there is absolutely no question at all that ordinary canadians will be way better off with a bilateral deal with the united states than they will be with a three way trade deal that includes mexico. but, it is not clear to me if trudeau doesn't understand this or is in fact behaving in the interests of the investor class - that 1% - that benefits from the existing arrangement. he is, himself a trust fund kid.

if you lost a job because of nafta, trudeau was in the class of people that made money from it.

we will have an answer to that question when we see whether he seeks to redefine the trade relationship with mexico or not. i would hope that he will realize that a nafta without the united states would be a foolish thing for canada to carry through with.

....as a tpp without the united states is also a foolish thing for canada to carry through with.

but, we'll see the answer to this, shortly.

i never thought i'd see a day when the republican president of the united states had a better plan for canada than the liberal prime minister does, but here we are.