Jim Balsillie
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Just following them. Yeah, following them. I've testified to committees. Yeah.
Just following them. Yeah, following them. I've testified to committees. Yeah.
Just following them. Yeah, following them. I've testified to committees. Yeah.
Well, the dilemmas of the muddling is going to be is we need a neurosurgeon, not a dermatologist. And say, well, get me a neurosurgeon tomorrow. And it's going to take time to train people to be a neurosurgeon. You can't just, you've got to find the expertise where it is and you've got to build the capacity. And that's not going to happen overnight.
Well, the dilemmas of the muddling is going to be is we need a neurosurgeon, not a dermatologist. And say, well, get me a neurosurgeon tomorrow. And it's going to take time to train people to be a neurosurgeon. You can't just, you've got to find the expertise where it is and you've got to build the capacity. And that's not going to happen overnight.
Well, the dilemmas of the muddling is going to be is we need a neurosurgeon, not a dermatologist. And say, well, get me a neurosurgeon tomorrow. And it's going to take time to train people to be a neurosurgeon. You can't just, you've got to find the expertise where it is and you've got to build the capacity. And that's not going to happen overnight.
And we have to have democratic discourse, not bullying. That's why I said we're all kind of like nationalists now. That's a calling out of the bullies. Because we don't do discourse. We do bullying in Canada. We don't do discourse. What do you mean by that? You just ad hominem shut people down and state your dogma, right? You're either free markets or you're North Korea.
And we have to have democratic discourse, not bullying. That's why I said we're all kind of like nationalists now. That's a calling out of the bullies. Because we don't do discourse. We do bullying in Canada. We don't do discourse. What do you mean by that? You just ad hominem shut people down and state your dogma, right? You're either free markets or you're North Korea.
And we have to have democratic discourse, not bullying. That's why I said we're all kind of like nationalists now. That's a calling out of the bullies. Because we don't do discourse. We do bullying in Canada. We don't do discourse. What do you mean by that? You just ad hominem shut people down and state your dogma, right? You're either free markets or you're North Korea.
And somebody says, well, you're just a mean whatever-phobe who just wants to be like MAGA. And in fact, these are very complex, very technical, very nuanced realms in a geostrategic era of strategic behavior. And the stakes are enormous. And what Trump has done is just laid it all bare. It's been going on for decades. He just turned the heat up really fast. I would say irresponsibly fast.
And somebody says, well, you're just a mean whatever-phobe who just wants to be like MAGA. And in fact, these are very complex, very technical, very nuanced realms in a geostrategic era of strategic behavior. And the stakes are enormous. And what Trump has done is just laid it all bare. It's been going on for decades. He just turned the heat up really fast. I would say irresponsibly fast.
And somebody says, well, you're just a mean whatever-phobe who just wants to be like MAGA. And in fact, these are very complex, very technical, very nuanced realms in a geostrategic era of strategic behavior. And the stakes are enormous. And what Trump has done is just laid it all bare. It's been going on for decades. He just turned the heat up really fast. I would say irresponsibly fast.
And I think he's miscalculated because if the world responds strategically... to that threat.
And I think he's miscalculated because if the world responds strategically... to that threat.
And I think he's miscalculated because if the world responds strategically... to that threat.
We have that opportunity. So will we build the capacity In our civil service, will the conservatives go through a process of actually debating ideas and figuring out this? Who should they be discussing this with? Like, where is the expertise that's available? There's lots of it in the country, but they have to be open to ideas. Who would they invite to speak? Who would they talk with?
We have that opportunity. So will we build the capacity In our civil service, will the conservatives go through a process of actually debating ideas and figuring out this? Who should they be discussing this with? Like, where is the expertise that's available? There's lots of it in the country, but they have to be open to ideas. Who would they invite to speak? Who would they talk with?
We have that opportunity. So will we build the capacity In our civil service, will the conservatives go through a process of actually debating ideas and figuring out this? Who should they be discussing this with? Like, where is the expertise that's available? There's lots of it in the country, but they have to be open to ideas. Who would they invite to speak? Who would they talk with?
There's lots of it. practitioners, and there's no business councils like in the U.S. Our domestic business councils, except for the Council of Canadian Innovators, are very dominated by foreign interests who are considered Canadian firms, but they represent the foreign firms.
There's lots of it. practitioners, and there's no business councils like in the U.S. Our domestic business councils, except for the Council of Canadian Innovators, are very dominated by foreign interests who are considered Canadian firms, but they represent the foreign firms.