The US-Canada tariff dispute: Letters to the – Latest News
The Issue: President Trump’s steep tariffs on Canadian imports and Canada’s threats of retaliation.
President Trump dangers shedding control of Congress if he doesn’t have excellent news to announce to voters by November. That is why he wished a Trump-style win-lose deal with Canada, not a win-win one (“Choppy waters,” Aug. 26).
Unfortunately for him, the much-anticipated 51st state refused. If Canada needs to scale back Trump’s energy, it should not back down. If an settlement is reached by Nov. 3 and Canada is glad with it, it’s going to imply the United States has made concessions, and American voters will perceive that Trump has misplaced this battle.
Prime Minister Mark Carney should maintain firm till then and never give an inch.
Sylvio Le Blanc
Montreal, Quebec
The failure of Carney and his negotiating group to secure a deal with the United States is not going to solely cripple Canada’s economic system, however it will likely be the final argument for Albertans to separate from the sinking ship of Canada.
Alberta has no points with the Trump administration and appears ahead to growing its relationship with America, as opposed to Carney’s European Canada.
Maybe Carney shouldn’t have spent the week earlier than the negotiation deadline vacationing in Italy.
Chris Robertson
Stony Plain, Alberta
The Canada-US relationship was as soon as likened to a mouse sleeping with an elephant, which surprisingly labored properly. Then, they changed the elephant with an previous wheezing jackass with surprising outbursts. The relationship has became a actual stinker.
Joe Schwarz
Princeton, BC
I’m simply curious: Doesn’t the United States get drained of all the time bashing Canada? Isn’t it time to say enough is enough?
Remember, geography, economics and historical past join us and have made us essential allies.
Canada is small in population, however that doesn’t imply we now have no self-respect. The time has come to stop bashing us. We will not be for sale and can by no means be the 51st state. The solely approach to do that may be militarily, and I’m sure America would by no means go that far.
Anant Nagpur
Ottawa, Canada
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So, Trump needs to change the identify of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” If he does that, Ontario Premier Doug Ford will do a cannonball then a stomach flop to drain the lake. We should battle back!
Terry Toll
Campbell’s Bay, Quebec
The Issue: Anti-data heart protesters claiming the services break economies and waste assets.
People protesting — saying “not in my back yard” — declare information facilities use an excessive amount of water, displace employees, and break the native economic system (“The Irony of Data-Center Dementia,” Rich Lowry, PostOpinion, Aug. 25).
On the different hand, information facilities use much less water than a golf course and provides back to the native economic system via their taxes.
So, what’s the motive to stop or impede the development of information facilities? All my guesses contain China’s need to dominate AI. It has American propagandists stirring up discontent — fairly low cost Chinese investment for a massive payoff.
Fred Stewart
Grand Junction, Colo.
I believe it might be a great concept if Lowry moved to a city with a large AI information heart and reported on the joys of energy outages and surges and wonderful discolored water operating from his pipes.
That would show he’s not the typical “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrite.
Sam Bliss
Rutherford, NJ
I labored in information facilities for 40 years. I believe the hatred in direction of them is overblown. Whether it’s in banking, schooling, business or technology, adjustments occur rapidly and stalling of any type — like the one-year maintain by Gov. Hochul — places a state behind.
John Nolty
West Kill
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