Kanada in „strategischer Partnerschaft“ mit China, sagt der Minister

No one is going to get backstabbed at all here.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

I don’t trust China as far as I can throw them on countless levels, but if we can use them to make up for some of the damage caused by Trump then i’m all for it, so far we seem to have learned our lesson about putting all our eggs in one basket and are trying to make sure we minimize how much leverage any one partner has, as long as we keep that up with China then i’m happy with this.

„In a debate Thursday night ahead of the April 28 election, Carney replied “China,” when asked to name Canada’s biggest security threat“ What could go wrong?

**America’s harms to Canadians**

• Trade wars, tariffs, and “Buy American” rules hurt Canadian jobs.

• U.S. inflation and rate hikes raised Canadian mortgage and living costs.

• Forced Canada into U.S. foreign-policy fights (e.g., EV tariff, MengWenZhou debacle), causing backlash.

**China’s harms to Canadians**

• Retaliatory tariffs on farm goods hit exporters.

• Cyber and influence operations erode trust and security.

• Detentions and diplomatic pressure around travel and business ties.

i mean it’s kinda obvious which country has directly negatively impacted the lives of canadians more.

That’s….a choice for sure.

You can tell a lot about a country by their allies.

Can we at least get in writing from them to cool it with the espionage, election tampering, and rogue police stations?

I don’t think the average person realizes how active china is with espionage, hacking etc right now.

They have replaced Russia for second place, USA being the leader of covert actions of course.

What this amounts to is a statement by Canada that it is prepared to walk the tightrope of diplomacy & trade in order to advance its own interests. This does not mean that it is all the sudden „we are best pals“ with China. Rather there are areas of mutual economic benefit and the 2 sides will explore them.

As Anand stated areas of concern by Canada in respect of security & privacy will have guardrails meaning the Canadian government will be monitoring and as they have done in several decisions nix attempts by China to do things such as own mineral rights to critical minerals, and ban certain Chinese technology.

Trump will complain but bilateral trade between America and China is almost as large as American Canadian bilateral trade. And America is eager to sell to China, just on Trump terms.

The Carney government is quite clearly charting a multi-pronged approach to diversifying Canadian trade: China, India, EU (goal to sign by year end), Mexico (just signed), Indonesia (just signed), ASEAN group (goal to sign in 2026), it is a lengthy list.

5 years from now the landscape of partners and their share of Canadian exports may be vastly different then it was at the outset of 2025. Is that a win or a loss for their traditional dominant trading partner America? Me thinks not… Thanks Trump!

Canadians don’t trust China but what America is doing really leaves us no choice. I never thought I’d see the day but here we are