The Imperial Presidency, Part 2

[robkelk]

Trade deal became untenable when U.S. 'asked too much and offered too little'

The prime minister revealed that the U.S. had issues with Canada's subsidies for French culture; the prevalence of French-language media online and even the requirement to have bilingual labels on products sold in Canada.

"It was unacceptable right from the start, but the Americans kept trying and trying and we said no," Carney said. "Ultimately it's simple. That was never on the table for Canada and it would not have been acceptable to Canadians."

According to the blowhard in the Oval Office, the last-minute changes to his proposal -- including, apparently, one that would have forbidden Canada from making trade deals with anyone else -- are somehow our fault.

Bullshit.


I've updated my signature here:

Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada

So far, nobody except call-in-show callers has mentioned the word "embargo", but remember how panicked the guy in the Oval Office was when one province announced a couple of years ago to cut off electricity to various states.


I've noticed that he says Canada is difficult to deal with. I suspect he thinks that because we don't kowtow to him.