DON SURBER: Carney’s trade war should drive Canadians to drink. “In slapping a retaliatory tariff on us, Mark Carney overlooked the fact that Canada sells 10 times the whiskey to the USA as we do to Canada. . . . We drink 93% of the booze it exports.”

Don’t start an asymmetric contest when you’re on the wrong side of the asymmetry.

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It’s possible he’s not really committed to the best interests of Canada or Canadians.