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Trump said the U.S. and Canada “have a DEAL” but didn’t provide details.

We should have done most of this shit decades ago.

Dropping retaliatory tariffs means Canadians stop paying higher prices to make a political point. Ending provincial bans on American products gives consumers more choice. Scaling back protectionist procurement means taxpayers can buy the best product at the best price instead of paying a premium for the right flag on the box. Opening up dairy means more competition and puts some long-overdue pressure on one of the most absurdly protected industries in the country. Selling more oil and gas to the richest market on earth is obviously in Canada’s interest. And closer continental defence integration with the United States is simply recognition of geographic and strategic reality.

You can argue about the precise terms on critical minerals or individual defence purchases, but the basic direction here is not some national humiliation. Much of it is economic liberalization Canada should have undertaken voluntarily years ago.

The strangest thing about this entire trade war has been watching people who will personally pay more for groceries, alcohol, consumer goods and government procurement cheer for protectionism because removing it would supposedly constitute “surrender” to Trump.

If a policy is good for Canadians, I do not care whether Donald Trump also wants it.

Trade is not a game. An American win does not have to be a Canadian loss. If both sides become richer, have greater access to each other’s markets and stop deliberately making goods more expensive for their own citizens, that’s the whole bloody point.

Human beings have spent the better part of history attempting to break free from the yoke of hereditary rule. The majority of revolutions in history have been focused on taking power away from a few royal families. Emperors, dictators, and kings. Progressivism has been at the forefront of this fight.

The irony abounds then, when it comes to former Toronto city councillor Mike Layton. When asked about running for the federal NDP just 17 days ago, Mike Layton said: “My family and my work…remain my focus right now.”

Well, in a sense, today Layton put his money where his mouth was and backed that statement up: he’s looking to spend more time with his stepmother at City Hall come October 26th.