@felix yeah, this logic applies much less to resource-based surplus countries than those that produce high-value goods. (Canada produces high-value goods too, so does the US, but unfortunately I think the economies are pretty similar in terms of relying on rest-of-world for most manufactures.) 1/

@felix on the bright side, Canada isn't forcing a cold-turkey cutoff from those rest-of-world manufacturers, beyond the rogue United States. and Canada is good at most of the things the US is (e.g. IT services). it's position isn't horrible if it has the currency to spend more and tax the rich. /fin