Yeah, so. Since integration has been publicly highlighted as a tool of subjugation, Canada is probably not looking to integrate its economy any longer. At least not Carney, and 100% not with Trump. This is quite the “put all your cards on the table” moment. Yikes.
On the bright side, Carney however is signaling that he is open to multilateral deals with all other middle powers. We are each others salvation. We just need to recognize the reality we are in and embrace it.
Honestly this fits exactly with what Carney has been actively pursuing; opening new trade deals with unfree countries who would normally be shunned as part of a wider grand strategy of economic integration (with the USA led democracy bloc) and isolation (of weaker non-democratic powers).
Trump has upturned that apple cart. Canada cannot uphold its values-based economic strategy once the USA has, itself, uses its key tenet (our mutual economic reliance) as a tool for subjugation and conquering us. Trump has killed it all.
Europe is coming around to it, but they still won’t toss away NATO; not while Ukraine is still at war. Europe haven’t yet built up a cohesive and dynamic integrated military and economic EU (if they can ever pull THAT off). EU politics is still a bag of cats. Getting better by the decade, but it’s not like an actual federated country (the US).
Edit: I do like that they have recognized (finally) Trump’s threats as serious and are sending a canary multi-nation force to Greenland. If Trump attacks he’ll need to stab all these countries in the face. It will be as clear a betrayal as ever. No Euro-MAGA fascists and Neville Chamberlains can hand wave that away. NATO will be dead. USA will be an enemy.