We cannot assume Americans will make better choices in future elections. We cannot count on things going back to the way they were.
Source: Star Editorial Board: There’s only one way Canada can survive Donald Trump’s trade war
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That’s why Carney should be prepared to go back to the table if — and only if — the Americans demonstrate they are willing to negotiate in good faith. Only if they persuade us that they actually want a deal, not to subjugate our country, and that they would honour whatever was agreed to.
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None of this is to suggest Canada should be unwilling to bend on anything. A good, fair agreement requires flexibility on both sides. But we need to know where our red lines are. And these fundamental issues of sovereignty should not be bargaining chips.
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This will be hard. It will hurt. But there is no other way. This is a fight for all Canadians — not Liberals or Conservatives, not Ontarians or Albertans, not francophones, anglophones, or newcomers, but Canadians. We didn’t ask for this fight. We don’t want it. It’s depressingly counter-productive. But it’s here. And the only way we’ll get to the other side is if we stay together and fight as one.
