U.S. President-elect Donald Trump likes to jibe that Canada may turn into the 51st American state.
In his newest submit on Reality Social, he claims many Canadians need that to occur too. He additionally means that the Unites States “subsidizes” Canada.
However Stewart Prest, a political science professor at UBC, tells 1130 NewsRadio these feedback should not simply jokes, they’re an affront to Canada’s sovereignty.
He says he doesn’t perceive why the federal authorities and different political leaders seem like bending to Trump’s will on issues like border safety.
And he says chaos in Ottawa isn’t serving to Canada’s popularity.
“The country really could have picked a better time to have a full blown leadership crisis. Although, these two things are linked in some ways,” he says. “We saw that, in her resignation letter, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland mentioned the threat posed by Donald Trump.”
Trump has hinged his risk to place in a 25 per cent responsibility on Canadian exports and on Ottawa fixing issues on the borders. However Prest says securing nationwide borders has all the time been the accountability of every aspect, although Canada and the U.S. have lengthy collaborated on border points.
Prest says Canada wants a full throated response to fight tariff threats, together with border safety points and a rising laundry record of disagreements. He says that response should be a robust one.
“Bullies don’t stop because you do what they demand that you do,” he says. “They don’t stop picking on someone who does their homework for them.”
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