alt Hacker NewsI know hacker news is cheering for Carney and it's a nice David vs Goliath story. But as a Canadian - look I'm no fan of Trump, I don't appreciate what Trump said. But I'm not a fan of Carny's handling of this. There are alot of Canadian jobs at stake here and I don't think our leaders are handling this responsibly.
The only nations in the world that are "standing up to Trump" are China and Brazil. .
That's not good company to be in. Every other country, including most of Europe, has hammered out some kind of deal with America
I think our leaders, and frankly most of our country, needs to grow up and be pragmatic. Is what Trump is saying acceptable? No. But am I willing to see 10s of thousands of Canadians lose their job over some spat with the current American president? No
Thing about "American hegemony" and "middle power". And this "associate member of the EU" without any clear defined role or responsibility of privilege therein seems to be more political theater when what we need is results. I'm sorry but as a Canadian I feel like our leaders are morons more interested in their legacy and fame than they are in the wellbeing of everyday Canadians
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As a fellow Canadian I think you have a misunderstanding of what’s at stake here. There is potential to lose tens of thousands of jobs by agreeing to the bad deal the american’s proposed.
> Every other country, including most of Europe, has hammered out some kind of deal with America
So did Canada, and Trump wiped his ass with the deal the moment he needed a distraction from another scandal. Canada is lucky to have leadership that understands the next "deal" will be equally disposable to America.
Yeah 51st state governer carney. This guy is deadly serious. Deals hammered out with Trump are not worth the paper they’re written on. Besides that Trump has already violated CUSMA a deal he signed himself and has invoked ridiculous laws to punish Canada while lying through his teeth the entire time.
What do you expect Carney to do what that!?
You seem to forget that Canada was one of the first countries to strike a deal with Trump.
The he unilaterally scrapped the deal because of “fentanyl”.