Many Canadians are furious about the US-Canada trade negotiations, now termed a ‘trade war’ by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. On August 22, after trade talks had collapsed, Carney told the media that when you are attacked, it is a war. “War” gives an excuse to be hostile, to walk away, to divorce, to look for other lovers, not to make up, and make a deal.
What is curious to me is that climate policies have not been mentioned, because if they were, the public might know the US was attacked first. And they would know who one of the attackers was. Let us look at the US-Canada trade issues through a climate lens.
