00:00In the Canadian town of Kingston, this lake is still Lake Ontario, not Lake America, as US President Trump calls
00:07it.
00:07Despite Trump's trade war and his threats to Canada's sovereignty, this cruise operator says business has been booming.
00:15We've seen more Canadians travel with us this year because they might have usually traveled to the US or traveled
00:20elsewhere,
00:21but they're trying to support Canadian businesses.
00:23About 5% of our passengers come from Europe now, and perhaps that might increase.
00:31Kingston lies right at the US border, but now people here are looking for stronger ties with Europe and ocean
00:38away.
00:39Vendors at Kingston Farmers Market are backing their prime minister's efforts to build new trade partnerships around the world, especially
00:48with the EU.
00:49We have to rely on ourselves and make those different relationships with Europe and other places,
00:57and the United States is not what we thought it was, that's for sure.
01:01I think the EU shares more values and comments with Canadians than Americans seem to do right now.
01:08People think twice when they're shopping. They say, is this from the US? Maybe I'm going to get something from
01:14the EU.
01:15Political scientist Frédéric Mehron says Canada needs to reduce its dependence on the United States.
01:22It's also very difficult because 70% or 75% of our trade goes to the US,
01:29and about 80% to 90% of our military equipment is bought in the United States.
01:34So we're trying to look for European suppliers, for European buyers, but it's going to take a lot of time.
01:43Nearly 1,900 kilometers east of Kingston is Canada's city that's closest to Europe.
01:50Standing here in the easternmost city of North America, the view across the Atlantic stretches straight toward Europe.
01:58And everywhere here you can feel how close Europe is to the people.
02:02Many are proud of their roots in Ireland and other European countries.
02:07And almost everyone we spoke to wants Canada to move much closer to Europe.
02:13Trade with Europe has been going on from this port for centuries.
02:18Europe is a place that we have so much in common with that it will be our natural partners in
02:25many cases.
02:26There is a strong connection already that naturally exists, so that makes Europe a perfect market.
02:32In the evening, locals and tourists converge at O'Reilly's Irish Newfoundland pub.
02:38Owner Brenda also has a brewery.
02:41We have an export plan, but we weren't even looking to the United States to put our beer in the
02:46United States.
02:47We're going right to Ireland and right to the rest of Europe.
02:51Fergus is an Irish-born musician who plays here regularly.
02:55He's helped revive an interest in traditional Newfoundland songs with Irish roots.
03:00I don't know that Canada will ever become part of Europe, but the association and spreading our wings
03:06to be part of the larger scope of the world, and especially Europe.
03:14I mean, we have the ties there already.
03:19The United States, obviously, some people are friends, but with the current administration,
03:26it's frightening, really, what's going on.
03:29At a local craft center, Anita Carroll says her friends have all stopped buying products from the U.S.
03:36The countries closest to you were the ones that tended to work together.
03:39But I think, you know, it's a global economy now, and people are traveling so much,
03:45the world is just getting smaller.
03:46So I think we're free to move about and, you know, do business with a variety of countries.
03:52So, you know, I think that'll just get stronger.
03:55Our business ties to Europe will be better.
03:59What has become clear from Trump's trade war and his attacks on Canada's sovereignty?
04:04Some Canadians are feeling closer to Europe than to their own neighbors.
