Canada is planning to manipulate our elections
Canada is planning to manipulate our elections
We vacation in Canada and have many dear Canadian friends. As an economics major, I believed that free trade with Canada is good for us. Canadians have rich natural resources, have good incomes, and are nice people. They seem to be the perfect trading partners. Canada’s rich resources essentially become our rich resources, if we trade freely with them.
I was watching a Canadian news channel this week as they announced a new round of tariffs against American products. They openly explained that these tariffs are targeted to manipulate our mid-term elections.
Focusing on swing states and certain Republican legislators; they are planning tariffs on cheese to target Wisconsin elections, whiskey to target Kentucky, chocolate to target Pennsylvania, etc.
We, as a nation, have been so concerned about whether Russia manipulated our elections. Yet, our neighbor, Canada, is now threatening it openly.
Trump’s planned tariffs on Canada for products like steel have been for our national security, making sure we can make our own steel if we need it. I didn’t agree with Trump before. I thought we could depend on Canada for our national security.
Now, I agree with Trump. A foreign nation that is willing to manipulate our elections is not a nation we can depend on.
We should respond appropriately against Canada to make it clear to them that it is not acceptable to manipulate our elections.
Mark Beeksma, Koloa
