The mayor of a Canadian border city says the prime minister and premiers should speak to communities like his about frustration with the United States that is bubbling up over president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and comments about absorbing Canada.
“[The relationship] is deteriorating and people are saying they’re not going to cross the border,” said Mike Bradley, the mayor of Sarnia, Ont., which has a border crossing with Port Huron, Mich.
“I’m hearing it on a constant basis: 'We don’t want to do that anymore because we’re being disrespected.”
I don’t think it is forceful - Trump said it would be economic - I guess offering “deal” Canada cannot refuse. I think he is bluffing at this point - clearly this is just in his head. If there is a concrete plan of some EU-style economic union with mostly political autonomy, I think it may be beneficial to Canada - the reality is that Canada cannot prosper without relying on the USA.
After a quick look at your history, if you like America so much maybe you should just go there. I’m not dignifying the rest with a response.
That a weird reaction… What history? Nothing to add to the point? What would be bad in economic free trade union? Lots of Canadians I talked to are dreaming of moving to the states, BTW - lower cost of living and higher wages.
we’ve been “common law married” for 100+ years. “You don’t get to eat unless I have the fuller authority given to me by official marriage” is an extortion that is violent/unwelcome. Marrying the US comes with having to pay its huge credit card debt.
And they’re becoming increasingly senile and violent and doing things like this.
In the 80’s when we set up NAFTA it was a smart move, and there wasn’t really a reason not to integrate ever closer with America. That’s over now. We need to protect ourselves from them.