Canadian certainty expectations are at the centre of every political conversation right now, and Matt Gurney says that's exactly the problem. Not the uncertainty itself. The expectation that certainty was ever something you could count on.

What does it feel like to look at a dashboard of warning lights and keep expecting them to turn green? Gurney has a name for what Canada is facing: an outside context problem. A challenge so different from anything in the experience base that none of the usual responses fit.

Canada is behind practically and economically. Gurney says the psychological lag is the one that will take longest to close, and it was visible long before any of this arrived.

Topics: Canadian certainty expectations, Canada falling behind, outside context problem, American withdrawal global leadership, Canadian political preparedness

GUEST: Matt Gurney | http://readtheline.ca

Originally aired on 2026-04-21

Canadian certainty expectations are at the centre of every political conversation right now, and Matt Gurney says that's exactly the problem. Not the uncertainty itself. The expectation that certainty was ever something you could count on.
What does it feel like to look at a dashboard of warning lights and keep expecting them to turn green? Gurney has a name for what Canada is facing: an outside context problem. A challenge so different from anything in the experience base that none of the usual responses fit.
Canada is behind practically and economically. Gurney says the psychological lag is the one that will take longest to close, and it was visible long before any of this arrived.
Topics: Canadian certainty expectations, Canada falling behind, outside context problem, American withdrawal global leadership, Canadian political preparedness
GUEST: Matt Gurney |<a href="http://readtheline.ca"> http://readtheline.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-21

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