Fabian

J.A.F.A
Always happy to see more intelligent government and better quality journalism across Canada.
Supports an elected Canadian Senate. No good at French.

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@Gray_Mackenzie Politico is doing better journalism on this issue, more balanced, more in depth, and using a broad range of good quality sources

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@RobShaw_BC 😱

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@josh_wingrove Did you laugh at them when you heard that?

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@garry_keller You forgot the bit about the Canadian team having no clue on how to conclude a negotiation

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@FredEisenberger Nice to see you putting the interest of mollycoddled Quebeckers ahead of blue collar Canadians

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@josh_wingrove I know you want to cast this as a grand, dramatic contest with the U.S. But the truth is a lot less dramatic. A pragmatic deal was achievable, but Canada sent a D Grade negotiating team. The same bewildering approach Carney's crew have adopted when visiting Asia and Australia.

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@globeandmail Janice Charette's redundancy payment calculations might be the most important equation in Canada today

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@mikelecouteur Quiz question for all the Ottawa fans. How many trade agreements has Janice Charette successfully negotiated? Mike, you can even have a crack at this one if you like

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@josh_wingrove Papering over negotiation incompetence with the vapid poetry of part time patriotism

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@RalphGoodale This is what happens when your bargaining team and advisory committees are built around nepotism rather than merit.

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@DaveBaker266641 @zpaikin The experiment would likely prove fatal.

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@terrynewman All this sexy French talk reminds me that in the 2026–2027 fiscal year, the federal government will pay $13.9 billion to Quebec in equalization payments. When your friends & family are spending hours in the emergency room, rest assured Quebec is enjoying their cheese & your 💰

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@PerrinBeatty We are done giving Quebec pocket money for doing none of the chores. Love Western Canada

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@afneil All the Brexit experts in the UK became the covid experts, and now they are bloviating international trade experts. I wish I was so smart.

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@PoliSciChick84 There's a long history of protectionist policies in Canada including tariffs, quotas and price fixing. Mostly for internal political reasons (in Quebec) the Canadian Federal government is reluctant to trade off this protectionism. This is not some Hollywood western. It's complex

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@carlquintanilla Yeah that's Alberta oil.

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@MaxwellACameron @edwardalden Yeah arguing about the original basis for NAFTA is not exactly the topic of the day.

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@edwardalden A free trade deal requires Canada to acknowledge that protecting uncompetitive industry in Quebec is neither free trade or a basis for long term economic prosperity.

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@reutersLjungg @MarkJCarney Say what? Canada walked away from the table. Either they weren't properly prepared with a counter offer, or the gove pulled the plug as some kind of gauche political theatre.

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@vtchakarova Not just that but PM Carney's obsession with subsidising the Quebec economy has sadly started to become a real threat to Canadian unity, and adds unnecessary fuel to the fire of the province of Alberta's separatist movement.