Daily Signal Victor Davis Hanson: Mark Carney Is Living in a ‘Fantasy’
Sep 15, 2026
Canada’s clash with the United States sparks a wider debate over trade, energy, immigration, defense, and national identity. The discussion examines Mark Carney’s outreach to China, Canada’s imitation of Europe’s economic model, tensions within NATO, uneven moral criticism abroad, and the country’s controversial assisted-suicide policy.
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Canada’s Economic Dependence Leaves No Room For Error
- Victor Davis Hanson argues that Canada’s dependence on U.S. exports and oil infrastructure leaves little room for confrontation.
- Canada sends roughly 72–76% of its products to the United States and exports about four million barrels of oil daily.
China Ties Could Ruin Canada’s Alliance
- Hanson says Canada’s new China trade and military ties could damage its auto industry and rupture North American security cooperation.
- He highlights preferential access for Chinese electric vehicles and warns that Chinese military arrangements near the U.S. would endanger NATO.
Hanson Links Canada’s Problems To Europe’s Model
- Hanson presents Canada’s policies as an imitation of Europe’s struggling model of open borders, expensive green energy, low defense spending, and declining fertility.
- He contrasts Europe’s former economic parity with the United States against its current $10 trillion shortfall.