The New Cold War Comes to Canada: Carney, China, and the Ghosts of Empire

Mark Carney stood in Niagara Falls talking about how China is the biggest threat to Canada. But let’s be real—what we’re watching isn’t a defense of democracy. It’s the language of a loyal servant trying to keep the imperial center from crumbling.

I. Old Empire, New Tricks

It wasn’t housing, inflation, or the climate crisis that topped Carney’s threat list. It was China. The message was simple: blame the foreigners, especially the ones building roads, ports, and tech partnerships across the Global South.

This isn’t new. This is Cold War 2.0, repackaged in the polite accent of Canadian liberalism. The empire always needs a villain, and Carney just followed the script.

II. Who’s Interfering in What?

Let’s not get it twisted. Canada isn’t under siege by China. It’s wrapped in the blanket of U.S. surveillance, NATO war games, and the Five Eyes spy club. Carney talks about “foreign interference” while his own security services take marching orders from Langley and the Pentagon.

This isn’t about Chinese influence. It’s about maintaining the old imperial pecking order. And Canada, like a good deputy sheriff, wants to keep its spot.

III. Arctic Lies and Cold Front Fantasies

Carney warns that China is a threat in the Arctic. But who’s been militarizing the Arctic for decades? Not China. It’s the U.S. and Canada running joint patrols and surveillance flights while claiming it’s about sovereignty.

China trades. The West deploys. The Arctic is just another resource frontier in the empire’s long game of encirclement. And Canada’s playing its role with frozen enthusiasm.

IV. Trade War With the Wrong Country

Here’s the kicker: Canada isn’t in a trade war with China. It’s in one with its “best friend,” the United States. U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel, cars, and aluminum have sparked retaliation.

Carney talks about shifting values, but the truth is the U.S. doesn’t need Canada as an equal. It needs a supplier. A border cop. A rubber stamp. And Canada, under Carney, seems content to oblige—even while getting kicked in the teeth.

V. Look in the Mirror, Not at Beijing

Carney’s speech wasn’t about China. It was about deflection. Blame China for the housing crisis. Blame China for economic precarity. Blame China while the U.S. shreds what’s left of the “rules-based order.”

China’s not building military bases in Ottawa. Wall Street is gutting the economy. Silicon Valley is harvesting your data. The empire isn’t offshore. It’s embedded deep inside Canada’s politics, media, and capital.

If Carney wants to talk about interference, let’s start there.

Because the real threat isn’t China. It’s empire clinging to relevance by dragging the rest of us down with it.