Althea Raj

You know, we saw the Americans slap 25% tariffs on European vehicles.

So let's just take a moment and cool.

But the cost of that is uncertainty.

It's uncertainty to business investments.

It's job losses.

Already we're seeing lots of job losses.

And it's also a new kind of political window opening up for the conservatives to say, whoa, you know, like the cost is too high.

go back.

I think that's where the government finds itself.

And it has decided that uncertainty is a cost that they're willing to pay because the flip side is that is actually more costly.

It's more costly for the Canadian economy.

This idea that we could completely uncouple ourselves and not have free trade with the United States, that is not something they're willing to contemplate at this time.

Engagement.

Engagement, I think, is also how they call it.

Like they're talking to each other, but they're not actually like making trading.

You don't have the cards.

Lots of cards, yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I think oil is a big one.

61% of US oil exports come from Canada.

I think electricity is another one.