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Mark Carney doesn't stop the United States from driving negotiations over a cliff
After a week of manufactured drama and unnecessary strain, Prime Minister Mark Carney emerged on Saturday morning to explain 'why we're walking away from a bad deal — and what comes next.' "For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new, comprehensive trade deal. We've been pragmatic, patient and persistent." "In a statement released 20 minutes to midnight on Friday night, Carney said that 'last-minute changes' in the terms proposed by American negotiators were 'unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.'" "Through the Trump administration's actions, Carney said, Canada has come to realize 'that sometimes, its signature was written in pencil.'" "Carney has said in the past that 'no deal is better than a bad deal' — a sentiment that Ontario Premier Doug Ford echoed on Saturday."