Canadians are playing defensive. They really need to go on the offensive.

  • Get all Government departments and Crown Corporations to cancel Microsoft Office. Use LibreOffice.

  • Get all Government departments and Crown Corporations to cancel Microsoft Windows. Use Linux.

  • Ban all foreign linked consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain) from obtaining any government contract.

  • Announce a $100 million Canadian fund to support opensource software like Krita, Gimp, Kdenlive, Inkscape. Time to take down Adobe.

  • Cancel the F-35. Buy old F-16s instead. It’s better to have 5 planes that fly than one expensive plane that doesn’t work.

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    6 months ago

    “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them,” Trump said on Truth Social.

    It has become obvious that Carney doesn’t put much value in a “deal” with Trump’s US anymore.