Bruce Anderson

You know, from my standpoint, a year ago, the reaction that Canadians were having to what Trump was saying and doing was,

was a lot of fear, a lot of apprehension that there wasn't going to be anything that we were going to be able to do to withstand severe economic pain.

And so, too, would be the feeling in the rest of the world that we're experiencing Trump's comments.

Today, Canadians don't look at it that way.

They are still stressed.

They still know that America can do harm to our economy.

but they're more resolved.

They've been through a year of this and

For many people, while the cost of living continues to be too high, things haven't been getting worse because of what Trump's doing.

They've only become more convinced that the problem is him, not us, and that we need to hold firm.

So I think that sense of resolve has definitely grown.

Even if people don't know what the ultimate solution will look like or should look like, people are more inclined to think we're on a path anyway that makes sense for us.

And Trump, at some point, won't be as big a part of our lives.

Well, you know, I think a lot.

I mean, Trump had a lot to do with the creation of that sense of urgency and anxiety, and

A year later, Canadians don't see Trump as accumulating even more strength and influence and ability to bend the world to his will.

They think he has less ability to do that, which doesn't mean that they're not afraid that he'll escalate a war, he'll create some horrifying outcomes.

I think people have fully priced in...

That Trump is willing to do almost anything that he feels impelled to do because of his temperament, not necessarily because of a sound U.S.

strategy.