Bruce Anderson

Trump's policies are undermining the North American auto sector, not just in Canada, but in the United States.

And so the pitch to America that keeping our supply chains intact and getting ourselves back into the business of being competitive with what is happening in China and in other parts of the world,

that's a for that financial marketplace that should be a strong argument for them they should be looking at it and saying this is this makes sense to us so in that sense you know i think a lot of americans are tempted potentially by trump's idea of a bigger

stronger America.

But in this context, I guess a fortress really is more, let's put some collective energy behind this sector that we built together over whatever it is, six decades.

And I'm glad he kind of pitches that as being in their interest, not just in ours.

Okay.

I agree with Chantal, by the way, that the aluminum argument that the prime minister used, which he's used a few other times now, is very strong and it's simple.

I think he used it.

And it's deliberate.

If you need 10 Hoover dams worth of energy to replace the aluminum that you get from, and where are you going to get that energy?

Well, far be it for me to second guess Melanie Shelley on this.

I'm sure she's got more information about this than I would have.

I think that, you know,

There's not really a lot of value in describing in great detail the relationship that the prime minister has with the president.

I can see lots of ways that that can go wrong, given this particular president.

That wouldn't have been the case in the past.

It would have been the opposite.

But we are where we are.

At least, you know, this is the individual in the White House.