Carney Does the Obvious Thing
Published at 06:34 on 16 January 2026
And this is fundamentally the reason why.
It was the correct decision in the overall context, as difficult as China’s dismal human rights record makes it. At least China can reasonably be expected to follow through on the deals it cuts, which is more than one can say for Trump’s USA. And it is not China that has been threatening to annex Canada.
Now the question is how the fascist regime south of the border takes the news of the obvious consequences of their behaviour.