As the July 1 Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) trade pact renewal deadline looms, Canada’s negotiating strategy continues to defy logic.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney “confirmed” that the $6.4 billion Gordie Howe bridge would be opening at the end of this week — at long last. I took that as a sign of warming relations., As recently as February, President Donald Trump insisted that American politicians negotiated an insufficient share of the toll revenue, despite the fact that the project was 100 per cent financed by Canadian taxpayers.
