[JeremyNT]

> It has everything to lose by continuing to rely on the US, which is why you're seeing such a hard pivot toward Europe and Asia.

The problem is, this kind of pivot would take a long time and be extremely difficult. Out there in the real world, real Canadians have a lot to lose.

The US strong-arming its allies in this way puts them in a massive bind near term. Canada could eventually adapt to a different world order with reduced reliance on the US, but it would suffer a recession (or worse) in the process.

They have no good options here, because how can you really deal with a madman? (In a game theoretical sense [0], if not also a literal one) - but I think the ideal strategy is to acquiesce to the US and pursue these efforts as quickly as they can to remove any reliance going forward.

This is made more difficult by the fact that there seems no obvious way to actually appease the US, whose current goals and objectives are completely opaque.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

[k12sosse]

You greatly underestimate the stubbornness of a Canadian to suffer for what they believe is right.