 but the United States can\u2019t subsidize a country for $200 billion a year. Canada only works as a State<\/em>&#8230; <em>I\u2019m sorry, we have to do this<\/em>.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;\u2013 <\/em>Donald Trump,<em> <\/em>President of the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What utter codswallop!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Four short sentences and four humungous lies frothing from his mouth. And we shrug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, Donald Trump does not love Canada as a free and sovereign nation. He covets it. He wants to own it. It is not just a negotiating tactic. He wants Canada, every square inch. He wants our lumber, our oil, our gas, our electricity, our uranium, our potash, our aluminum and any other aspects of our plentiful natural resources that he can get his greedy hands on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is that Donald Trump doesn\u2019t want to pay for it. He wants to steal it. And he is serious about it, and he doesn\u2019t intend to let it go. That is really the crux of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for subsidizing Canada in the amount of US$200 billion a year, pure hogwash. Trump is smart. He knows the difference between a subsidy and a trade deficit. But he doesn\u2019t care. Truth or accuracy means nothing to him. There is absolutely no recognized measure showing that the United States subsidizes Canada by US$200 billion every year. Economists and other financial experts have repeatedly confirmed this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What there is, however, is a trade deficit between Canada and the United States, and that, too, is nowhere near the US$200 billion \u201csubsidy\u201d that Trump claims. The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in 2025, the United States had a trade deficit of US$46.4 billion and a higher one in 2024 of US$63 billion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada does receive additional revenue from the United States for services rendered. Tourism is a good example. But these are not subsidies. They are paid for, not by the government but by individual U.S. citizens who visit Canada and receive value for their money. Donald Trump bundles all of these services, tourism and many others, into his so- called subsidies and still falls far short of US$200 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be clear, a trade deficit and other services Canada offers the United States for value received are not subsidies. They are business transactions. They are income that is received for services rendered. There is absolutely nothing here resembling a free ride, which is what \u201csubsidies\u201d implies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s population is about 41 million. The population of the United States is about 342 million, more than eight times that of Canada. Any idiot can conclude that the United States requires far more goods and services than does Canada, which obviously results in a trade deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Canada is an excellent trading partner for the United States, providing them with conveniently located resources they require, quite likely at a lower cost than if they were imported from most other countries.&nbsp; As is already evident, the United States suffers significantly in a self-imposed trade war with Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, in relation to Donald Trump\u2019s diatribe attacking our sovereignty, he said this. \u201cCanada only works as a state. I am sorry to have to do this.\u201d Do what? What in the world can he mean by that? To me, it feels like a real and direct threat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly, it means that the Trump Administration will continue with tariffs and trade punishments, economic coercion, pressure tactics and undermining Canadian independence. But does it now also imply, and up the ante on, forced annexation?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;In my view, Trump\u2019s statement about Canada is clearly framed in annexation language. It tops off his many repeated statements about Canada as the 51st state to the extent that it can no longer be seen as a joke, an offhand remark, or even a negotiating tactic. It frames Canadian sovereignty not as permanent and legitimate, but as conditional on American approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how seriously are we in Canada taking this threat? Not nearly seriously enough. And what are we doing about it? Again, not nearly enough. This is where some of my friends on the left side of the political spectrum may well part company with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I applaud Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s efforts to diversify Canada\u2019s economy, to create new trading partners, to decrease our dependency on the United States and to create more economic opportunity within Canada. But when it comes to defending Canada\u2019s sovereignty, my sense is he is wimpish, and that needs to stop right now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Carney says the right things about Trump\u2019s economic and sovereignty threats to Canada. But there is no substance to them, no measures of retaliation or consequence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;I get it that he wants to maintain decent relationships with the United States in the hope of better tariff treatment and a successful conclusion to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade negotiations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the reality is that Trump will continue to use both of these to undermine Canada\u2019s economy and independence as long as he is in office. Nothing is going to change that. It is time to call him on it. You cannot effectively negotiate with a bully and a tyrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Carney needs to lance the boil. Trump\u2019s political style often relies on repetition. He says extreme things repeatedly until they become part of public discourse. He conditions people to think of Canada as an extension of America rather than as a separate and independent country.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Carney Government thinks they can simply table an effective response to Trump\u2019s threats about annexation until other negotiations take place, they are sorely mistaken. Donald Trump acts on impulse, not permission, legality or even rationale. If proof is needed of that, one needs to look no further than Venezuela, Iran, Greenland or Cuba.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longer this issue, this direct and continuing threat from Donald Trump against Canada\u2019s sovereignty is allowed to linger and to fester, the more toxic it becomes and the more danger there is of it becoming a reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply saying we don\u2019t agree is not nearly enough. Mark Carney, on behalf of Canadians, needs to put his foot firmly down now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He needs to formally call in the United States Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, to tell him that these threats from Trump must stop immediately. He needs to call on our NATO allies to visibly support Canada\u2019s sovereignty against the very public threats and intimidation by the United States and to warn that there would be consequences. He can forget the United Nations as they are useless as long as the U.S., Russia and China have vetoes over almost everything they may want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;But there are things the Carney Government can do, and he needs to get on with it. Diplomacy can only go so far. One definition of diplomacy is the art of staving off the inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this instance, with these ongoing and increasingly alarming threats from the President of the United States, Canada cannot afford to do that. The Prime Minister of Canada has to do more than just say, please don\u2019t.&nbsp; He has to put on his big boy pants. It\u2019s time to send a clear message: Enough already! This crap has to stop!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this a David and Goliath scenario? Quite possibly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But remember, David would not have won if he had not used that sling shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugh Mackenzie<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216742\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/gFDFGblP-Hughs-new-photo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-346x432.jpg 346w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-750x938.jpg 750w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo-630x788.jpg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2026\/03\/Hughs-new-photo.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to the former Premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. 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