It looks like Justin Trudeau will come home from China empty handed in what may be yet another abject failure to secure a trade deal as promised by the Canadian government.
Perhaps given our track record on prior trade negotiations, Canadians should have expected failure.
After all our International trade minister, Chrystia Freeland, famously broke down in tears when trade negotiations stalled with the EU, and now NAFTA negotiations are going very poorly by all accounts.
Trudeau had intended to enlist China as a buffer with the US and President Trump in our NAFTA talks, but it’s becoming increasingly clear, even within Canada's Media Party, just how inept the Trudeau Liberals are at negotiating trade deals.
To be fair, the trip isn't over yet, but the headlines from the first two days are awful with no deal so far, and no Canadian prisoners released either.
Barring a last minute deal, should Trudeau and the Liberals return empty handed, the pressure to come to a deal on NAFTA will increase, and the Trump administration will know they have Canada between a rock and hard place.
Trudeau is less than two years from re-election and without any major trade wins, the Liberals may find themselves in trouble.
To be fair. Not totally incompetent! They are making themselves richer at our expense. Just look at Bill Moredough!
https://twitter.com/cathmckenna/status/937868865496932352
Small potatoes indeed.
Remember our national newspaper the ‘Misinformation and Garbage’, the editorial it ran for Americans not to vote for Trump. Now, it is convenient for the Canadian news media are not telling the truth about the state of negotiations in NAFTA. Shame that Canadians have been conditioned that without these ’Free Trade deals, Canada will suffer economically! (Scaremongering tactics have already started). Somehow reality tells quite a different story as Canada had prospered and had a growing economy well before NAFTA was put in place! Why and what is this government afraid of, if NAFTA goes south?
Now, the embarrassment and humiliation I feel as a Canadian is directly related to numb-nuts-Justin and his delusional nonsense and his acting out of stupid…regularly. Cause and effect.
This is not a contradiction…unlike Justin.
I’m going to buy a big bag of chips and watch Trump announce the moving of the American Embassy to Jerusalem. I can just imagine what our Muslim Prime Minister will have to say about that.
The whole sad part in all of this is that whatever he has done has hurt this country to no end. Straddling us with unbelievable debut, recreating our society in an image he has in his feeble mind and in a short time, killing jobs, and having an open door to anyone who whats to come here and for any reason – essentially on our dine – has more or less destroyed our country. Sadly, this is what he intended to do: "
The very concept of a nation founded by European settlers is offensive to me. Old stock White Canadians are an unpleasant relic. and quite frankly, replaceable. And we will replace them."
- Justin Trudeau, when asked to comment on his Open Borders immigration strategy.
Along with an almost excessive Muslim “refugee” policy of immigrants, he quietly did much the same with China a year or so ago.
When someone is as dumb as a plank of wood, maybe someone should hit him in the head with a plank of wood. It wouldn’t hurt (no pun) to try. It might even put him out of our misery.
The entire Lieberal Party is full of totally incompetents who insist they know what they are doing. Just look at their accomplishment record!!!! …………..Zip!!!
I remember a character named Brucie the Ferret. Not sure why that image came back to me. I’d sure like to see it again.
Say, where are Andrew and crew on this file? Haven’t heard from Jay Kelly in a while telling us how much The Great Leader is respected around the world and how fortunate we are to have the lad. Funny how they go on and on about social issues but say nothing o defend The Great Leader on issues like this.
All you Lieberal voters be on notice – your ass is about to become grass.
Mongrel you also got it right, too many people have short memories, which is why they never learn from history.
Trudeau is an amateur surrounded by amateurs…he thought he was sealing a deal….what a moron!
… Trudeau is about Trudeau. When asked what country he admires the most, he never even considers his own. He should be in jail.