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# Canada Fuels American Growth
- URL: https://fightingmatters.com/canada-fuels-american-growth/
- Published: 2026-09-04T00:28:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T04:51:13.000Z
- Description: In this episode of Fighting Matters, Steve Kwan and Stephan Kesting talk through the Canada-US trade war from the Canadian side of the border.
- Author: Fighting Matters
- Tags: Podcast, Video, Canada, US Politics, Trade War

In this episode of Fighting Matters, Steve Kwan and Stephan Kesting talk through the Canada-US trade war from the Canadian side of the border. They explain why this was never about tariffs, and why Americans are not hearing how much of their own economy runs on Canadian lumber, oil, electricity, and potash, the base ingredient in most fertilizer. Canadian boycotts have already done damage that dropping the tariffs will not undo.  
  
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🔗 Links Mentioned:

- FULL SPEECH | Carney explains why Canada suspended trade talks with U.S. — CBC News — [https://youtu.be/l-WgOxbWUHk](https://youtu.be/l-WgOxbWUHk?ref=fightingmatters.com)

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👥 Featuring:

- Steve Kwan — [https://bjjmentalmodels.com](https://bjjmentalmodels.com/?ref=fightingmatters.com)
- Stephan Kesting — [https://grapplearts.com](https://grapplearts.com/?ref=fightingmatters.com)

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🧠 Topics Discussed:

- What the US demanded in the talks
- French labeling and Canadian culture
- 51st state rhetoric and sovereignty
- Alberta separatism as a wedge
- Potash, lumber, and US dependence
- The odds of a hot war with Canada
- Boycotts as the real pressure

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📖 Chapters:  
[00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Two Canadians on the trade war  
[01:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=75s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — The Welland Canal fake story  
[03:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=206s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — What American media leaves out  
[05:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=349s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — This started in January 2025  
[08:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=512s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — The real reason talks collapsed  
[10:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=616s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Quebec and the French language  
[16:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=983s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Trump signed the USMCA himself  
[19:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=1152s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Trust that takes decades to fix  
[25:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=1510s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Hostile posts are policy now  
[29:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=1790s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Could this become a shooting war  
[31:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=1906s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Why Canada can hurt America  
[35:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=2155s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Potash, lumber, and toilet paper  
[39:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=2385s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Loyalty picked over competence  
[47:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=2822s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Where are the American protests  
[51:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=3093s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — Boycotts and voting with dollars  
[55:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-17n5HR6I&t=3310s&ref=fightingmatters.com) — A Canadian insurgency and NATO