Liberals use Beijing trip to trash the United States

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How about instead of becoming the 51st American state, Canada becomes the 23rd Chinese province?

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Listening to Prime Minister Mark Carney and his ministers fawn over the Chinese government in Beijing this week, it almost seemed like they would be willing to follow President Xi Jinping down any path he led — and in the end, they did.

The visit culminated with a deal on Friday, whereby 49,000 Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles would enter Canada every year at a tariff rate of six per cent, down from 100 per cent. In exchange, China says it will drop tariffs on some canola products — though not canola oil — and seafood from between 25 per cent and 85 per cent down to either zero or 15 per cent.

While this deal may relieve some pressure on Canadian farmers and, presumably, assist the government in achieving its net-zero goals, the prime minister has potentially just greenlit nearly 50,000 pieces of malign software coming into the country every year, as there are genuine national security concerns with Chinese electric vehicles.

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The deal is also certain to annoy U.S. President Donald Trump at a time when the Canada-U.S. trading relationship is under review. The 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs were imposed........

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