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| Nice response, i can't say your post is wrong, but I do have my own opinions and we are entitled to them so I will disagree on some things.
You first need to understand that my leader is the leader of an authoritarian regime that run rough shod over citizens who protested the removal of their most basic human rights a few years ago. And the countries top court even agreed that the countries leader acted in a way that was not with in his power. But that is how authoritarians become authoritarians.
And as for the brilliant Freeland, yes, she says the Supreme Court is wrong and so apparently is 100% in support of every day citizens having their basic rights violated by government.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/a-judge-ruled-trudeaus-use-of...
As for the USMCA, no, Canada did not engage in top notch negotiations. But that is all a matter of perspective. I will cite this one blurb,
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2018/canadian-trade...
>>>Canadian negotiators arguably gave in much too generously to US demands. They sacrificed the dairy industry, abandoned the “progressive trade agenda,” accepted the unprecedented clause that requires parties to notify each other before launching trade talks with “non-market” economies, failed to modernize labour mobility and capitulated on the sunset clause.
Yet tariffs on iron, steel and aluminum remain. Canadian negotiators not only should stand steadfast on the demand that these tariffs should be removed immediately, but should advocate strongly for specific and actionable assurances that such measures will not be used in the future.<<<
If you will recall at the time, Trump was defending the US from Canada dumping steel in the US. And an internet search will tell you that Canada was a transfer path of cheap Chinese steel flowing through Canada and into the US. Among other kinds of steel. So the US administration had valid grounds for the tariffs.
So no, Freeland was not a top level trade negotiator just like she is not a top level deputy PM. Although, since the Liberals find it impossible to replace her weeks after her resignation, perhaps she was the best the Liberals could put forth. And so Canada has no PM or deputy PM because those roles are impossible to fill.
But any way, for TLDL,
Yes Trump is still talking trade deficits. Yet I see no news item saying he will or will not lift the tariffs now that Canada is spending $1.3B to do it was supposed to be doing all along. So far Trump wins, and so do Canadians. Trump said the tariffs were about the border. It is presently entirely speculation whether the tariffs will remain or not.
And yes, a lot of oil flows from Canada into the US. A lot would flow from Alberta and Saskatchewan, through Manitoba and into Ontario and Quebec but the powers that be won't allow it. So the US is where it goes. Whether the US puts tariffs on will remain to be seen. If that happens I suppose we will need some real leadership in a country to move oil another 800 miles to where it can be used rather than import from other side of the world.
And here is the thing about Trump and his "whining" :
Trumps has a spotlight on him and people criticize everything he says. And that is how it is meant to be. People will start looking into his comments and "fact checking". And hopefully people start reading and learning more how things really work rather than take the corporate owned media (or better yet, in Canada the government owned media) and start forming some of their own opinions. I fully expect Trump not to follow through on some things he talks about. | |
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Canada largest foriegn buyer of US Ethanol
