tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post8540054585179897669..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Not Getting All Shook UpOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-34065495388754263702017-09-06T18:20:08.555-04:002017-09-06T18:20:08.555-04:00We'll see, Steve. It's beginning to look l...We'll see, Steve. It's beginning to look like the principals will walk away.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-60973052424660045422017-09-06T16:50:22.598-04:002017-09-06T16:50:22.598-04:00The new NAFTA will contain all the toxic TPP rules...The new NAFTA will contain all the toxic TPP rules about investment and intellectual property and we will be fucked again. Take that to the bank.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-17445632463907854262017-09-05T18:32:07.735-04:002017-09-05T18:32:07.735-04:00I agree, thwap. The FTA and NAFTA made North Ameri...I agree, thwap. The FTA and NAFTA made North America safe for capital. There was no regard for labour. We can do better.<br /><br />Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8875515695145578232017-09-05T18:25:24.266-04:002017-09-05T18:25:24.266-04:00I get the impression that the Mexicans plan to sta...I get the impression that the Mexicans plan to stand up for themselves, Steve. They appear to have lost all patience with Trump.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-16461813915542802782017-09-05T18:22:19.367-04:002017-09-05T18:22:19.367-04:00Like Stephen Harper, Mound, Trump seems to regular...Like Stephen Harper, Mound, Trump seems to regularly run afoul of the courts. The U.S. Supreme Court might give him a pass. Then the issue would be litigated by the Republican Party -- whose integrity has vanished.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-91915145132259149742017-09-05T17:41:48.671-04:002017-09-05T17:41:48.671-04:00Can I be non PC for a moment. Mexico allegedly is ...Can I be non PC for a moment. Mexico allegedly is a narco state. Mexico allegedly has met a standard just above slave labour. Lets let Mexico solve it problems without us propping up the ruling allegedly Medieval class.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-31487610977392237932017-09-05T16:52:59.727-04:002017-09-05T16:52:59.727-04:00The FTA and the NAFTA were corporate rights agreem...The FTA and the NAFTA were corporate rights agreements, not trade agreements. They did not magically transform into sources of Canadian prosperity just because Trump opposes them.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-19855238277994480482017-09-05T16:09:52.740-04:002017-09-05T16:09:52.740-04:00I know that many democracies require treaties to b...I know that many democracies require treaties to be ratified in national legislatures but it's unclear whether a president has the right to repeal a ratified treaty. The argument came up in the Goldwater v. Carter case but was dismissed by the Supreme Court without deciding the empowerment or jurisdictional issue. The courts also refused to intervene when George W. Bush withdrew the U.S. from the ABM treaty again leaving the empowerment issue undecided. The USSC seems to prefer to treat the revocation or repeal of a ratified treaty as a political, not a constitutional question and, as such, beyond the purview of the court.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-71807489963680984192017-09-05T10:21:28.609-04:002017-09-05T10:21:28.609-04:00There is abundant evidence that, on the internatio...There is abundant evidence that, on the international stage, Trump knows how to make enemies, Lorne. But in Congress -- and his own party -- it's more of the same. He's simply a mean old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-30428181224789049712017-09-05T10:01:47.740-04:002017-09-05T10:01:47.740-04:00From what I read this morning, Owen, things are no...From what I read this morning, Owen, things are not going well in the talks. Trump may get his wish to tear up the deal, but I suspect that Congress will be very reluctant to abrogate it, given that so many states apparently benefit from it as it is.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com