Canada’s Prime Minister Lays Out a New National Strategy

At the Liberal Party Convention in Montreal, Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech that the MeidasTouch hosts describe as the best they have seen all year. The address was not merely a partisan rally—it was a detailed argument about how Canada should respond to what Carney called a “rupture” in the relationship with the United States under Donald Trump. The core message: Canada cannot wait for the past to return, and nostalgia is not a strategy.

The End of a Military Procurement Dependency

Carney’s most concrete policy announcement came on military spending. “The days of our military sending seventy cents of every dollar to the United States are over,” he said. The new government will implement a “buy Canadian” policy by default for federal procurement, prioritizing Canadian steel, aluminum, lumber, and workers. This is not a symbolic gesture—it directly targets a long-standing pattern where Canadian defense dollars flowed overwhelmingly to American contractors. Carney framed this as part of a broader shift: Canada will build its own industrial capacity rather than rely on the United States for critical supplies.

Canadians Are Already Acting