A Message to
President Trump

Scott opposes tariffs on Canadian goods. He believes RCMP public communications failed to distinguish the chemical synthesis of fentanyl from the preparation of “down” using already-existing, imported fentanyl. He describes down as a diluted fentanyl mixture, often containing caffeine and sold in solid form for smoking, prepared in Canada and other countries. Preparing such a mixture is not the same process as synthesizing fentanyl.

In Scott’s view, RCMP language about the Falkland “superlab” conflated those processes, and U.S. officials interpreted that language as evidence of Canadian fentanyl synthesis. He believes this misunderstanding led to Trump’s tariffs. Scott says he has seen no documentation establishing fentanyl synthesis within Canadian illicit supply networks; that is his assessment, not proof that synthesis does not occur.

Scott argues that the RCMP has not taken responsibility for what he considers a communications failure, and attributes $200 billion in lost GDP to the resulting tariff dispute.

These are Scott’s allegations and economic assessment, not independently verified findings presented by this website. The claimed causal link to tariffs, the absence-of-synthesis claim and the $200 billion figure are not substantiated here.

Great Scott credits President Trump with what he describes as an effective disruption of Canada’s cocaine supply networks following Ryan Wedding’s arrest. Gilbert says wholesale cocaine prices doubled overnight afterward, and argues that Trump is the only person who can claim credit for a disruption of that scale.

Gilbert contrasts that claimed price increase with decades of RCMP and CBSA announcements. He argues that, despite tens of billions in enforcement spending and reports of seizures larger than those associated with the Wedding case, no comparable overnight doubling occurred in Canada over the preceding 50 years. He says that contrast calls for scrutiny of what agencies mean when they claim to have “disrupted” a supply network.

His proposed test is price: a long-established economic signal of changing supply and demand. Gilbert argues that Canadian police do not use price adequately to substantiate disruption claims. He contends that drug availability has remained broadly stable while inflation-adjusted prices have fallen, with particularly large declines for cannabis and fentanyl.

These are Gilbert’s claims and interpretation, not independently verified findings. No supporting price series, comprehensive 50-year comparison, or evidence establishing exclusive credit is supplied here. A ChatGPT response is not independent confirmation. A price increase following an arrest does not by itself establish causation; demand, purity, location, market level and other events also need to be considered.