“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister calls himself a master negotiator, but he has only managed to flip-flop his position on the U.S. like a magician, distracting with illusions while nothing actually happens. Last year he said “elbows up” to Washington. Then, months later, he put his elbows down and said “who cares?” about talks with the U.S. We can fast-forward to this year. The Liberal Prime Minister said U.S. integration is subordination. A quick few months later he changed course and said that we are “stronger together” with the U.S. Canadians are confused. Here is the reality. Steel tariffs have doubled. Lumber tariffs have tripled. The manufacturing tariffs are hitting our workers here at home. After all the Liberal rhetoric and illusions, there is still no trade deal after more than a year. There is still no timeline and still no plan. At what point will the Liberals stop blaming—”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 6 wordsI think I understand the question.ProcedureReasoning · 94 wordsI believe it would be unwise to suggest that the Prime Minister of Canada is to blame for the behaviour, attitude and vagaries of the President of the United States, to say nothing of his absence of mind.We are, all of us, victims of that.Nevertheless, the first thing the government needs to do is recognize the scale of the challenge, assess the extent of our economic ties to U.S. companies and, perhaps, act in accordance with what it has been saying for the past year.That is not what it has done.Claims · 16 wordsIt seems strange to speak out against empires two days after reaching an agreement with China.1Reasoning · 6 wordsAfter all, provocation serves no one.Off pointPositioning · 7 wordsThis could all have been handled differently.PositioningPartly on point
