President Trumps Mythical Canadian Water Faucet
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Trump says Ontario ‘shouldn’t be playing with electricity’ amid trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump said to reporters on Wednesday that Ontario "shouldn’t be playing with electricity," after Premier Doug Ford announced a pause on...
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Though Trump initiated the treaty talks during his first term, the president has now indicated he’s not happy with the agreement in principle reached last summer.
The president included the treaty on a four-page list of grievances that he recited on a recent call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported Saturday.
“The president said the treaty was unfair to the U.S. and that it needed changes that Canada had yet to agree to,” wrote reporters Patrick White and Robert Fife.
If the Americans are seeking better terms, that could be bad news for B.C. The New Democrats endorsed last year’s agreement, even though it included significant concessions by the Canadian side, but that was Pre-Trump and his economic policies to harm Canada and Canadians with tariffs, threats, insults, and general ignorance and disrespectful rhetoric.
B.C. took a hit to get a new Columbia River treaty. Now Trump wants even more
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. is waiting to see if Trump has a specific proposal or is just listing the treaty as a negotiating tool. Read more.
Columbia River Treaty talks on hold amid Trump attacks on Canadian sovereignty
Columbia River Treaty talks on hold as Trump administration reviews international engagement
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Perhaps its time we start building water pipelines to the US? It only makes sense. Face it, AZ and CA water is our food. Im up for cheaper drought free fruit and veg. Every last one of us in the U.S and Canada relies on the Colorado River.(YouTube & ‘Artificially drawn line’: The border and Trump’s plan for Canada)
“What isn’t normal is some of the musings of the president of the U.S., with respect to British Columbia, to Canada and our water,” Dix explained. “The vicious anti-Canadian attacks that he made on this, on all these issues.”Trump says Ontario ‘shouldn’t be playing with electricity’ amid trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump said to reporters on Wednesday that Ontario "shouldn’t be playing with electricity," after Premier Doug Ford announced a pause on...
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Though Trump initiated the treaty talks during his first term, the president has now indicated he’s not happy with the agreement in principle reached last summer.
The president included the treaty on a four-page list of grievances that he recited on a recent call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported Saturday.
“The president said the treaty was unfair to the U.S. and that it needed changes that Canada had yet to agree to,” wrote reporters Patrick White and Robert Fife.
If the Americans are seeking better terms, that could be bad news for B.C. The New Democrats endorsed last year’s agreement, even though it included significant concessions by the Canadian side, but that was Pre-Trump and his economic policies to harm Canada and Canadians with tariffs, threats, insults, and general ignorance and disrespectful rhetoric.
The terms required B.C. to immediately give up 37 per cent of its entitlement to the market value of electricity generated on the U.S. side of the border. The reduction would increase to 50 per cent starting in 2033??? Really? Demanding this during a trade war? Wouldn’t this be egregious???B.C. took a hit to get a new Columbia River treaty. Now Trump wants even more
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. is waiting to see if Trump has a specific proposal or is just listing the treaty as a negotiating tool. Read more.vancouversun.com
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There is no end date to the treaty, however, there is a 10-year period that is required if either side decides to unilaterally terminate it…assuming both sides honour treaties, trade agreements, sovereignty of other nations, mutual respect, etc…from September 2024 onward, which was six-ish months ago, & feels like a lifetime ago.Columbia River Treaty talks on hold amid Trump attacks on Canadian sovereignty
Columbia River Treaty talks on hold as Trump administration reviews international engagement
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Don’t start making sense. None of this has to do with cooperation and the common good. Actually thinking this through is counterproductive.
Its the end goal. Face it. 20 years ago Banc du Canada was saying it was 20-30 years to an North American Union. Here we are.
Before this can happen Canadian patriotism needs to be cranked up. Step 2 is an offer we cant refuse that gives the upper hand, reassures your Rights with your renewed patriotism intact.
If it makes Canadians feel theyre the victors of a viscious attack and preexisting financial crisis we'll go for it.
Water is not part of NAFTAUSMCACUZMA whatever…
(YouTube & As Trump pauses Columbia River Treaty, is Canada’s water at risk?)
Water is a provincial (not federal) responsibility like other natural resources, according to this professor, & yet:
…yet another PM in 1970 was stretching, federal tentacles into provincial jurisdictions…
Under the terms of the agreement, Canada MUST control the flow of the Columbia River through its network of dams TO ENSURE US hydropower generators receive enough water AND to prevent flooding. Those benefits are worth roughly $200m (C$288m) annually for the province.
For its part, the US MUST also give Canada half the additional potential hydroelectric power produced by dams, which it sells at market rate. While the future of the pact looks uncertain, either nation MUST give a 10-year notice before abandoning the deal.
Today, it’s about tariffs, but what Donald Trump covets is what Canada has: critical minerals, oil, trees, a massive slice of the Arctic and an abundance of freshwater.
Water is a provincial (not federal) responsibility like other natural resources, according to this professor, & yet:
…yet another PM in 1970 was stretching, federal tentacles into provincial jurisdictions…
Under the terms of the agreement, Canada MUST control the flow of the Columbia River through its network of dams TO ENSURE US hydropower generators receive enough water AND to prevent flooding. Those benefits are worth roughly $200m (C$288m) annually for the province.
For its part, the US MUST also give Canada half the additional potential hydroelectric power produced by dams, which it sells at market rate. While the future of the pact looks uncertain, either nation MUST give a 10-year notice before abandoning the deal.
Today, it’s about tariffs, but what Donald Trump covets is what Canada has: critical minerals, oil, trees, a massive slice of the Arctic and an abundance of freshwater.