Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?
As Canadians rally around the flag in this trade war with the U.S., an unpopular opinion is discussed: was walking away from the deal a mistake?
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Front Burner23:47Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?
It's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed and Mark Carney's government walked away from a deal. Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into effect earlier this month and yet more U.S. tariffs hit this week. A new deal between the two countries is nowhere in sight.
By and large — Canadians support this.
But Sean Speer sees this a bit differently: he's wondering if Canada really should have walked away from the table, and asks if Canadians – in all their righteous anger – are thinking clearly about the path we're on now.
Speer is the editor-at-large of The Hub and a former senior economic advisor to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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