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Trump's path to an easy 2020 victory The American economy is over 10 times greater than the Canadian economy. 80% of Canada’s exports rely upon the American market. The US economy is booming. The Canadian economy is declining fast and heading into the toilet. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau should have taken a small loss on NAFTA negotiations and completed them last year. Perhaps under such a completed agreement, Canada would have been exempted from Trump’s steel/aluminum protectionist policies. Instead, Trudeau jerked around with inserting pro gender equality and pro aboriginal conditions which should have not been part of this critical...

Softwood deal survives vote in House of Commons Updated Tue. Sep. 19 2006 6:00 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff The controversial softwood lumber deal easily passed its first parliamentary vote on Tuesday, therefore ensuring the survival of the minority Conservative government. The House of Commons voted 172-116 in favour of a ways and means motion -- the first step in the formal approval process. If it had failed, the country would have faced an election, as Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper had made it a matter of confidence, but its passage had been expected. But while the NDP and...