Thank you.
Janice Charette, the top negotiator on CUSMA, said that she thought the government should get prior credit for concessions made 10 months ago on the digital services tax, countertariffs and legal challenges on softwood lumber. To her amazement, the President “pocketed” those promises and moved on. Meanwhile 2.6 million Canadians, including many businesses in southwestern Ontario and my riding of Middlesex—London, who depend on trade with the U.S. for their work, are very deeply worried.
Has the Prime Minister revealed to you why he made this strategic error of dragging this out, instead of using the leverage we had at the beginning of the talks to get the tariffs removed?