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He's definitely smarter, but he shares a lot of Trudeau's vision which has been horrible for Canadians.

Look, Trump's not wrong about Canada needing to get it's shit together but the fentanyl ruse is just that. It's not the real reason we're in this trade war. What Trump wants is to rattle Canada's cage and get us to smarten up. There are lots of people inside Canada that agree. The last 10 years under Trudeau have been awful. Our nation's priorities have gotten all out of whack. It's the reason he resigned in January. He was the least liked PM of all time.

For too long, Canada took it's position as the US's #1 trade partner for granted. We've been turning away business opportunities with other countries because we've got the world's biggest market at our doorstep. Trump's aggression has served as a wake up call. I'm not a fan of how the message is being delivered. It's childish and immature and he shouldn't make it about immigration and fentanyl, but it's not wrong. We need to get our house in order, and we need to get started now.

Circling back to Carney, I was disappointed with some of the things he said last night in his acceptance speech. He's demonizing Trump. Trump's not Canada's biggest problem. Trudeau's mismanagement of the country is. But Carney is going to use Trump as his foil to get himself elected Prime Minister and it just might work on Canadians in the upcoming election, but it won't make things easier in terms of dealing with the US.

What Canada needs is a leader that will stand up and admit to the mistakes of the last decade and put together a business plan to remedy it. Trump's threats have galvanized Canadians to change, not to take our relationship with the US for granted. Now we just need to follow through on it. I remain hopeful.