00:09:09.880And so, you know, we have to just step up.
00:09:13.320We have just, you know, we can do this.
00:09:15.220We have better offensive talent than them, I think.
00:09:19.500But we can't let them play in our zone that much.
00:09:23.480No, they've been spending a lot of time there.
00:09:25.880Let's talk about stepping up politically.
00:09:27.860So this week, the U.S. Supreme Court, surprisingly to me, because the conservatives dominate that court, many of them appointed by Donald Trump, ruled decisively.
00:09:38.940They ruled that he had acted illegally, quote unquote, in a decision that I encourage everybody to look at.
00:09:45.900And immediately, there was celebration.
00:09:48.800And then right after that, people were like, what does this mean?
00:09:55.020Well, it doesn't mean much for Canada.
00:09:56.740I mean, it's nice symbolically, but frankly, the biggest tariffs that have been imposed on Canada were not under the law that was struck down by the American Supreme Court.
00:10:09.640Nevertheless, it's nice to see, I think, for everyone, that institutions prevail, that the rule of law prevails.
00:10:33.400But the problem is that the world economy is still in shambles because of the way that this president is acting.
00:10:42.540And frankly, I don't know if anyone can prepare for his actions because they are so erratic, they are so irrational, they are so bad, even for Americans.
00:10:53.220And this is where, again, we have to have faith in the American institutions and the democracy that it is.
00:11:01.280And, you know, it's going to take some time, but the midterms in the fall are key, not only for the Americans, but for the world.
00:11:10.620And the numbers are not great for the Republicans at the moment.
00:11:13.740More than 30 of them have indicated they're retiring and going back to spend more time with their families.
00:11:19.620But Trump doubled down in his typically Saturnalian press conference on Friday morning and said he had three different statutory means to impose tariffs.
00:12:25.400But the key, though, for Carney is that if he doesn't get it still soon or if he doesn't get any kind of improvement and Canadians still feel the pain from the U.S. president's action,
00:12:39.280politically, it gives an opening to his opponents because he was elected to fix this.
00:13:01.380But showing that the Liberal Party was within the margin of error of the Conservative Party in the province of Alberta, in my former home province.
00:15:57.020And this old psyche is what's driving the trade policy of the United States right now because all of his sycophants are buying into that strategy.
00:16:09.020And, you know, again, you have to go and trust the institution and assume that the public pronouncements and the bluster will not hold in the long run.
00:16:19.020But you have to prepare for the worst.
00:17:11.300And this is where it's going to be very interesting because it's a ranked ballot.
00:17:17.640It's not like a good old delegated convention where camps and factions can work together to create an anybody but Avi movement.
00:17:26.040But behind the scenes, you know that the organizers are talking to each other and they're trying to convince their supporters to, you know, rank their magnificent fans, rank Rob Ashton as number two and vice versa.
00:17:42.740So that you create that kind of condition to stop Avi Lewis from winning.
00:18:33.500But maybe, at the same time, when he does, and if he does win, it's going to create problems with some provincial wings, especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan.