08/20/2026
USA TRADE AGREEMENT: If PM Mark Carney has given the USA everything the USA wanted, why did it take more than a year and cause unnecessary consternation? By some accounts, because there will be no Canadian tariffs against the USA, its less expensive dairy products will make the continued existence of Canada's supply management and Quebec cartel irrelevant and financially uncompetitive and unviable. Although USA base-rate tariffs on Canadian goods will remain, it now appears to be the job of the government funded mainstream media to spin-doctor and sell it to the public.