On the brink of CUSMA talks, should Canada get tough?
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On the brink of CUSMA talks, should Canada get tough?

B2Upper-intermediateJune 6, 202627 min
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Canada's free trade deal is up for renegotiation and the stakes are high. More than 70 per cent of our exports head south. So does Canada need to play tough at the CUSMA table? Also, we hear from small businesses across the country about their hopes and worries for trade talks and take a closer look at Canada's sacred cow: supply management.

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For Jonathan as a party, after the year he's already had,

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We like humdrum boring just every day, wake up to the same old stuff and, you know,

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A deadline is looming for Canada and the U.S. to get back to the table and renegotiate our free trade deal, Kuzma. What will happen this time around?

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How will this go for us? For Jonathan as a party, after the year he's already had, all this uncertainty is getting old. We like humdrum boring just every day, wake up to the same old stuff and, you know,

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And you know have the same lunch and you know go home and have the same dinner and wake up in the morning and do the same thing All over again. That's the way we like to operate. That's what he'd like But he's not getting it And neither is our economy

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