I do think the random retaliatory tariffs did prove to be an obstacle to discussion with the United States (Prime Minister Trudeau put them on) and Prime Minister Carney has done the right thing getting rid of them on CUSMA trade. Our biggest concentration continues to be on encouraging the return of manufacturing to Canada; it is very important. Along with the energy grid nationwide we will bring ourselves forward in time to being much more self-sufficient as we were in my youth. Time has changed manufacturing so that the hard menial labour can be done by machine giving ingenuity in manufacturing a chance to mature and catch up to the digital age. There is a wide space for new inventions and uncluttering old inventions to fit into this age much better. The trades are very much in the assent these days in my mind. My father had some very novel ideas in his work place I can recall as a child. He lived to be 94 years of age actually having worked in the company he created until he was 88 when he had a stroke that took away the use of his legs. His choice of Master electrician over banking (he did train to be a banking type of person with his Westervelt College degree but his parents supported his becoming a Master Electrician after he did the course work that they asked him to do) may seem strange now but not at all unusual in the 1920s and 1930s in Canada. Trades has sat in the background for too long here and needs to come once again to its proper level of talent seeking that it once had and you do see that with trade job fairs. The value of sitting at a desk doing mundane clerical type things is a waste of youthful vigour even if it is glossed up with fancy titles that really just mean clerk many times. Being a master craftsman is in my mind much more important than minor (or even major if that is your inclination) white collar jobs.
Parliament soon back in and the two main leaders need to work together to get things done and 85% of Canadians expect that to be happening with all of that support behind these two individuals both of whom bring a lot to the table in terms of worldly knowledge and experience and youth and political experience.
I see a Montreal shipping firm is looking at setting up Arctic Ocean shipping runs out of the Port of Churchill. There is in reality room for more than one shipping firm as trade moving around the world is in its heyday really with more and more countries looking to ship their products to new areas but still the internal purchase of goods is the most important and we must get manufacturing back into place for many many items that slipped away during free trade. The First Nations have a lot of small companies that produce interesting items that do catch the sight of people around the world and pursuing markets worldwide is the goal of most people in companies it appear now a days. There is always more of a risk in new startups then pursuing existing ones but the benefits are huge if one sees it from the viewpoint of growing Canada; if we do not grow it others will try; bet on Canada (like the Canadian who bought up Toys R Us Canada because he wanted Canadian children to have that store to buy toys at) invest in Canadian companies. Personally I only have Canadian investments. The old who are busy investing their savings need to ensure that an independent Canada continues to be at the forefront of the world.
Still no work done but perhaps today; I do need to do some work outside and want to get started at that. At 80 I am finding that the heat can get to me eventually. The dogs are still content being with me until they are home again (work being done can complicate life with dogs underfoot) which is good and makes life easier for sure.
Solitaire puzzles completed and time for tea and breakfast.
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