Trudeau Goes to China
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Pursue a trade deal with China, but not at the risk of Canadian interests and values
But if we are to trade with such an odious and adversarial regime, we can and should do so at least cost to our principles. Whether or not we should seek to impose Canadian labour and environmental policies on China, we should be vigilant against any attempt by China to impose its policies on us: by demanding that Chinese takeovers of Canadian firms be exempt from national security reviews, for instance, or by insisting Chinese nationals on our soil be delivered up to the mercies of the Communist legal system.
It is a question, in other words, of properly identifying our objectives: moral, economic and otherwise. The chance of a free trade deal — with China, the U.S. or anyone — ought not to be jeopardized for the sake of showy appeals to the Liberal base. But neither should bedrock Canadian interests and values be sacrificed, as a previous prime minister once put it, on the altar of “the almighty dollar.”
Andrew Coyne: Pursue a trade deal with China, but not at the risk of Canadian interests and values | National Post
But if we are to trade with such an odious and adversarial regime, we can and should do so at least cost to our principles. Whether or not we should seek to impose Canadian labour and environmental policies on China, we should be vigilant against any attempt by China to impose its policies on us: by demanding that Chinese takeovers of Canadian firms be exempt from national security reviews, for instance, or by insisting Chinese nationals on our soil be delivered up to the mercies of the Communist legal system.
It is a question, in other words, of properly identifying our objectives: moral, economic and otherwise. The chance of a free trade deal — with China, the U.S. or anyone — ought not to be jeopardized for the sake of showy appeals to the Liberal base. But neither should bedrock Canadian interests and values be sacrificed, as a previous prime minister once put it, on the altar of “the almighty dollar.”
Andrew Coyne: Pursue a trade deal with China, but not at the risk of Canadian interests and values | National Post
Well, the Chinese showed up with dump trucks full of money...
what have the people with "Canadian interests and values" got to offer?
oh...that's where the money the Chinese have stored in the dump trucks came from...
As Eddy who lived in a Shack used to say: "Now that's VALUE!!!"
Say maybe they could KEEP the guy in china...
a thunder mug would do
what have the people with "Canadian interests and values" got to offer?
oh...that's where the money the Chinese have stored in the dump trucks came from...
As Eddy who lived in a Shack used to say: "Now that's VALUE!!!"
Say maybe they could KEEP the guy in china...
a thunder mug would do