Canada already gave it in last time they talked (end of tech tax, retaliatory tariffs, ...). I wonder what they want now, and if Carney will go above and beyond for Trump again (as in he could easily have bound the concessions with the continuity of the negotiations).

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[–] BinzyBoi@piefed.ca 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The man has already moved the goalposts time and time over, why should we continue to capitulate to him?

Carney hasn't proved to me that he's the man to meet the moment whatsoever. You tell me that the man who stood by and asked "both sides" to respect international law in both Iran and Venezuela rather than call out the U.S. for the initial violation of international law is the guy to stand up to the U.S.? That the man who gave up the digital services tax the last time around is the person to stand tall and not capitulate?

The man has been talking about the possibility of not renewing CUSMA for ages now, why not take that as a sign to not engage?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Carney hasn’t proved to me that he’s the man to meet the moment whatsoever.

as opposed to who?

The USA aggressively does not want a fair trade deal, and even if they signed one, they would just ignore it.

[–] BinzyBoi@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As opposed to Avi Lewis for one.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh fucking please. An actual economist versus a TeeVee Journalist.

[–] BinzyBoi@piefed.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

Who does that economist serve? The working class, or wealthy CEOs, investors, and company shareholders?

The high speed rail project he's putting in place is, as always, going to be a public-private partnership rather than a public crown corporation like Via Rail is. His affordable housing strategy has simply been "build more homes" and poking for the private sector to do the right thing when they're the ones price gouging us to begin with by treating a home as an investment rather than a human right.

He still hasn't said anything about the efforts of Ford and Smith to further privatise the healthcare industry and how he'd protect public health with the Canada Health Act. His government forced arbitration on airline attendants striking against Air Canada over unpaid work. He's laying the groundwork for a new pipeline when the oil & gas industry has abandoned workers through automation leaving them nowhere else to go, and he's unwilling to ban surveillance pricing when we're in a cost of living crisis.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

[–] BinzyBoi@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Whataboutism" is conflating foreign policy with foreign policy, and expecting consistency with it in our dealings with the same country in question. Alright.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Carney has been doing an amazing job. Something is wrong with you if you can't see that.

[–] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Carney has been doing an amazing job.

I completely agree.

Something is wrong with you if you can’t see that.

I completely disagree. This is a democracy. You're allowed to not like the Prime Minister. That doesn't mean that something's wrong with you

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But he made that nice speech that one time!!1!