Whatever Prime Minister Carney says, Canada's 'special relationship' with the US is not over, because it can't be, says Brian Lee Crowley, guest on tonight's episode of Hannaford. But there are certain things Canada must do to put right relations with its neighbour.Crowley, founder of Ottawa's prestigious Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says he finds it encouraging that Carney has indicated a willingness to join with Trump on continental ballistic missile defence — the so-called Golden Dome. "But Canada should not focus on trade alone. We have so many things we can contribute to what Donald Trump is trying to do for America, that are also in our interests. We need to negotiate a Grand Bargain... something that covers trade but everything else the US in concerned about... security in all its forms — the border, drugs, continental defence. We shouldn't be doing this piecemeal." .Crowley says that while President Trump's reported remarks and policy directions cause have been called chaotic, they have internal logic."You have to understand that he believes America is the greatest country in the world, that China is the greatest threat to it and that America's security rests in breaking its dependency on Chinese manufacturing. He also has a heart for those people in the flyover states, the ones who are celebrated in his vice-president's book 'Hillbilly Elegy,' who have been left behind and he also wants cheap energy. Four things are driving him."Understand that and everything else makes sense."You don't have to like it. But, you can understand it. If you understand what Trump is doing, the smart thing for Canada to do is ask, 'How can we help? Some of it is in our interest, too. Why are we satisfied with weak borders and a drug trade?"."When Carney met with Donald Trump, he did everything he could to ingratiate himself with Donald Trump. This is not the behaviour of somebody who thinks the special relationship is over."Hannaford airs tonight at seven o clock, MT.
