Newman: Trade politics in time of coercion

Don Newman: The reality is that Canada has some cards to play, but they are mainly in energy and critical minerals as the government has realized. For his part, Poilievre seems unwilling to accept that, acting as though what is happening now is a traditional trade negotiation the Liberals are messing up. Many Canadians are now seeing the talks for what †hey are; highly sensitive discussions with a mercurial president who hopes to destroy the Canadian economy while claiming he loves Canadians…