Then the Conservatives came in (with limited power, due to them having a minority government, but still dangerous), and now they're turning Canada into America's bitch!! They folded like a deck of cards on the softwood lumber dispute: "Sure, guys, we'll accept tariffs, even though it explicitly violates the free trade agreement", and they're also being bullied by the DEA as far as drug policy.

Seems like the conservatives always have an "I've got mine, fuck you" attitude. This free trade deal was set up by Clintons govt., one of the lessor achievements of his era. I'm guessin this was the precursor to the NAU (NAFTA). Be aware that in this scenario, NAU, it is the American worker that will take the hardest hit, We'll be lucky to hold on to what we've got, let alone gain any ground. There are already record forclosures happening here. The good paying jobs are being fazed out and or outsourced, the lessor paying jobs are being taken by illegal aliens. Instead of opening our borders, we should be sealing them and deporting illegals. It is the elites that benefit from the cheap labor and the open borders. The thing is, with open borders comes the criminal element from the south. Here in Vegas, we have a huge mexican gang problem that didn't exist 10 years ago.
medicinal Reviewed by medicinal on . American influence on Canadian politics The American government seems to have too much of an impact on Canadian politics, and it tends to piss me off. The Liberal government we had until last year were somewhat corrupt (who isn't?), but at least they were pretty aggressive in trying to remain independent politically, and stood up for themselves in the softwood lumber dispute. Then the Conservatives came in (with limited power, due to them having a minority government, but still dangerous), and now they're turning Canada into Rating: 5