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Other than raw politics, I could never figure out why Stephen Harper would put Canadian Softwood Lumber negotiators in such a bad bargaining position by putting them up against his own self-imposed deadline.
But now this pops up:
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, facing new resistance from the B.C. and Ontario governments to the proposed softwood lumber agreement, rejected Tuesday opposition allegations that his government is trying to push through an inadequate deal just so he can celebrate the accord at a July 6 meeting with President George W. Bush.
"Obviously, finalizing an agreement that is so complicated takes time," Harper told the House of Commons. "We're taking the time we need to complete this work."
Sure thing.
And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Regardless, again, if time is what is really needed, how could Mr. Harper have been so negligent as to take that away from his negotiators. Not to mention the fact that by removing the requirement for the Americans to deal with previous NAFTA rulings against them he actually gave our Elephantine neighbors to the south all the time and leverage they needed to screw us over.
I know it sounds crazy, and it very likely is, but this is the kind of stuff that starts to make you wonder if maybe Mr. Harper is actually a Bush Family mole.
Guess maybe we'll really start to wonder if Mr. Bush and Mr. Harper come striding out of that July 6th meeting arm and arm, holding hands like, say, this.
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