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There are so many things wrong about the Liberals’ climbdown from the digital services tax (DST) announced late last Sunday evening.

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For one, they look like they played chicken with U.S. President Donald Trump and lost. They swerved first.

That makes them (and the whole country) look weak. Trump will now be back again and again with new demands because he knows he can threaten to cut off trade talks or jack up tariffs and our tough-guy, elbows-up prime minister will fold.

Next it is likely to be supply-managed agriculture, mostly in dairy, poultry and eggs, which Trump has railed against since his first term in office. (It would be good to be rid of supply management, but that’s another discussion.)

The Liberal government looked foolish and dishonest.

On the evening of June 29, when Finance Minister........

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