Dave

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[Dave @rdavemohr]

@AndrewLawton And how much did oil and gas factor in?! Negative without it.

[Dave @rdavemohr]

@ABDanielleSmith Far too much common sense here.

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@DLeBlancNB How do you sleep at night with such a profound lack of integrity towards the people and your role as an elected representative of those people?

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@JasminLaine Beyond any doubt. Actions speak louder than words. We know this because we haven't seen the actual words of the rejected deal, but we sure see him acting like a King on a mission.

[Dave @rdavemohr]

@ArpanKhanna Global influence is what he seems to be seeking more than the best interests of the average Canadian.

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@MichelleRempel We Canadians are pawns to his will. It couldn't be clearer that he has aspirations far outside our borders.

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@terrynewman Apparently some in Canada are content to have a PM "ruling" like a King. I prefer democracy where my voice and my vote matter.

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@thesovereignceo @CTVNews Stunningly embarrassing to voice that on the air. That's the level of professionalism and sophistication of our mainstream media?

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@SpencerFernando By "influencers" you mean CBC and CTV?

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@ReiverHall @roscoebombosco @GlupZhitto @MarcNixon24 You've apparently drank the Kool-Aid about the security clearance gong show. Ridiculous to even bring it up.

[Kim G C Moody @KimGCMoody]

I’m trying to make sense of where I land on the collapse of the Canada-U.S. trade talks. It’s not a simple place.

Trump’s approach toward Canada - aggressive tariffs, the 51st-state nonsense and “we don’t need anything from Canada” rhetoric - is genuinely corrosive.

But I’m also uneasy about how little verifiable information critically thinking Canadians have to work with. Saturday’s press conference gave us Carney’s characterization of the U.S. position - not the actual terms, and certainly not enough information to independently assess what was on the table. The U.S., unsurprisingly, tells a different story.

If this really is a “war” moment, as the PM’s own language suggests, then Parliament should be the venue for making the case to Canadians - not simply a podium. Extraordinary moments demand more scrutiny, not less.

I also think many Canadians underestimate just how lopsided our economic dependence on the U.S. remains. More than 70% of our merchandise exports go to the United States. Trade in goods and services represents roughly two-thirds of Canada’s GDP. Exports alone support nearly 1 in 5 Canadian jobs.

That’s the economic reality that “elbows up” rhetoric needs to reckon with. This isn’t a fight between economic equals. Pretending otherwise doesn’t change the math.

Take the booze bans. Sure, they apparently annoyed the Americans enough to become a bargaining chip. Carney encouraged provinces to put American alcohol back on shelves as part of getting a fair deal done. But “annoying enough to negotiate over” and “meaningful leverage against the world’s largest economy” are two very different things. It’s a rounding error masquerading as resistance - while Canadian consumers are the ones giving up a nice glass of wine or bourbon.

Rather than pretending symbolic retaliation gives us economic leverage we don’t have, Canada should concentrate on the things we can actually control. We can control whether Canada is an attractive place to invest, build businesses, take risks and deploy capital. And one of the biggest levers is entirely within our own control: our tax system.

Our current system is horrifically complex and inefficient. It discourages investment, entrepreneurship and competitiveness at precisely the moment we desperately need more of all three.
Real, comprehensive tax reform - not another pre-budget “consultation” designed to validate decisions already made - should be an urgent national priority.

Because ultimately, economic sovereignty isn’t created by vacuous slogans like “elbows up” or “Canada Strong”. It’s created by economic strength.

And Canada has a lot of work to do.

[Dave @rdavemohr]

@TristinHopper Dang, your comments have never been more bang on. Well done.

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@DanKnightMMA Reminder: they work for the people.

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@sarobertson_ Let Canada decide if they are for Alberta or not. It seems history indicates Alberta is best served by standing up for itself.

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@Martyupnorth Almost certainly the exact reason we're not hearing anything about the actual trade agreements we rejected.

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@Roman_Baber @MarkJCarney Almost certainly. Only the most arrogant gov't we've ever had would hold back the full facts about the deal. After all, they know what's better for me than me.

[Dave @rdavemohr]

@terrynewman You can bet this is one of the reasons (besides the god-complex they seem to embody lately), we will not know the full details of what the deal actually was.

[Dave @rdavemohr]

@terrynewman And as the rumours say, the US wants to control our other trade partners. Anyone else wondering if the US is as concerned about our new Chinese partnership as many Canadians are? Seems like something Liberals would like to hide from Canadians.

[Dave @rdavemohr]

@jkenney Maybe you should sit this one out.

[Hon. Rona Ambrose Veitch @RonaAmbrose]

@MarkJCarney it’s time to recall Parliament. Thousands of jobs and billions in cross border business are at stake. This is why we vote for our representatives. Canada is not a corporation, it’s a democracy.