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Albert Camus : Nov 7 th , 2013 to Jan 4 th , 1960 I'm confused. We kept Chapter 19 … we kept the status quo on cars and parts … and there has been no change on access to Canadian culture. On the other hand, we lost ground on dairy giving the Americans 3.5% of our market (despite the fact the US subsidizes their industry to the tune of BILLIONS every year) … our Steel, Aluminum and forest industries are STILL at the mercy of the US government and protectionist states … and who knows what else. What exactly did Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland , get fo r us as gains, with the new NAFTA? To me at, it sounds more like it was a fire sale, despite what our government has to say: After more than a year of negotiating a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the U.S. and Mexico have finally inked a trade deal. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Fr...

Freeland postpones UN speech today amid NAFTA talks and looming deadline …   was set to speak today but traded General Assembly spot for Monday   Elise von Scheel   ~~ CBC News   ~~   Sep 29, 2018 Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's speech to the UN General Assembly in New York City today (Sept 29 th ) will now take place Monday due to NAFTA talks, and officials say there is a strong possibility someone else might have to deliver the remarks on Canada's behalf. Freeland, who is in the throes of a last-stage effort to secure a North American free trade deal, traded her time slot on the UN rostrum, according to officials in the minister's office.  Officials told CBC News that the postponement of her speech was due to the trade negotiations, which sources say intensified this week … As of Saturday morning,...