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Originally Posted by Zarley
Which is exactly why we should be taking advantage of free trade to import items from places that can produce more them efficiently and focusing our efforts on producing the agricultural commodities that we have a competitive advantage in. The current system simply props up small inefficient farming operations at the expense of the consumer.
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Trump and the American alt-right has shown that our next door neighbour and largest trading partner is completely unreliable.
The Canadian steel and aluminium industry, the one that supplied the US military-industrial complex throughout WW2 and the cold war was deemed by the President of the USA to be a threat to national security.
We already get enough of our food from the USA. If we allow them to supply even more, they will eventually leverage that to their advantage.