Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?
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Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202623 min
  • Interview
  • Politics
  • About Canada

It's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed and Mark Carney's government walked away from a deal. Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into effect earlier this month and yet more U.S. tariffs hit this week. A new deal between the two countries is nowhere in sight. By and large — Canadians support this. But Sean Speer sees this a bit differently: he's wondering if Canada really should have walked away from the table, and asks if Canadians – in all their righteous anger – are thi...

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Hey, everyone. I'm Jamie Poisson. It's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed, and Carney's government walked away from a deal. Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into effect earlier this month, and yet more U.S. tariffs hit this week.

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A new deal between the two countries is nowhere in sight. And by and large, Canadians are totally fine with this. Public opinion polling suggests that more than seven in 10 people think the feds were right to suspend the talks, and Kearney's Liberals are sitting higher in the polls

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than they have in almost a decade. Canadians are choosing to rally around the flag. But as we settle into this new, no-deal reality, we wanted to talk to someone who who's seeing this all a bit differently,

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