Wil's Rant

Canada is preparing to strike back at the U.S. over unfair trade practices. The U.S. has time after time refused to accept trade rulings of the international court as well as the WTO and NAFTA. After attempting to get the U.S. to follow the rules of trade set out in these agreements for more than ten years, Canada announced that it will impose levies on American goods. This move is expected to hurt the relationship between the two countries, but Canada has been left with very little choice. Canada has been forced to come to the conclusion that the U.S. will never live up to its agreements and Canada is no longer prepared to continue with the relationship under its current conditions. It's about time!! One might think that sooner or later the U.S. is going to realize that they are alienating pretty much the entire globe with the attitude its leaders have repeatedly shown towards everyone else. The down side to the problem is the fact that what has been a long freindship between the two countries is dissolving because of this attitude. The U.S. must recognize that they are not the only country on the planet, and must start showing a willingness to negotiate resolutions to problems as opposed to dictating their demands and expecting the rest of us to jump. I lived in Colorado for three years, three of the most enjoyable years of my life. It is not the American people who are creating these problems, just their leaders. The recent election in the U.S. bares striking similarities to the one in the Ukraine in that the exit polls showed a significantly different outcome than was reported. This is not democracy George, in fact quite the opposite. The American people must speak out for these facts to change. There may still be time to save the relationship with Canada. As to the rest of the world...... who knows, only time and change will tell.