I was reading an article at CTV last night. They were relying on information they got from the Liberals and it did seem like Chrystia and the rest of them were telling us this deal was to be celebrated as a big win for them.
Avoiding total disaster is not the same thing as success$1:
One thing you’ll notice in how the Trudeau government discusses NAFTA is that they are trying to make it seem like avoiding disaster is somehow the same as success. It’s not.
The reality is that the ‘wins’ Trudeau plans to claim are not ‘wins’ at all. Chapter 19 remains in place – which is simply the status quo. Supply management was not dismantled, while the U.S. gets more dairy access – which is the status quo plus a change in favour of the U.S. position.
There won’t be auto tariffs – but Canada had to agree to a cap on auto exports to the U.S. – which again is the status quo plus a change in favour of the U.S. position.
And steel & aluminum tariffs remain in place.
Keep all of the above in mind when you hear Trudeau & Freeland push their deceptive spin. While much of the establishment media will uncritically push Trudeau’s propaganda line, with the information above we can push back with the truth.
Spencer Fernando
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“The question is whether these incremental changes were worth what this Trumpified process has done to relations with Canada and Mexico and to businesses hurt by the uncertainty. And whether they’re good policy; odd to call something a “win” just because it’s what Trump wanted.”
https://www.spencerfernando.com/2018/10 ... afta-spin/
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