Franks Funk
From Geopolitics with Frank McKenna by TD Securities
September 24, 2025 · 49 min · Episode 68
About this episode
Frank McKenna discusses his concerns about the US Administration, CUSMA, and Canada's trading relationships while reflecting on various geopolitical issues.
Frank comes to the September podcast taping in a somber mood, strange for someone who prides himself as the eternal optimist. What has Frank in a mood? Well, he lists several issues with the current US Administration that has him questioning the United States's position as leader of the free world. Meanwhile he is very concerned about the prospect Trump triggers the shotgun clause on CUSMA wiping out the existing agreement, a possibility allowed under Article 34.6 of the Agreement. Hence the need for Canada's Prime Minister Carney to continue to strengthen trading relationships outside of the US such as was evidenced with his recent meeting with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. Frank likes the appointment of Dawn Farrell to head the Major Projects Office and is bullish on the prospects that the one project, one review, one decision two-year time frame for Major Projects is realistic. Frank provides his thoughts on free speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination and on Putin's addiction to War. Finally, Frank cracked his familiar smile again when talking about his beloved Blue Jays as we do at the end of every podcast. This podcast was recorded on September 23, 2025 at…
People in this episode
Host: Frank McKenna
Topics covered
- Canada-US relations
- CUSMA
- trading relationships
- infrastructure projects
- free speech
- geopolitics
Keywords
- Frank McKenna
- CUSMA
- Donald Trump
- Canada
- trading relationships
- Dawn Farrell
- Charlie Kirk
- Vladimir Putin
- geopolitics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CUSMA
Places: Canada, United States
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