00:00Canadians are rallying behind Prime Minister Mark Carney amid renewed verbal attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:09The escalation in rhetoric comes after a speech in Davos, Switzerland, where Carney decried powerful nations using trade policy as a tool of coercion.
00:18Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons.
00:23Tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.
00:30You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
00:41His speech earned a rare standing ovation at the World Economic Forum.
00:46It also earned him applause at home, where most polls show Carney's approval rating holding above 50% since he came to power last April.
00:56Trump responded to the speech, telling a crowd in Davos that Carney should be grateful to the U.S. and
01:04Canada lives because of the United States, remember that.
01:07Many Canadians say they're fed up with that rhetoric, which has included a threat to make Canada the 51st state.
01:14We're our own country. We fought for our own freedom a long, long time ago.
01:18Canada is our own. Greenland's their own. Everybody is their own.
01:22Others say they're glad Canada is standing up to a bully.
01:26We're not just going to roll over because the United States wants us to.
01:30I don't actually really even believe the United States wants us to roll over.
01:33I think it's just Trump being a big bully in the room.
01:37And he needs to learn that the rest of the world isn't going to take it.
01:41Canadian citizens have been standing firm by staying put, dramatically cutting travel to the United States.
01:49They've also boycotted American products, including its liquor, and have prioritized buying Canadian goods.
01:56Carney has yet to broker a trade deal with the U.S.
02:00But last week, Carney struck a trade deal with China and sought new partnerships in the Middle East,
02:07aimed at reducing his country's overwhelming economic reliance on the U.S.
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