Five moves Canada should make to counter Donald Trump – June 15, 2018
It’s pretty interesting reading my fellow Canadians views on particular issues, not sure I agree but I do read and listen. You can read the article in full by clicking the link below:
You can get more insight into the writer of this post by clicking the link below and watch the video
https://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/irvin-studin-canada-were-2
My view on the post is that it’s not getting into the heart of what we are as Canadians. I think it’s time for Canadians to do some introspection and compare ourselves to Trump and his followers. If we are who we are and Americans are who they are, what we should start focusing on is how to assure the Canadian economy is flexible. If Canadians are fine with big government regulations and Unions pushing us around well then I think built into any law should be economic flexibility in the event another Trump is put into office in America.
Before Donald Trump there was Ronald Reagan, before him Lyndon B. Johnson, Before him Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Abraham Lincoln. Americans have become used to change, they’re better suited for change than are Canadians. Canadians only seem to like change if it’s a gradual change, slow change, even in Ontario Kathleen Wynne’s change was too fast for Ontario Canada, so a province that typically votes Left opted to kick her to the curb. What appears to be the problem with Trump from a Canadians perspective is that he’s pushing for change, he’s a salesman, he uses language Canadians aren’t used too, he calls Canada out and uses Canada as part of his political platform for economic change in America.
Now, if Canadians were to look at the change Trump wants to implement it’s not a big deal actually, what seems to irritate Trump the most regarding Canada is NAFTA. Being that Canada presently is uniting with Mexico, Trump has decided to put Canada on his radar and if Canadians want to hold onto NAFTA what I’d recommend Canada do is match Trump’s regulations, match Trumps tax cuts, negotiate bilateral deals in Steel and Agriculture.
Can, Canada win a trade war with the United States? Maybe but Canada better hope this trade war doesn’t last too long because Canadian imports to the United States are only 2% while American imports into Canada are 25% and guess what Canada? It’s the Canadian retailer and taxpayer that pays for tariffs, not the producers, so in actuality, these tit-for-tat tariffs are going to hurt Canada a lot more than they’ll hurt the U.S, which is why I recommend that Canada make temporary concessions. Trump can potentially get another 6 years tops in office when he leaves you can make things as they were, if… That’s what Canadians want.
Interesting times ahead.