The most resource-rich, demographically sound, geographically protected bloc on earth — bottlenecked entirely by internal road blocks none of the three have taken initiative on. This is the argument for getting on with it.
Read the manifestoTen provinces that can't freely trade with each other. Energy that can't reach tidewater. Companies sold south before they scale. The raw materials for a tier-one economy, managed like a franchise.
The fastest nearshoring story in the world, running on an electricity grid that can't keep up. Assembly without IP. Manufacturing depth without supplier density. A continental factory that hasn't been paid what a factory earns.
The largest economy in the bloc, and the least reliable partner in it. National security exceptions used as trade weapons. A reshoring push that ignores Canada and Mexico. Allies weakened and called it leverage.