Let’s do it. Canada has to come first. “Real thing” or not we need to have our destiny in our own hands. Let’s supply as much as we can within Canada and the partner with friendly countries. We have great products there is a market!
I like our attitude of make as much as we can and work with out friends, in contrast to the “America First” fuck every other country! Me, me, me!
“Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing. In my conversations with him on…,” Trudeau said, before the microphone cut out.
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After the opening address, media were ushered out of the room, when a microphone that was left on picked up on what was only meant to be heard behind closed doors.
This is wild:
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Trudeau didn’t want to say that in front of the media (even though at least one of the people in the room was going to leak it after).
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We’re still having hot mic accidents.
“Accidents”
This is a soundbite that does nothing but help Trudeau. There’s no reason to think it was accidental, rather than just theatrical. He was a drama teacher. He knows how to make an impact.
Why bother?
- If he’d said it front of the media, it would have been a headline.
- The two stories I’ve seen about this bury the hot mic part after the national sovereignty bit.
- There isn’t any level of protection that he’d get by saying it to a room of millionaires and billionaires instead of the media.
- Googling for “hot mic accident” shows a surprising number of results.
Without evidence to the contrary, Occam’s razor (and a backhand with Hanlon’s razor) both suggest it was a goof by the sound tech rather than unnecessary theatrics.
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Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand was asked during a news conference on Wednesday if “interprovincial trade barriers [could] be dealt with, wiped away in 30 days?”
“The short answer to your question is yes,” she responded.
We’re down to 25 days. Is the answer still yes?
Trolling aside, that sounds like an excellent goal. I’ve seen news articles about Canada’s internal trade barriers since the 1980s, but this is the first time I’ve seen anything approaching movement on the issue.
“The short answer to your question is yes,” she responded.
We’re down to 25 days. Is the answer still yes?
It can happen if the provinces decide to cooperate.
What are the odds that Alberta backs down on demands that other provinces allow more pipelines to be built faster (and without as much environmental red tape)?
What are the odds that Quebec backs down on its demand that all products sold in their province be labelled primarily in French, or that any workers coming to Quebec from another province must be fluent in French?
Etc, etc…
