I've blocked the individual you're responding to but I can imagine it's big bad China this, big bad China that, but I thought I would add.
Basically we’re not friends with benefits, just friends.
No… Just parties in mutually beneficial transactions. Like when work pays me for some OT, or when I buy groceries, a movie ticket, or pay someone to service my furnace.
Sure. And along the way they find ways to acquire our tech and then undercut our companies, or we end up spending billions ripping out installed hardware we can't trust, or they get us dependent/vulnerable on a trade flow (in either direction) and then apply pressure to be politically compliant. There are deals to be made with Chinese suppliers and customers, but if the point is to disentangle from an unfriendly US, only a fool would turn around and entangle with a much more unfriendly China.
Ask a Uighur or a Tibetan.
...but why?
What about Chinese-Canadians who are forced to do what the CCP tell them to other wise the CPP turn their family back home into corpse starch?
Hey now, don’t you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby. You just put my name on Altair’s reply.
He‘s so sensitive and emotional. Does he really have the temperament for that kind of important government job? Maybe he should smile more.Modern diplomatic language
U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say
Incident happened at Canadian American Business Council gathering in Ottawa
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News.
Word spread quickly through some of the most powerful circles in Ottawa and Washington after the encounter, which happened during the Canadian American Business Council’s state of the relationship event at the National Gallery of Canada.
Typically, the high-profile gathering is used to network and celebrate the Canada-U.S. relationship. It draws a mix of cabinet ministers, diplomats and business leaders. Monday night's event drew Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade.
Witnesses say they saw U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra launch into an expletive-laden tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, David Paterson.
One witness said Hoekstra appeared to be upset about the anti-tariff ad that the province recently ran on television in the U.S., which has infuriated President Donald Trump. The witness said Hoesktra could be heard using the F-word and also mentioned Ontario Premier Doug Ford by name.
The Dutch didn't have a very high regard for him, why would others think that we would?
Modern diplomatic language
U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say
Incident happened at Canadian American Business Council gathering in Ottawa
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News.
Word spread quickly through some of the most powerful circles in Ottawa and Washington after the encounter, which happened during the Canadian American Business Council’s state of the relationship event at the National Gallery of Canada.
Typically, the high-profile gathering is used to network and celebrate the Canada-U.S. relationship. It draws a mix of cabinet ministers, diplomats and business leaders. Monday night's event drew Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade.
Witnesses say they saw U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra launch into an expletive-laden tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, David Paterson.
One witness said Hoekstra appeared to be upset about the anti-tariff ad that the province recently ran on television in the U.S., which has infuriated President Donald Trump. The witness said Hoesktra could be heard using the F-word and also mentioned Ontario Premier Doug Ford by name.
