🧵1 @invictus, a U.S think tank is trying to explain to 🇨🇦 why we desperately need a new trade deal.
Canada is sitting on the keys to the next global economic order—but we’re sleepwalking through history.
Canada is sitting on the keys to the next global economic order—but we’re sleepwalking through history.
2/ The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, moving at breakneck speed. And unless Ottawa acts immediately, we’ll miss the greatest opportunity in a generation. Here’s why.👇
3/ AI, quantum computing, robotics, automation—these aren’t coming. They’re here.
They’re tearing up the old rulebook. The global economy is being rebuilt on new foundations: cheap energy, secure data, critical minerals, and tight regional supply chains.
They’re tearing up the old rulebook. The global economy is being rebuilt on new foundations: cheap energy, secure data, critical minerals, and tight regional supply chains.
4/ The age of chasing cheap labour is over.
Tomorrow’s powerhouses will be countries that can deliver cheap energy, rare earths, and high-performance infrastructure. Canada checks every one of those boxes. We have the edge. But we’re not using it.
Tomorrow’s powerhouses will be countries that can deliver cheap energy, rare earths, and high-performance infrastructure. Canada checks every one of those boxes. We have the edge. But we’re not using it.
5/ Canada’s hydro + natural gas power delivers some of the lowest-cost, cleanest energy in the world.
Our cold climate slashes data centre costs by 30–40%. We have vast supplies of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and uranium. These are the inputs of AI, EVs, semiconductors, and defence tech.
Our cold climate slashes data centre costs by 30–40%. We have vast supplies of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and uranium. These are the inputs of AI, EVs, semiconductors, and defence tech.
6/ But we won’t realize this potential without a hard-edged, comprehensive trade deal with the United States—now.
The U.S. is securing its industrial future. If we don’t move, they’ll do it without us. We must lock in our strategic role in the North American industrial base.
The U.S. is securing its industrial future. If we don’t move, they’ll do it without us. We must lock in our strategic role in the North American industrial base.
7/ This can’t be NAFTA 2.0 with a fresh coat of paint.
We need full alignment: joint AI and cybersecurity infrastructure, integrated mineral corridors, and Arctic development zones with SMRs, LNG, ports, and deepwater terminals.
We need full alignment: joint AI and cybersecurity infrastructure, integrated mineral corridors, and Arctic development zones with SMRs, LNG, ports, and deepwater terminals.
8/ And let’s get real: Canada can’t defend the Arctic alone.
The U.S. military must secure our infrastructure—from pipelines to ports to fibre-optic cables. In return, we provide the energy, minerals, and land. That’s the deal.
The U.S. military must secure our infrastructure—from pipelines to ports to fibre-optic cables. In return, we provide the energy, minerals, and land. That’s the deal.
9/ Ottawa must lead with urgency.
This is more than trade—it’s about sovereignty, security, and survival. 🇨🇦 either embeds itself in the world’s next industrial superpower, or we get left behind and sold short to China.
This is the essence of Alberta’s independence movement.
This is more than trade—it’s about sovereignty, security, and survival. 🇨🇦 either embeds itself in the world’s next industrial superpower, or we get left behind and sold short to China.
This is the essence of Alberta’s independence movement.
10/ The Fourth Industrial Revolution is moving faster than any in history.
If we don’t strike now—if we let political caution, liberal ideology or complacency win—we may never get another shot. We have the leverage. We must use it.
If we don’t strike now—if we let political caution, liberal ideology or complacency win—we may never get another shot. We have the leverage. We must use it.
10/ Canada’s, (or Alberta’s), moment is here. Let’s not waste it.
Demand leadership. Demand action. Demand the deal.
Or demand an independent Alberta.
Demand leadership. Demand action. Demand the deal.
Or demand an independent Alberta.
My apologies - invictus is wrong tag.
X will not let me edit it?
Correct link is @InvitasCo
X will not let me edit it?
Correct link is @InvitasCo
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