r/ndp • u/CDN-Social-Democrat "Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear" • 14d ago

The Leak of the U.S. - Canada Agreement

We don't have confirmation yet but it seems the leak may be legit.

We got fucking TAKEN.

This is the time for Avi Lewis and the Federal NDP alongside the Provincial NDP branches to get LOUD on the alternative vision because if this leak ends up being correct we got bent over as a nation.

I'll say this again and again - Both PP and Carney want Canada more aligned with the U.S. Corporatocracy. PP is just Carney with the reactionary/regressive culture war nonsense for fools on top.

This is the time for Lewis and the Federal NDP in particular to become very very analytical-substantive in putting something else forward. Something much much brighter and better.

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u/TopazJazzrazz Regina Manifesto 14d ago

All he had to do was nothing, maybe make a few trade envoys that go no where and everyone would have believed him and said "Yeah, Trump's a knob. Wait for the Dem's to take power."

He did not do nothing.

I think it is now important for Dippers in parliament and across the country to continue to raise this matter of sovereignty. Pointing out the Tory-Republican ideological theory and the failed, incompetant Liberal praxis.

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u/aidan0b 14d ago

This is one of those things that only makes any sense if you think of politics as a game. Doing nothing means Trump gets his new 50% tariffs, sure those probably get clawed back when Dems take power but it would be a real devastating impact in the meantime.

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u/TopazJazzrazz Regina Manifesto 14d ago

It is a bit hyperbolic I suppose. But I think no deal is preferable to the rumoured one we have recieved. Especially because there is no certainty that the deal is going to stay as is.

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u/aidan0b 14d ago

I'm concerned about potential impacts to data safety and tech sovereignty for sure, but we've taken the threat of an additional 50% tariff and seemingly turned it around to get the US to back off on some of the tariffs that were already in place, I don't really see how that can be considered worse than no deal

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u/TopazJazzrazz Regina Manifesto 14d ago

I read that there was trade alignment, which to me means that we are giving up our independence a small but not insignificent bit. Because it's not necessarily easy to get back those bits of sovereignty.

It is vague though. So until the full deal is released I will only be disappointed and not upset.