Baloney Meter: Is Donald Trump’s anti-NAFTA rhetoric all about Mexico?
OTTAWA — “We know that the new president-elect has concerns with NAFTA, but they are about Mexico, not Canada.” — interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose.
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Ever since Donald Trump appeared on an episode of the CBS television show “60 Minutes” in September 2015 disparaging the North American Free Trade Agreement, there have been concerns about what it could mean for Canada.
The 22-year-old trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico has always had detractors — including Ambrose’s former boss, ex-prime minister Stephen Harper, who called it “unbalanced” on a trip to Mexico in 2014.