Ottawa should block Donald Trump’s chosen ambassador to Canada until the U.S. president stops questioning Canada’s sovereignty, says one expert.
“We could potentially use (this) as a way of signalling the seriousness with which the Government of Canada is viewing this unwelcome talk,” said University of Victoria international relations professor Will Greaves.
“It is an overt, aggressive policy that (Trump) seems to be shifting his administration to endorse. And if we are remotely serious as a country, we should regard that as a hostile action and embrace a wider array of tools in our response towards it.”
Decrease potash exports by 5% every week tariffs are in place. We’d have them where we want them within 6 weeks.
I would say immediate cut offs to the food supply make us sound like the bad guys. But a consistent measured response we would get is there without making an enemy of most everyday people.