The article discusses Canada's temporary reprieve from U.S. President Trump's tariff threat, urging Canadians to seize this moment for positive change. It highlights the need to overcome anti-American sentiment, dismantle interprovincial trade barriers, and embrace energy expansion, even if it involves pipelines. The author criticizes political leaders who prioritize protecting special interests over national progress and urges them to seize this unprecedented opportunity for Canada.
U.S. President Donald Trump , left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk prior to a NATO round table meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, England on, Dec. 4, 2019.Canadians were given a moment to gather their wits this week when U.S. President Donald Trump suspended his threat of 25-per-cent tariffs on all Canadian imports for 30 days.
Turning a humanitarian crisis into a real-estate play – a “long-term ownership position,” as Mr. Trump put it – is stomach-churning and disorienting. He has the whole world on the ropes right now. But it won’t last. More importantly, there is a momentum in Canada in favour of reforms that could make the country more secure, productive and prosperous, and it needs to be harnessed.
On energy production, premiers across the country, Quebec included, and Canadian voters themselves are rapidly accepting the fact that Canada has to expand its markets for oil and gas beyond the U.S., even if it means building new domestic pipelines – an idea that was a political non-starter under the Trudeau government.found this week that 79 per cent of Canadians support cross-country oil and gas pipelines.
If an east-west line had been built, the politicians who saw it through would today be heralded as visionaries. Politicians who stick to their guns and take heat for their decisions – think Brian Mulroney on free trade and the GST – are always rewarded for their courage in the long run.
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