So we’re picking which communists can interfere in our affairs? Lmao!!!

[grassfarmer]

This is one issue I think the current Government got absolutely right. Listen to Freeland's explanation of why Canada (and the rest of the G7) oppose Russia being reinstated to the group.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1762320 http://https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1762320

[jazz]

This is one issue I think the current Government got absolutely right. Listen to Freeland's explanation of why Canada (and the rest of the G7) oppose Russia being reinstated to the group.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1762320 http://https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1762320

Well if Iran can come in the back door to a G7 meeting why not Russia? What would freeland know. She is a jumped up journalist to foreign affairs minister who never travels anywhere.

You forget about that little inconvenient item of the EU amassing military against Russia right on their border and creating their own military. Sounds like something that might perturb them.

[grassfarmer]

Well if Iran can come in the back door to a G7 meeting why not Russia? What would freeland know. She is a jumped up journalist to foreign affairs minister who never travels anywhere.

You've got a choice of 2 careers when you quit trolling Agriville with your pro Trump/pro USA agenda Jazz - not sure which suits you best a comedian or a writer of fairy stories?

Iran was invited to a side meeting of the G7 to try and repair the damage done by Donny dumbass. They were complying with their commitments under their Nuclear deal until Orange decided to tear up said agreement which has led to an escalation of tensions and Iran threatening to violate the conditions they had previously agreed to.

Iran is not part of the G7 so don't pretend for a minute that is anything like the same as Russia being allowed back in to participate in the Group of 8 as it was previously called before they annexed Crimea and invaded the Ukraine. Perhaps if Russia had come to the side door of the G7 summit prepared to discuss the steps they would have to take before being allowed to rejoin the G7 (getting out of Crimea/Ukraine) then it would have been a similar situation to Iran.

Freeland may have started out as a journalist but she has clearly forgotten more about international affairs, particularly with regard to Russia and the Ukraine, than you'll ever know. Aside from which she was named by Forbes magazine in April as 37th in the list of the world's leading leaders. Probably the only minister of the Trudeau government to have made any kind of positive mark on the world stage.

[sumdumguy]

You gotta be kidding grassie! The damage done by this “government” in our foreign relations is devastating and you applaud them.

[blackjack]

Russia intervention into Ukraine happened before Trump even showed up on the scene..Maybe some of the USA haters need to put the blame on all those useless countries that want the Americans to covers their leaders sorry asses.

[Oliver88]

We actually have farmers on Agriville defending the disaster we have for a foreign affairs staff?

I guess Trudeau has a few supporters on Agriville even though they will never admit it.

[beaverdam]

Russia intervention into Ukraine happened before Trump even showed up on the scene..Maybe some of the USA haters need to put the blame on all those useless countries that want the Americans to covers their leaders sorry asses.

Exactly,,, Russia took back Crimea, right out from under the EU's noses,,, and they didn't do a ****ing thing because they'd rather have Russian natural gas flowing into their homes than have windmills surrounding all their cities and towns, and solar panels on all their roofs. They had to know, Obama wouldn't do anything to stop Russia. And for Obama,,, that was just another red line, where he showed his weak leadership.

[jazz]

So grass, now you are defending Iran? Seriously. Poor poor iran, you know the ones who fund hamas and Hezbollah to the tune of millions. Those poor souls? Oh I am sorry they are much better than Putin. Stalwarts of civilization in fact.

Sorry for insulting the Minister For Too Tight Dresses. I had no idea she was so accomplished.

Here she is in her business attire and team of millennials heading off to negotiate a trillion dollar nafta deal. She was totally the right pick for that.

Its a total testament to Trumps sympathy and compassion that he didn't destroy Canada with a stroke of a pen.

[grassfarmer]

Exactly,,, Russia took back Crimea, right out from under the EU's noses,,, and they didn't do a ****ing thing because they'd rather have Russian natural gas flowing into their homes than have windmills surrounding all their cities and towns, and solar panels on all their roofs. They had to know, Obama wouldn't do anything to stop Russia. And for Obama,,, that was just another red line, where he showed his weak leadership.

So is Trump threatening to take action against Russia over Crimea? No - he's the one person in the G7 that is Ok with it, so much so that he wants to welcome them back into the Group of 8.

[the big wheel]

The reason Iran is there is so that they know the world besides trump isn’t a bunch of crackpots wanting a nuclear war.
And second none of them trust trumps version of what’s going on between the 2 countries.

[grassfarmer]

Its a total testament to Trumps sympathy and compassion that he didn't destroy Canada with a stroke of a pen.

No, it's a testament to Freeland's persistence and negotiating skills that Canada got a better deal than might have been expected at NAFTA 2 - something that is acknowledged internationally.
Good job we weren't relying on the pro-Trump Agriville negotiating team who were urging Canada throughout the process to throw in the towel and accept a much poorer deal, any deal in fact to appease their hero.

[the big wheel]

No, it's a testament to Freeland's persistence and negotiating skills that Canada got a better deal than might have been expected at NAFTA 2 - something that is acknowledged internationally.
Good job we weren't relying on the pro-Trump Agriville negotiating team who were urging Canada throughout the process to throw in the towel and accept a much poorer deal, any deal in fact to appease their hero.

I hate to say it but yes the pro trump gang were saying that we should just sign what ever he wants before we get toasted was the version.
We would have been screwed a lot more than we got now.
Some but not all of the right crowd would rather see the liberals fail than succeed on every single issue just so they could have very little to compete with. I don’t care who the government is when it’s somerhing good for farmers or Canada in general it should be acknowledged. And vice versa.
Waiting for Mexico to change governments was good move.

But since then handling the ag trade deals has been a disaster also. Sending all this foreign aid and money for garbage ideas abroad and then no money to help business compete abroad is incompetent.