canada needs to strike a balance in terms of it's relationships with china and the united states. this is a very dangerous game that all of the recent prime ministers have had to play. i'm going to shut up about this for now, until he gets back. but the game is about playing them off against each other and winning concessions.

harper tried to use oil exports as leverage and got burned by it. he lacked the subtlety required to play this game at this level. the dauphin, here, had better rely on his advisers in order to avoid something worse.

the premise here is absurd. but, joining that bank is curious. we haven't heard anything about the tpp in a while, either.

the liberal party will not automatically fall in line with the washington consensus. it will seek compromise and concessions. but it won't take orders.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-china-day-1-1.3741070