Time to rethink Canada-U.S. ties

The idea that Canada’s military sacrifice in U.S.-led missions brings Canada benefits in other parts of the relationship rings hollow, NAFTA talks show.

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured during the sixth round of NAFTA trade talks in Montreal on Jan. 29, is discovering that Canadian sacrifice in the name of U.S. military adventurism amounts to jack squat when it comes to trade, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

September 26, 2018

OTTAWA—With the United States-Canada NAFTA trade talks currently at an impasse, maybe it is time that we as Canadians do a little rethinking as to how we appease our major trading partner. It has long been something of a given that Canada either supports or refrains from condemning U.S. military a...

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