As long as Canada is a federal state as now constituted, Ottawa lacks the jurisdiction to impose inter-provincial free trade.
As long as Canada is a federal state as now constituted, Ottawa lacks the jurisdiction to impose inter-provincial free trade.
Canada didn’t concede anything.
We committed to keeping agreements we had already made with Biden, and we agreed to give someone an honourary title of fentanyl tzar. That’s it.
If Trump wants something real, I hope our leaders will fight back, but for now, there’s not much we can or should do. We’ll see how it goes in a month when the tariffs unpause.