How deep do you want to go? A person with an intense desire to understand everything and use the best data to take sensible decisions will like The Rational Reminder podcast and it’s wide content. Recently it discussed a paper challenging the use of bonds in a portfolio and proposing 100% stock in a 1/3 domestic market - 2/3 international market split as the optimal portfolio in most situations. Don’t take my word for it, understand the underlying logic and if it’s right for you yourself. Bonus for the nerds: how is the current chaos supporting or contradicting the efficient market theory?

If you want a more condensed explanation: don’t invest money you will need within the next decade and focus on low cost (low MER) index etf. Some all in one etf exist or you can choose 2-4 etf and rebalance them yourself. You don’t have enough talent and ressources to do single stocks: most professionals gets results below the market average.

If you want a 100% Canadian portfolio, I would do some mix of ZCN and ZAG. Both are 100% Canadian from BMO. If you want international diversification without the US you can use VIU. 60/20/20 ZCN/ZAG/VIU would be a portfolio that heavily prioritizes Canada with reasonable diversification without investing at all in the US. (Which, from the title and political climate, I assume you might be looking for.)

You’re on the right track

ETFs and Canadian banks are considered lower risk investments because it’s unlikely they will be gone tomorrow

TFSA with broad-exposure index ETFs is usually going to be the best option if you're young. I have something like that.

FWIW I cut out the US specifically and it's served me well over the past months.