It is alarming to read "duck our heads" (bury in sand and hope the problem goes away, because we are used to being US patsies), "give Trump publicity wins",  help the middle class, "just in a different way" and many other comments in this article. 
The Trade Minister needs to go, she's terrible. Ridiculous that Trudeau is using Brian Mulroney. Monstrously terrible Canadian PM. Sickening that he would draw another Canadian dollar to sell out the country once again. It sounds like Canada's bureaucrats are the same type of cowards we've had since the 60s. 
Canadian companies do not own the means of production. We are owned by the multinationals.  A high priced banana republic. You think global oligarchs didn't pick up some lessons from Marx? Business is a way for OWNERS  to make money, not create jobs.  We should have been developing our domestic economy when we had the chance
Jean Chretien might be in his 80s, but he refused to let Bush bully him into the Iraq War. He's our guy.