All signs point to 'absolutely not'

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Canadians have not heard much about why negotiations with the United States seem to have gone nowhere. One has to ask: was Mark Carney really the best choice to negotiate with Donald Trump? All signs point to “absolutely not.”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing this week, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other high-ranking Communist party officials. After landing in China on Wednesday, Carney posted a video of himself waving before descending the steps of his plane to enjoy the red-carpet treatment.

“The relationship between Canada and China has created opportunities and prosperity on both sides of the Pacific. We’re ready to build a new partnership — one that builds on the best of our past, and responds to the challenges of today,” he wrote. Usually, leaders talk first before making such declarations.

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Canadians have since been informed that our country is now forming a “new strategic partnership” with China, which consists of five pillars, including “energy, economic and trade co-operation, public safety and security, multilateralism, and culture and people-to-people ties.”

You read that right: public safety and security … with China.

Stumbling over his words while making this........

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