Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said what many countries think but don't dare say: the close relationship with the US is not an advantage, it's a weakness. In a ten-minute video address, Carney announced the end of the era of Canadian dependence on Washington.

"Hope is not a plan, and nostalgia is not a strategy," Carney said. The words target Trump's tariffs that hit Canadian workers in the automotive and steel sectors. Companies are delaying investments, and uncertainty has become the new normal.

Carney's plan is ambitious: attracting new foreign investment, doubling clean energy capacity, increasing defense spending, cutting taxes, and improving housing affordability. A list that sounds like an election manifesto - but it comes from a prime minister who just won a majority in special elections.

Canada is not a small country - it's the largest trading partner of the US and one of America's biggest energy sources. When a country like that announces a "strategic pivot," the message is that Trump's economic aggression is starting to exhaust even the closest allies.

"The world has become more dangerous and more divided," Carney said. The Canadian opposition wants new trade deals with Washington. But Carney's message is that the era of begging is over. Whether it truly is, or this is just a new way of negotiating - remains to be seen.