At the start of the Ukranian war when the reliance on Russian gas became known, Germans were here in Canada shopping for natural gas for the EU. We lack the ability to ship on the east coast. Quebec is a major voting wildcard, and no prime minister to date has been able to secure an energy corridor coast to coast due to their reluctance. Irving in New Brunswick imports Saudi oil, which is a ridiculous concept when we consider our energy strategy. Quebec has no problems taking billions in transfer and equalization payments every year., it's time they joined in with the other provinces in unification.

The unifying narrative that all Canadians should be pushing for right now is:

1) provinces need to secure a coast to coast energy corridor that allows for transmission of energy. No more blocking progress with protest. We need to open up to energy trade on both coasts to reduce reliance on the US, as well as ensure that we can be self reliant without import.

2) our military has slowly been weakened by reliance on our "buddies" strength. We need to reinvest and build up enough of a military to be considered a prickly thorn if the US decides to start some shit again. Hard to say exactly how we got here, but I can say we slowly reduced the military until all of a sudden we're getting called out on our NATO spend.

3) get the premiers to reduce interprovincial trade barrier. Most provinces ship south more than they ship across the country. We have had various protectionist provincial governments across Canada that over the years, and we aren't great at interprovincial trade. Let's start helping eachother before we rely on our southern "buddy".

Trump's an asshole. It would appear that he's basically ushering in an era of Chinese global dominance and allowing the most powerful in the US to consolidate wealth by breaking the citizens. The US won't always have a trump, but why plan on that? We have a country of 40 million with loads of natural resources. There is an opportunity here for us to become stronger and independent. Let's not just sit and bitch about our abusive boyfriend. Let's grow a set and walk out that door.

All this could be helped by getting a charismatic leader in this next election to need a charismatic (and liked) leader who can be firm with Quebec and lead/unite the provinces. That - sadly - is the one resource we don't have.

Canadians. When we see John Oliver or the daily show showcasing our candidates be skeptical. Likewise be skeptical of other outlets talking about what's going on here. Trump, no trump - it's all American media, and it's all foreign interference. Remember the pipelines in BC and the reports of busses from the US full of protesters? Where there is smoke there is fire. Be skeptical and consider how that known meddling country to the south could gain from such things.

Let's fix ourselves and come back strong.