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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 16:27:05 -0400
Subject: I just called Re Trump versus Canadian Dairy Farmers
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Saturday, 9 June 2018
Trump says Canada's dairy farmers killing U.S. agricultural interests
http://thechronicleherald.ca/
![Dairy cows enjoy a meal at Windmill Holsteins in Shubenacadie East in 2011. (ERIC WYNNE / File)]( "Dairy cows enjoy a meal at Windmill Holsteins in Shubenacadie East in 2011. (ERIC WYNNE / File)")
Nova Scotia dairy farmers are worried the prime minister might be putting supply management on the table in NAFTA negotiations.
On Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Justin Trudeau suggested Canada was considering allowing U.S. dairy products greater access to the Canadian market as part of the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
This prompted the Dairy Farmers of Canada to send a stronglyworded letter to Trudeau on Monday. The Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia will ask producers in the province to contact their MPs.
Supply management, a system that has been in place since the 1970s, protects producers of dairy, eggs and poultry by curbing the import of foreign products through tariffs. It also prevents overproduction by imposing quotas.
The system has been a thorny issue during various trade negotiations, including this round of NAFTA talks. Critics argue it increases the cost of milk products for consumers and inhibits competition.
Supporters of supply management maintain that it does not affect prices in a significant way, that it benefits the Canadian economy — especially in rural areas — and that it benefits consumers who are getting a more local product that meets high standards.
Brian Cameron is the general manager of Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia, the province’s milk marketing board.
Speaking with The Chronicle Herald on Wednesday, Cameron said farmers are spooked by the statement, especially in light of what he said is a trend toward giving away access to Canada’s market in recent trade negotiations.
As part of its World Trade Organization commitments, Canada already imports about five per cent of its cheese and five per cent of its butter from other nations. Cameron pointed to the 2016 CETA deal, in which Canada increased access to its market for European cheese producers by another four per cent. The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, also signed in 2016, saw additional access equal to three per cent of Canada’s total milk supply.
“It’s a real concern for our industry but also we think for Canadians, because there’s merit in having our farmers feed our population.”
Cameron said allowing foreign access undermines the supply management system, gives less business to Canadian farmers, and breeds uncertainty in the industry.
“This is the first indication that we’ve had that this government is at all considering including dairy access under NAFTA, because dairy was exempt when NAFTA was originally set out,” he said.
“The agriculture minister has said he supports supply management, but giving additional access for dairy or any other commodity at the trade table is harmful. How can you say you support something if you turn around and hurt it?”
Though Nova Scotia only has about 210 licenced dairy farmers, who produce around two per cent of the Canadian supply, Cameron said it’s a big part of the agricultural economy, as well as many rural economies.
On top of that, Cameron said dairy makes up close to 40 per cent of the value of agricultural production, and if you add in other supply managed industries, that figure is close to 50 per cent.
Cumberland-Colchester MP Bill Casey agrees.
“To lose supply management, I feel, would have a huge impact on the province of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and even more in the rural areas,” he said.
Casey told The Chronicle Herald that he’s heard the concerns from dairy farmers in his riding, and said he’s confident supply management will be protected, and not further degraded, in NAFTA negotiations.
Casey said while he can’t speculate on what the prime minister meant by his comments on NBC, he has heard nothing from his government to indicate there is a softening of Canada’s position
Meanwhile, Cameron said dairy farmers will continue to make sure their position is known to those around the NAFTA negotiation table up until the deal goes down.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:49:41 -0400
Subject: Fwd: LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick know exactly who
I am ask Wayne Easter why EH Rob Moore?
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:14:01 -0400
Subject: Fwd: LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick know exactly who
I am ask Wayne Easter why EH Rob Moore?
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:53:42 -0400
Subject: LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick know exactly who I am
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---- Original Message -----
From: "McKnight, Gisele"McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.
To: lcampenella@ledger.com
Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: David Amos
Hello Lisa,
David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he became
an independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our federal
election that was held June 28. He was a candidate in our constituency of
Fundy (now called Fundy-Royal).
I wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
story appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
by one of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
the candidates' debate held June 18.
As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
The winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
taken by reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
that ran, but this one is very similar.
A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate 2.JPG
Gisele McKnight editor
Kings County Record
Sussex, New Brunswick
Canada
506-433-1070
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers' party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You're out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
McKnight/KCR
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn't Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I've become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who'd lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It's alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn't appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I'm not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won't take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It's
not about money. It goes against what I'm fighting about."
What he's fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes' gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I'm
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don't necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you're going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, 'what the hell.'"
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> From: "Collins, Susan J (COSEC)"<Susan.J.Collins@bhpbilliton.
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:23:12 +1000
> Subject: Email to BHP Billiton Chairman's
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
>
> Please find attached a letter from Mr Jac Nasser, Chairman of BHP
> Billiton
>
> Susan Collins
> Company Secretariat
> BHP Billiton | 180 Lonsdale St | Melbourne Vic 3000 |Australia
> T: +61 3 9609 2654 | M: +61 427 713 994 | F: +61 3 9609 3290
> E: susan.j.collins@bhpbilliton.jane.mcaloon@ >
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> <>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:36 AM
>> To: pr@potashcorp.com; Podwika@potashcorp.com;
>> fosterd@bennettjones.ca; corporate.relations@
>> lgold.blcanada@b-l.com; shawn. graham; David.ALWARD@gnb.ca;
>> krisaustin; jacques_poitras@cbc.ca; cjcw@nbnet.nb.ca;
>> tomp.young@atlanticradio.
>> bruce.northrup@gnb.ca; atlbf@nb.aibn.com; akapoor@globeandmail.com;
>> nmacadam@globeandmail.com; vepp@globeandmail.com;
>> potash@mackenziepartners.com; contactus@
>> rick.hancox; Bernard.LeBlanc; Liebenberg, Andre;
>> mclellana@bennettjones.com; MooreR; danfour; oldmaison@yahoo.com;
>> Harris, Brendan; Dean.Buzza; Gilles. Blinn
>> Cc: wcoady; michel.desneiges@sade-els.org; producers@stu.ca;
>> WaterWarCrimes; Penny Bright; tony; Nasser, Jacques
>> Subject: Fwd: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack
>> of ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before
>> you people buy much stock in their stock eh?
>>
>> With ANOTHER election in the near future I see no need to explain my
>> issues again about theexploitation of our natural resources to a
>> bunch of sneaky lawyers.(everyboy shoul checkout the pdf hereto
>> attache) especially our former Deputy Prime Minister Lanslide Annie
>> McLelllan an the RCMP thought they knew everything seven years ago and
>> did nothing let alone call me back just like you an your many
>> conservative cohorts NEVER did EH Brucy Baby Northrup? (902 800 0369
>> Notice my new contact number? You an the RCMP can forget Werner Bock's
>> now)
>>
>> Clearly there is no need for politicians to try to be confidential
>> with mean old me when the Globe and Mail loves spiling the beans
>> sometimes ou woul think those unethical journlists woul know that
>> simple truths spoken amongst common folk about corrupt politicians
>> have a good habit of coming to the surface sooner or later anyway EH?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
>
>
> This message and any attached files may contain information that is
> confidential and/or subject of legal privilege intended only for use
> by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or
> the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended
> recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and
> that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment
> is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information
> therein. If you have received this message in error please notify the
> sender immediately and delete the message.
>> > Jan 3rd, 2004
>> >
>> > Mr. David R. Amos
>> > 153 Alvin Avenue
>> > Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186
>> >
>> > Dear Mr. Amos
>> >
>> > Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to
>> > my predecessor,
>> > the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety. I apologize for the
>> > delay in responding.
>> >
>> > If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only
>> > suggest that you contact
>> > the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any evidence of
>> > criminal activity should be brought
>> > to their attention since the police are in the best position to
>> > evaluate the information and take
>> > action as deemed appropriate.
>> >
>> > I trust that this information is satisfactory.
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely
>> > A. Anne McLellan”
>> >
>> > September 11th, 2004
>> >
>> > Dear Mr. Amos,
>> >
>> > On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne
>> > Clarkson, I acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and
>> > CD regarding corruption, one received from you directly, and the
>> > other forwarded to us by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of
>> > New Brunswick.
>> >
>> > I regret to inform you that the Governor General cannot
>> > intervene in matters that are the responsibility of elected officials
>> > and courts of
>> > Justice of Canada. You already contacted the various provincial
>> > authorities
>> > regarding your concerns, and these were the appropriate steps to take.
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely.
>> >
>> > Renee Blanchet
>> > Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
>> >
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Did you know that Trudeau The Younger refused to even look at the TPP agreement created by Yankees during the last election?
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Yet Trudeau signed on to TPP after Trump backed out Go Figure why the Yankees are so upset today EH?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tpp-champagne-deal-1.4499616
"Flavio Volpe of the Toronto-based Auto Parts Manufacturers' Association said this agreement moves Canada in the exact opposite direction of where the U.S. is headed, just as the tense North American Free Trade Agreement talks resume. He said the U.S. is pushing for a new NAFTA that increases domestic content requirements, and keeps Chinese parts out of North America, but the revised Asia-Pacific pact reduces local requirements and lets more product from non-TPP countries like China into the market.
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President Donald Trump had tough words about Canada's supply management system during a news conference at the G7 summit on Saturday in La Malbaie, Que. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada will have to dismantle its supply-managed dairy system or else Americans will dramatically curtail its trading relationship — a shot across the bow at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vocally defended the country's existing agricultural policies in the face of U.S. opposition.
"No tariffs, no barriers, that's the way it should be and no subsidies. In other words, let's say Canada, where we have tremendous tariffs. The U.S. pays tremendous tariffs on dairy, as an example, 270 per cent ... we don't want to pay anything, why should we pay anything?" Trump said, referencing the Canadian tariff levied on U.S. and foreign milk imports.
Canada levies a tariff of 270 per cent on milk, 245 per cent on cheese and 298 per cent on butter in an effort to keep U.S. and other foreign dairy imports out.
"It's very unfair to our farmers. Our farmers, whether it's through a non-tariff trade barrier or whether it's through very high tariffs ... this is all over the world. You can't do that. It's going to stop, or we'll stop trading," he said.
The Canadian Dairy Commission, which works with the provincial milk marketing boards to co-ordinate quotas and pricing, has consistently defended the system as a way to avoid surpluses and shortages — but also to help stabilize farmers' income.
"There's a reason why Donald Trump continues to write tweets on dairy products and Canada — it's because I've told him many times: 'No, he won't touch, we won't touch, our supply management system,'" Trudeau told reporters Thursday. "We will always defend our supply management system."
Trump said he doesn't blame foreign leaders for the state of the trading relationship, instead laying blame on past U.S. presidents who have entered into deals that, he asserts, have enriched allies while hollowing out American industry.
He said while the U.S. has kept its tariffs low to promote global free trade, other countries have left protectionist policies in place, disadvantaging the U.S.
In a wide-ranging news conference at the G7 summit in Quebec, Trump said Canada and other G7 countries — historically his country's closest allies — have treated the U.S. like a "piggy bank that everyone's robbing ... the gig is up. They can't believe they got away with it [for so long]. Canada can't believe it got away with it."
Trump made his comments before leaving the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que. early Saturday — skipping an afternoon working group discussion on climate change, energy and protection the world's oceans — where trade issues have dominated the agenda due to a protectionist push by the Trump administration.
Ahead of the meeting, some G7 leaders telegraphed they'd use the summit to have "tough and frank" conversations with Trump and argue the virtues of freer trade as he tightens the tariff noose.
Those efforts seemed to have failed, as Trump doubled down on his pledge to erect further trade barriers if he cannot extract concessions from partners.
Trump warned countries against levying retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. after his administration imposed punitive tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada, Mexico, and the EU on national security grounds.
Canada has already said it will impose some $16.5 billion in new tariffs on U.S. goods ranging from lawn mowers to felt-tipped pens in response to the new 10 per cent levy on the country's aluminum and the 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel.
"We'll win that war 1,000 times out of a 1,000," he said.
Despite the tough words, Trump said his relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Trudeau is at a "10."
"The relationship that I've had with these leaders is great ... so you can tell that to your fake friends at CNN," he said after a reporter from that network asked about the state of the relationship with these close U.S. allies.
Speaking of the stalled NAFTA negotiations, Trump again reiterated he prefers to sign a bilateral deal with Canada rather than push ahead with an agreement with the three original signatories. He has said a U.S.-Canada deal will be easier to achieve given the similarities of the two advanced economies. U.S. negotiators have frequently sparred with Mexican authorities over wages and workers' rights.
"We're either going to have NAFTA in a better negotiated form or we're going to have two [separate] deals ... it'll have a sunset. We're pretty close on the sunset division," Trump said, referencing the U.S. demand for a sunset clause in a final agreement.
Canadian negotiators have said a five-year sunset clause — which would prompt a reworking of the trade deal every five years — is a "poison pill" for trade talks. Canada and Mexico have opposed such a clause because of the economic shocks that come from uncertainty about NAFTA's future.
Trump will now begin his nearly 20-hour journey to Singapore where he is expected to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12, a tête-à-tête designed to encourage the rogue state to end its nuclear program.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G-7 summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Charlevoix, Que. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
After a week of firing criticisms at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media, U.S. President Donald Trump displayed a more playful mood before a meeting with the PM Friday, joking that Canada had agreed to drop all tariffs against the U.S.
Trudeau quipped in return that NAFTA talks were in good shape — a reference to the major trade irritants that remain between the two countries.
After rather staid opening remarks from Trudeau ahead of his private meeting with the president, Trump said he was pleased to report that Trudeau had now agreed to "drop all tariffs, all trade barriers between Canada and the U.S. I'm very happy about that."
"And I say NAFTA is in good shape," Trudeau replied, a smile spreading across his face.
Adopting a more serious tone, Trump then said he thought it would be best for Canada and the U.S. to pursue a bilateral trade agreement rather than push ahead with a negotiated NAFTA with Mexico.
"We're working on it, we're working on it," Trump said. "One on one, much more simpler agreement, much easier to do, I think better for both countries. But we're talking about that, among other things."
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump held a bilateral meeting on the edges of the G7 Summit in La Malbaie Quebec 1:55NAFTA talks have soured in recent weeks as the U.S. has refused to budge on its demands for an overhaul of the deal's auto component and for a sunset clause.
The leaders' comments were made ahead of their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que., where trade issues have dominated the agenda due to a protectionist push by the Trump administration. After initially exempting major allies, Trump has levied punitive tariffs on Canadian and EU aluminum and steel imports.
The tariffs were imposed on national security grounds, something Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has dismissed as "ludicrous." Trump has since fired back on Twitter, calling Canada's supply-managed dairy sector unfair to U.S. farm interests.
"Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries. If it doesn't happen, we come out even better!" Trump tweeted earlier Friday before touching down in Quebec. "Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn't tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!"
In a similar tweet Thursday evening, Trump again attacked Trudeau by name, citing his support for the country's dairy industry protections as a source of tension.
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US President Donald Trump is travelling to the G7 meeting in Charlevoix 1:40"Prime Minister Trudeau is being so indignant, bringing up the relationship that the U.S. and Canada had over the many years and all sorts of other things," Trump tweeted. "He doesn't bring up the fact that they charge us up to 300% on dairy — hurting our Farmers, killing our Agriculture!"
Supply management is a longstanding issue for Trump, who was convinced by dairy farmers in swing-state and dairy-rich Wisconsin that Canada's system is to blame for sinking profits on some farms.
Canada levies a tariff of 270 per cent on milk, 245 per cent on cheese and 298 per cent on butter in an effort to keep U.S. and other foreign dairy imports out.
Canada's dairy producers introduced new prices for some products in 2016 — mainly on ingredients used in the production of cheese, yogurt and ice cream. That put some U.S. exports at a competitive disadvantage against their Canadian equivalents, resulting in job losses in some U.S. states.
Others point to massive overproduction, and excess capacity, as the source of the U.S. industry's woes. Some observers describe American griping about financial supports for farmers as the height of hypocrisy, given the generous subsidies many receive from Washington.
U.S. negotiators in the stalled NAFTA talks sought concessions on dairy products, but Trudeau reiterated Thursday that his government strongly supports the system that uses quotas to control the amount of dairy products produced by farmers, to ensure the national supply matches expected demand.
At a campaign stop in Saguenay, Que. ahead of the G7, for an upcoming federal byelection, Trudeau said Canada wouldn't back down in the face of Trump's rhetoric.
"There's a reason why Donald Trump continues to write tweets on dairy products and Canada — it's because I've told him many times: 'No, he won't touch, we won't touch, our supply management system,'" Trudeau told reporters.
"We will always defend our supply management system."
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US President Donald Trump was welcomed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau at the Manoir Richelieu 1:31However, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in a recent interview with a U.S.-based farm publication that Canada offered the Americans some tariff-free market access for dairy products — along the lines of what Canada conceded through the Canada-EU free trade deal and the Trans-Pacific Partnership — as part of the NAFTA talks.
Perdue did not indicate how much additional access Canada offered at the NAFTA table, but said it wasn't enough. Trudeau himself recently told NBC News that Canada was "moving toward ... flexibility" in allowing further foreign access to the protected dairy market.
The Canadian Dairy Commission, which works with the provincial milk marketing boards to co-ordinate quotas and pricing, has consistently defended the system as a way to avoid surpluses and shortages.
Trudeau reminded farmers in Quebec it was his father's Liberal government that put supply management in place in the 1970s to help stabilize farmers' income, and he supports its continued existence not because of nostalgia, but because it works.
He then jumped onto a stage at a protest site assembled near his byelection campaign stop, promising dairy farmers gathered there that he had their backs.
A senior government official speaking to CBC News on background Thursday sought to spin Trump's dairy-related tweets as a positive — proof that Trudeau has strongly defended the interests of Canada's farmers in the NAFTA talks.
In a sign Trump is principally focused on discussions about the economy at this G7 (the president will leave the summit early Saturday, skipping sessions on climate change, clean energy and oceans), he brought along some of his top economic advisers, including former TV personality turned director of the president's national economic council Larry Kudlow, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Also in Quebec with Trump are White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and his deputy Joe Hagin, senior adviser Stephen Miller, National Security Adviser John Bolton, Trump's social media adviser Dan Scavino and Everett Eisenstat, the president's aide on climate change matters.
Relations between Trump and Trudeau are arguably at their lowest point since the reality TV star ascended to the Oval Office — a result of Trump levying punitive tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel imports on national security grounds. The tariffs have prompted angry reactions from Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. The stalled NAFTA renegotiation effort has also soured the working relationship.
In recent days, Trump's Canada-focused tweets have included:
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Trump says Canada's dairy farmers killing U.S. agricultural interests
- Methinks Trudeau The Younger and the Dairy Farmers can never claim that "the Donald" didn't warn them last year N'esy Pas?
#milk#nbpoli#TrudeauMustGo#Trump#cdnpoliPresident Donald Trump At Farmers Event: Canada 'Outsmarted' U.S. On Trade | MSNBC
MSNBCPublished on Apr 25, 2017President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday while talking about the issue of Canada's trade deal affecting farmers, particularly dairy farmers.
Methinks a lot of Quebec Dairy Farmers are gonna get very pissed off when they discover that CBC was blocking my comments yesterday for the benefit of Trudeau the Younger and his fellow LIEbranos N'esy Pas? #milk#nbpoli#TrudeauMustGo#Trump#cdnpoli
'The gig is up': Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading relationship
'We don't want to pay anything, why should we pay anything?' Trump says of Canadian tariffs on dairy products
Eric Houghton "So how does that cripple American dairy?"
David Amos
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It doesn't
Methinks everybody knows Trump is using it for leverage to try to screw us byway of NAFTA N'esy Pas?
Methinks folks blessed with common sense and an understanding that the CBC, Trump and Trudeau are all professional bullshitters can easily figure out who is a liar and who is not N'esy Pas?
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local Campaign, Rogers TV
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Federal debate in Fundy Royal, New Brunswick riding featuring candidates Rob Moore, Stephanie Coburn, Alaina Lockhart, Jennifer McKenzie and David Amos.
Methinks lots political people on both sides of the 49th recall what I said about Dairy Farming and TPP etc when I ran in Fundy Royal in 2015 The fact that CBC continues to block my comments proves my point N'esy Pas? #nbpoli#TrudeauMustGo#Trump#cdnpoli
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Protect supply management: dairy farmers
Dairy cows enjoy a meal at Windmill Holsteins in Shubenacadie East in 2011. (ERIC WYNNE / File)
Nova Scotia dairy farmers are worried the prime minister might be putting supply management on the table in NAFTA negotiations.
On Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Justin Trudeau suggested Canada was considering allowing U.S. dairy products greater access to the Canadian market as part of the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
This prompted the Dairy Farmers of Canada to send a stronglyworded letter to Trudeau on Monday. The Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia will ask producers in the province to contact their MPs.
Supply management, a system that has been in place since the 1970s, protects producers of dairy, eggs and poultry by curbing the import of foreign products through tariffs. It also prevents overproduction by imposing quotas.
The system has been a thorny issue during various trade negotiations, including this round of NAFTA talks. Critics argue it increases the cost of milk products for consumers and inhibits competition.
Supporters of supply management maintain that it does not affect prices in a significant way, that it benefits the Canadian economy — especially in rural areas — and that it benefits consumers who are getting a more local product that meets high standards.
Brian Cameron is the general manager of Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia, the province’s milk marketing board.
Speaking with The Chronicle Herald on Wednesday, Cameron said farmers are spooked by the statement, especially in light of what he said is a trend toward giving away access to Canada’s market in recent trade negotiations.
As part of its World Trade Organization commitments, Canada already imports about five per cent of its cheese and five per cent of its butter from other nations. Cameron pointed to the 2016 CETA deal, in which Canada increased access to its market for European cheese producers by another four per cent. The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, also signed in 2016, saw additional access equal to three per cent of Canada’s total milk supply.
“It’s a real concern for our industry but also we think for Canadians, because there’s merit in having our farmers feed our population.”
Cameron said allowing foreign access undermines the supply management system, gives less business to Canadian farmers, and breeds uncertainty in the industry.
“This is the first indication that we’ve had that this government is at all considering including dairy access under NAFTA, because dairy was exempt when NAFTA was originally set out,” he said.
“The agriculture minister has said he supports supply management, but giving additional access for dairy or any other commodity at the trade table is harmful. How can you say you support something if you turn around and hurt it?”
Though Nova Scotia only has about 210 licenced dairy farmers, who produce around two per cent of the Canadian supply, Cameron said it’s a big part of the agricultural economy, as well as many rural economies.
On top of that, Cameron said dairy makes up close to 40 per cent of the value of agricultural production, and if you add in other supply managed industries, that figure is close to 50 per cent.
Cumberland-Colchester MP Bill Casey agrees.
“To lose supply management, I feel, would have a huge impact on the province of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and even more in the rural areas,” he said.
Casey told The Chronicle Herald that he’s heard the concerns from dairy farmers in his riding, and said he’s confident supply management will be protected, and not further degraded, in NAFTA negotiations.
Casey said while he can’t speculate on what the prime minister meant by his comments on NBC, he has heard nothing from his government to indicate there is a softening of Canada’s position
Meanwhile, Cameron said dairy farmers will continue to make sure their position is known to those around the NAFTA negotiation table up until the deal goes down.
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From: "McKnight, Gisele"McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.
To: lcampenella@ledger.com
Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: David Amos
Hello Lisa,
David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he became
an independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our federal
election that was held June 28. He was a candidate in our constituency of
Fundy (now called Fundy-Royal).
I wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
story appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
by one of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
the candidates' debate held June 18.
As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
The winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
taken by reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
that ran, but this one is very similar.
A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate 2.JPG
Gisele McKnight editor
Kings County Record
Sussex, New Brunswick
Canada
506-433-1070
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers' party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You're out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
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The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn't Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I've become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who'd lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It's alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn't appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I'm not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won't take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It's
not about money. It goes against what I'm fighting about."
What he's fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes' gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I'm
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don't necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you're going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, 'what the hell.'"
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> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:23:12 +1000
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> Please find attached a letter from Mr Jac Nasser, Chairman of BHP
> Billiton
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> Susan Collins
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:36 AM
>> To: pr@potashcorp.com; Podwika@potashcorp.com;
>> fosterd@bennettjones.ca; corporate.relations@
>> lgold.blcanada@b-l.com; shawn. graham; David.ALWARD@gnb.ca;
>> krisaustin; jacques_poitras@cbc.ca; cjcw@nbnet.nb.ca;
>> tomp.young@atlanticradio.
>> bruce.northrup@gnb.ca; atlbf@nb.aibn.com; akapoor@globeandmail.com;
>> nmacadam@globeandmail.com; vepp@globeandmail.com;
>> potash@mackenziepartners.com; contactus@
>> rick.hancox; Bernard.LeBlanc; Liebenberg, Andre;
>> mclellana@bennettjones.com; MooreR; danfour; oldmaison@yahoo.com;
>> Harris, Brendan; Dean.Buzza; Gilles. Blinn
>> Cc: wcoady; michel.desneiges@sade-els.org; producers@stu.ca;
>> WaterWarCrimes; Penny Bright; tony; Nasser, Jacques
>> Subject: Fwd: PotashCorp should mention my concerns about their lack
>> of ethical conduct and actions against me to your shareholers before
>> you people buy much stock in their stock eh?
>>
>> With ANOTHER election in the near future I see no need to explain my
>> issues again about theexploitation of our natural resources to a
>> bunch of sneaky lawyers.(everyboy shoul checkout the pdf hereto
>> attache) especially our former Deputy Prime Minister Lanslide Annie
>> McLelllan an the RCMP thought they knew everything seven years ago and
>> did nothing let alone call me back just like you an your many
>> conservative cohorts NEVER did EH Brucy Baby Northrup? (902 800 0369
>> Notice my new contact number? You an the RCMP can forget Werner Bock's
>> now)
>>
>> Clearly there is no need for politicians to try to be confidential
>> with mean old me when the Globe and Mail loves spiling the beans
>> sometimes ou woul think those unethical journlists woul know that
>> simple truths spoken amongst common folk about corrupt politicians
>> have a good habit of coming to the surface sooner or later anyway EH?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
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>> > Jan 3rd, 2004
>> >
>> > Mr. David R. Amos
>> > 153 Alvin Avenue
>> > Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186
>> >
>> > Dear Mr. Amos
>> >
>> > Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to
>> > my predecessor,
>> > the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety. I apologize for the
>> > delay in responding.
>> >
>> > If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only
>> > suggest that you contact
>> > the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any evidence of
>> > criminal activity should be brought
>> > to their attention since the police are in the best position to
>> > evaluate the information and take
>> > action as deemed appropriate.
>> >
>> > I trust that this information is satisfactory.
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely
>> > A. Anne McLellan”
>> >
>> > September 11th, 2004
>> >
>> > Dear Mr. Amos,
>> >
>> > On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne
>> > Clarkson, I acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and
>> > CD regarding corruption, one received from you directly, and the
>> > other forwarded to us by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of
>> > New Brunswick.
>> >
>> > I regret to inform you that the Governor General cannot
>> > intervene in matters that are the responsibility of elected officials
>> > and courts of
>> > Justice of Canada. You already contacted the various provincial
>> > authorities
>> > regarding your concerns, and these were the appropriate steps to take.
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely.
>> >
>> > Renee Blanchet
>> > Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
>> >
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-trudeau-dairy-supply-management-1.469752
Trump, Trudeau exchange friendly barbs over trade
U.S. president says Canada's protection of dairy farmers killing U.S. agricultural interests
· CBC News· Posted: Jun 08, 2018 10:00 AM ET Comments
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Andrew Cavalier
He is being, to put it most charitably, very disingenuous. The US has massive subsidies of its agri-business, including dairy. If he wasn't so dangerous, the man would be hysterically funny.
David Amos
@Andrew Cavalier Methinks lots political people on both sides of the 49th may recall what I said about Dairy Farming and TPP etc when I ran in Fundy Royal in 2015 N'esy Pas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local Campaign, Rogers TV
Published on Oct 1, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local Campaign, Rogers TV
Published on Oct 1, 2015
John Oaktree
@Andrew Cavalier
If you want to know about the huge massive taxpayer paid subsidies you should read this:
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2015/02/12/milking-taxpayers
If you want to know about the huge massive taxpayer paid subsidies you should read this:
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2015/02/12/milking-taxpayers
Bill Nazarene
@Andrew Cavalier
… plus, dairy, etc. is irrelevant to Trump's stated 'National Security' excuse. This guy is so un-self-aware that he doesn't hear what he's saying; all-the-while, loving the sound of his own voice.
Sad...
… plus, dairy, etc. is irrelevant to Trump's stated 'National Security' excuse. This guy is so un-self-aware that he doesn't hear what he's saying; all-the-while, loving the sound of his own voice.
Sad...
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David Amos
David Amos
@John Oaktree Methinks your politics were showing bigtime the instant you skipped over my comment N'esy Pas?
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David Amos
David Amos
@Bill Nazarene "Sad..."???
Methinks the truly sad part is that you political people have been ignoring my tip to Google Trump Cohen NAFTA FATCA and David Amos N'esy Pas?
Anyone recall my comments last month after you called me sad?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-nowhere-near-close-1.4668556
Bill Nazarene @David Amos
Such misplaced self-importance. But, hey... you be you.
Sad...
William Weston
@David Amos
I would but my doctor of letters has me on a strict diet and I'm only eight syllables short of my daily allowance.
David Amos
@William Weston Methinks that you and Mr Nazarene get the governments you deserve in light of the fact that you would rather make fun of me instead of simply Googling the following words "Trump, Cohen, Amos, NAFTA and FATCA" N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Bill Nazarene Methinks you may enjoy Googling the following N'esy Pas?
William Weston Bill Nazarene David Amos CBC
William Weston
@David Amos "Methinks that you..."
My apologies, I was wrong for making what I intended as a light hearted comment and you saw as a slight.
David Amos
@William Weston I thank you for that. It speaks well of your sense of integrity. In return I will bury the hatchet with you. Everybody knows I have enough enemies. Just Google my name and you will understand.
Methinks the truly sad part is that you political people have been ignoring my tip to Google Trump Cohen NAFTA FATCA and David Amos N'esy Pas?
Anyone recall my comments last month after you called me sad?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-nowhere-near-close-1.4668556
Bill Nazarene @David Amos
Such misplaced self-importance. But, hey... you be you.
Sad...
William Weston
@David Amos
I would but my doctor of letters has me on a strict diet and I'm only eight syllables short of my daily allowance.
David Amos
@William Weston Methinks that you and Mr Nazarene get the governments you deserve in light of the fact that you would rather make fun of me instead of simply Googling the following words "Trump, Cohen, Amos, NAFTA and FATCA" N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Bill Nazarene Methinks you may enjoy Googling the following N'esy Pas?
William Weston Bill Nazarene David Amos CBC
William Weston
@David Amos "Methinks that you..."
My apologies, I was wrong for making what I intended as a light hearted comment and you saw as a slight.
David Amos
@William Weston I thank you for that. It speaks well of your sense of integrity. In return I will bury the hatchet with you. Everybody knows I have enough enemies. Just Google my name and you will understand.
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David Amos
David Amos
@Bill Nazarene
David Amos
@William Weston "By electing representatives of our choosing in our ridings rather than party representatives of their choosing we could fix the problem standing in our way. It’s free (according to Elections Canada website), it’s progressive and it would mean our voice gets past the parties and into parliament."
A little Politics 101 of mine for you to consider
June 22, 2004
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight Editor
Kings County Record
"Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said. "It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood, the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing, farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it (NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me, especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right. Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
David Amos
@William Weston "By electing representatives of our choosing in our ridings rather than party representatives of their choosing we could fix the problem standing in our way. It’s free (according to Elections Canada website), it’s progressive and it would mean our voice gets past the parties and into parliament."
A little Politics 101 of mine for you to consider
June 22, 2004
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight Editor
Kings County Record
"Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said. "It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood, the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing, farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it (NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me, especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right. Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Dennis St.Amand
US dairy is infested with bovine growth hormones, of which health Canada outlawed years ago and for good reason.
John Oaktree
@Dennis St.Amand
The United States wants Canada to become the dumping ground for their taxpayer paid over-production.
The United States wants Canada to become the dumping ground for their taxpayer paid over-production.
Robert Paul
@Dennis St.Amand
Also, US cheese is not made to our tastes. If you've ever been there and tried it you'll know what I mean.
Also, US cheese is not made to our tastes. If you've ever been there and tried it you'll know what I mean.
David Amos
@Dennis St.Amand "US dairy is infested with bovine growth hormones, of which health Canada outlawed years ago and for good reason."
True
True
David Amos
@Robert Paul Cry me a river
@John Oaktree What are you doing about it?
Don Pooley
How about that, little Canada is killing American agriculture because we won't buy their hormone laced product. The rest of the world must be impressed, who knew Canada had such clout?
Robert Paul
@Don Pooley
Yup, we're milking their economy dry.
Yup, we're milking their economy dry.
David Amos
@Robert Paul Methinks lts of folks know professional political people often fail at being funny but some of us love the circus anyway N'esy Pas?
Barry Martini
Trump either does not know or conveniently forgets about the US federal subsidies in the BILLIONS to US farmers and dairy
David Amos
@John Oaktree "Canada doesn't negotiate by tweet."
Some of us do
Methinks you should check my work sometime N'esy Pas?
Some of us do
Methinks you should check my work sometime N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Gorden Feist Methinks the awful truth is that neither Trump or Trudeau have the first clue about Dairy Farming N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Robert Paul "While millions are without health care."
Methinks if you knew who I was you then you would understand that you would be hard pressed to argue me on that topic N'esy Pas?
Methinks if you knew who I was you then you would understand that you would be hard pressed to argue me on that topic N'esy Pas?
@John Oaktree "Under supply management the people who consume dairy pay for dairy. "
Methinks somebody has to pay the lucrative fees of the most powerful lobbyists in Canada N'esy Pas?
Methinks somebody has to pay the lucrative fees of the most powerful lobbyists in Canada N'esy Pas?
steve coy
This man is mentally deranged. Stick it to him Justin.
Robert Paul
@steve coy
Like I said elsewhere, Justin should pull some comic drama moves like his dad did, doing pirouettes round the queen and such.
Like I said elsewhere, Justin should pull some comic drama moves like his dad did, doing pirouettes round the queen and such.
David Amos
@Robert Paul Methinks only a fan of Trudeau The Elder would find that even remotely funny N'esy Pas?
Eric Houghton
The US : 340million people.
Canada: Under 40 million.
So how does that cripple American dairy?
Canada: Under 40 million.
So how does that cripple American dairy?
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David Amos
@Eric Houghton It doesn't
Methinks everybody knows Trump is using it for leverage to try to screw us byway of NAFTA N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody knows Trump is using it for leverage to try to screw us byway of NAFTA N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Eric Houghton Oh my Methinks it was very telling thing for CBC to block my reply to you N'esy Pas?
Ian MacDonald
Trump wants to put Canadian farmers out of work. Stop using unfair subsidies to prop up your failing industry. Supply management is good for Canadians
Art Rowe
@Robert Anderson
Lots of dairy farmers outside of Quebec. Management benefits them all and we all pay.
Lots of dairy farmers outside of Quebec. Management benefits them all and we all pay.
Rick Wier
@Art Rowe supply management insures the farmers get a reasonable price and can continue to operate , in the USA massive subsidies have lead to an oversupply of milk and the only way the farmers survive is on government handouts and a government agressively trying to dump their excess production into other countries
Art Rowe
@Rick Wier
No denying that, ALL I said was that there were dairy farmers outside QC.
No denying that, ALL I said was that there were dairy farmers outside QC.
Robert Paul
@Ian MacDonald
And it's okay for him to put our steelworkers out of work.
And it's okay for him to put our steelworkers out of work.
David Amos
@Art Rowe Lots of dairy farmers outside of Quebec. Management benefits them all and we all pay
True
The dairy farmers in Fundy Royal were worried about TPP when I ran in the election of the 42nd Parliament a whole year before Trump was elected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
True
The dairy farmers in Fundy Royal were worried about TPP when I ran in the election of the 42nd Parliament a whole year before Trump was elected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
David Amos
@Robert Paul Methinks whereas I ran for public office fives times thus far I may know a little about this topic too N'esy Pas?
Did you know that Trudeau The Younger refused to even look at the TPP agreement created by Yankees during the last election?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-trans-pacific-partnership-liberals-pco-1.3273342
Yet Trudeau signed on to TPP after Trump backed out Go Figure why the Yankees are so upset today EH?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tpp-champagne-deal-1.4499616
"Flavio Volpe of the Toronto-based Auto Parts Manufacturers' Association said this agreement moves Canada in the exact opposite direction of where the U.S. is headed, just as the tense North American Free Trade Agreement talks resume. He said the U.S. is pushing for a new NAFTA that increases domestic content requirements, and keeps Chinese parts out of North America, but the revised Asia-Pacific pact reduces local requirements and lets more product from non-TPP countries like China into the market.
"This could not be a dumber move at a more important time," Volpe said in an interview.
Unifor President Jerry Dias, head of Canada's largest private sector union, was also quick to slam the deal, saying it would be detrimental to workers."
Basil Masse
The 'stable genius' omitted to mention US farmers are the most heavily subsidised in the world. Drop your subsidies US. start playing fair and drop all your 'additives' from your production. Get with accepted G7/EU standards. You know step into the 21st century.
David Amos
@Rick Wier "my brother in law the farmer is missing the wheat board,"
Methinks the ghost of R.B. Bennett is grinning about now N'esy Pas?
Methinks the ghost of R.B. Bennett is grinning about now N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Robert Anderson "The rest of the farmers in Canada compete just fine without a supply management system. Why?"
Methinks that is very easy for a non farmer to say N'esy Pas?
Methinks that is very easy for a non farmer to say N'esy Pas?
Frank Blakney
What Trump does not say is the massive subsidies America does to to prop up their farmers. How pathetic and hypocritical POTUS is.
Jim Palmer
@Frank Blakney
"How pathetic and hypocritical POTUS is"
Even more so, he is just way, way 'out of his league'.
"How pathetic and hypocritical POTUS is"
Even more so, he is just way, way 'out of his league'.
David Amos
@Jim Palmer Methinks many fancy dudes hanging out at the G6 + 1 meeting in Quebec right now have no doubt realized by now that the space cadet called "The Donald" is in a league of his own from another planet N'esy Pas?
Tom Abbott
The American Clown President makes up his own statistics to prove his twisted ill informed point. He is a legend in his own mind.
David Amos
@Tom Abbott True
However methinks you forget "The American Clown President" was elected to be the ringmaster of a Yankee circus which is the greatest show on earth N'esy Pas?
However methinks you forget "The American Clown President" was elected to be the ringmaster of a Yankee circus which is the greatest show on earth N'esy Pas?
'The gig is up': Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading relationship
'We don't want to pay anything, why should we pay anything?' Trump says of Canadian tariffs on dairy products
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada will have to dismantle its supply-managed dairy system or else Americans will dramatically curtail its trading relationship — a shot across the bow at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vocally defended the country's existing agricultural policies in the face of U.S. opposition.
"No tariffs, no barriers, that's the way it should be and no subsidies. In other words, let's say Canada, where we have tremendous tariffs. The U.S. pays tremendous tariffs on dairy, as an example, 270 per cent ... we don't want to pay anything, why should we pay anything?" Trump said, referencing the Canadian tariff levied on U.S. and foreign milk imports.
Canada levies a tariff of 270 per cent on milk, 245 per cent on cheese and 298 per cent on butter in an effort to keep U.S. and other foreign dairy imports out.
"It's very unfair to our farmers. Our farmers, whether it's through a non-tariff trade barrier or whether it's through very high tariffs ... this is all over the world. You can't do that. It's going to stop, or we'll stop trading," he said.
The U.S. president says if Canada doesn't dismantle their supply management for dairy, he won't hesitate to dramatically curtail the trading relationship between the two countries 2:20
As recently as Thursday Trudeau said his Liberal government will strongly support the current system that uses quotas to control the amount of dairy products produced by farmers, to ensure the national supply matches expected demand.The Canadian Dairy Commission, which works with the provincial milk marketing boards to co-ordinate quotas and pricing, has consistently defended the system as a way to avoid surpluses and shortages — but also to help stabilize farmers' income.
"There's a reason why Donald Trump continues to write tweets on dairy products and Canada — it's because I've told him many times: 'No, he won't touch, we won't touch, our supply management system,'" Trudeau told reporters Thursday. "We will always defend our supply management system."
Trump said he doesn't blame foreign leaders for the state of the trading relationship, instead laying blame on past U.S. presidents who have entered into deals that, he asserts, have enriched allies while hollowing out American industry.
Treating U.S. like 'a piggy bank'
He said while the U.S. has kept its tariffs low to promote global free trade, other countries have left protectionist policies in place, disadvantaging the U.S.
In a wide-ranging news conference at the G7 summit in Quebec, Trump said Canada and other G7 countries — historically his country's closest allies — have treated the U.S. like a "piggy bank that everyone's robbing ... the gig is up. They can't believe they got away with it [for so long]. Canada can't believe it got away with it."
Ahead of the meeting, some G7 leaders telegraphed they'd use the summit to have "tough and frank" conversations with Trump and argue the virtues of freer trade as he tightens the tariff noose.
Those efforts seemed to have failed, as Trump doubled down on his pledge to erect further trade barriers if he cannot extract concessions from partners.
Trump warned countries against levying retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. after his administration imposed punitive tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada, Mexico, and the EU on national security grounds.
Canada has already said it will impose some $16.5 billion in new tariffs on U.S. goods ranging from lawn mowers to felt-tipped pens in response to the new 10 per cent levy on the country's aluminum and the 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel.
"We'll win that war 1,000 times out of a 1,000," he said.
Calls for bilateral deal with Canada, Mexico
Despite the tough words, Trump said his relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Trudeau is at a "10."
"The relationship that I've had with these leaders is great ... so you can tell that to your fake friends at CNN," he said after a reporter from that network asked about the state of the relationship with these close U.S. allies.
Speaking of the stalled NAFTA negotiations, Trump again reiterated he prefers to sign a bilateral deal with Canada rather than push ahead with an agreement with the three original signatories. He has said a U.S.-Canada deal will be easier to achieve given the similarities of the two advanced economies. U.S. negotiators have frequently sparred with Mexican authorities over wages and workers' rights.
"We're either going to have NAFTA in a better negotiated form or we're going to have two [separate] deals ... it'll have a sunset. We're pretty close on the sunset division," Trump said, referencing the U.S. demand for a sunset clause in a final agreement.
Canadian negotiators have said a five-year sunset clause — which would prompt a reworking of the trade deal every five years — is a "poison pill" for trade talks. Canada and Mexico have opposed such a clause because of the economic shocks that come from uncertainty about NAFTA's future.
Trump will now begin his nearly 20-hour journey to Singapore where he is expected to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12, a tête-à-tête designed to encourage the rogue state to end its nuclear program.
Trump, Trudeau exchange friendly barbs over trade
U.S. president says Canada's protection of dairy farmers killing U.S. agricultural interests
· CBC News· Posted: Jun 08, 2018 10:00 AM ET
After a week of firing criticisms at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media, U.S. President Donald Trump displayed a more playful mood before a meeting with the PM Friday, joking that Canada had agreed to drop all tariffs against the U.S.
Trudeau quipped in return that NAFTA talks were in good shape — a reference to the major trade irritants that remain between the two countries.
After rather staid opening remarks from Trudeau ahead of his private meeting with the president, Trump said he was pleased to report that Trudeau had now agreed to "drop all tariffs, all trade barriers between Canada and the U.S. I'm very happy about that."
"And I say NAFTA is in good shape," Trudeau replied, a smile spreading across his face.
Adopting a more serious tone, Trump then said he thought it would be best for Canada and the U.S. to pursue a bilateral trade agreement rather than push ahead with a negotiated NAFTA with Mexico.
"We're working on it, we're working on it," Trump said. "One on one, much more simpler agreement, much easier to do, I think better for both countries. But we're talking about that, among other things."
Politics News
Trudeau sits down with Trump
00:0001:55
The leaders' comments were made ahead of their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que., where trade issues have dominated the agenda due to a protectionist push by the Trump administration. After initially exempting major allies, Trump has levied punitive tariffs on Canadian and EU aluminum and steel imports.
The tariffs were imposed on national security grounds, something Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has dismissed as "ludicrous." Trump has since fired back on Twitter, calling Canada's supply-managed dairy sector unfair to U.S. farm interests.
"Looking forward to straightening out unfair Trade Deals with the G-7 countries. If it doesn't happen, we come out even better!" Trump tweeted earlier Friday before touching down in Quebec. "Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn't tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!"
In a similar tweet Thursday evening, Trump again attacked Trudeau by name, citing his support for the country's dairy industry protections as a source of tension.
Politics News
Trump slams Canadian trade practices as he leaves the White House
00:0001:40
Longstanding irritant
Supply management is a longstanding issue for Trump, who was convinced by dairy farmers in swing-state and dairy-rich Wisconsin that Canada's system is to blame for sinking profits on some farms.
Canada levies a tariff of 270 per cent on milk, 245 per cent on cheese and 298 per cent on butter in an effort to keep U.S. and other foreign dairy imports out.
Canada's dairy producers introduced new prices for some products in 2016 — mainly on ingredients used in the production of cheese, yogurt and ice cream. That put some U.S. exports at a competitive disadvantage against their Canadian equivalents, resulting in job losses in some U.S. states.
Others point to massive overproduction, and excess capacity, as the source of the U.S. industry's woes. Some observers describe American griping about financial supports for farmers as the height of hypocrisy, given the generous subsidies many receive from Washington.
At a campaign stop in Saguenay, Que. ahead of the G7, for an upcoming federal byelection, Trudeau said Canada wouldn't back down in the face of Trump's rhetoric.
"There's a reason why Donald Trump continues to write tweets on dairy products and Canada — it's because I've told him many times: 'No, he won't touch, we won't touch, our supply management system,'" Trudeau told reporters.
"We will always defend our supply management system."
Politics News
Watch Trudeau welcome Trump to G7
00:0001:31
Perdue did not indicate how much additional access Canada offered at the NAFTA table, but said it wasn't enough. Trudeau himself recently told NBC News that Canada was "moving toward ... flexibility" in allowing further foreign access to the protected dairy market.
Spinning supply management
The Canadian Dairy Commission, which works with the provincial milk marketing boards to co-ordinate quotas and pricing, has consistently defended the system as a way to avoid surpluses and shortages.
Trudeau reminded farmers in Quebec it was his father's Liberal government that put supply management in place in the 1970s to help stabilize farmers' income, and he supports its continued existence not because of nostalgia, but because it works.
He then jumped onto a stage at a protest site assembled near his byelection campaign stop, promising dairy farmers gathered there that he had their backs.
In a sign Trump is principally focused on discussions about the economy at this G7 (the president will leave the summit early Saturday, skipping sessions on climate change, clean energy and oceans), he brought along some of his top economic advisers, including former TV personality turned director of the president's national economic council Larry Kudlow, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Also in Quebec with Trump are White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and his deputy Joe Hagin, senior adviser Stephen Miller, National Security Adviser John Bolton, Trump's social media adviser Dan Scavino and Everett Eisenstat, the president's aide on climate change matters.
Relations between Trump and Trudeau are arguably at their lowest point since the reality TV star ascended to the Oval Office — a result of Trump levying punitive tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel imports on national security grounds. The tariffs have prompted angry reactions from Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. The stalled NAFTA renegotiation effort has also soured the working relationship.
- "Canada has treated our Agricultural business and Farmers very poorly for a very long period of time. Highly restrictive on Trade! They must open their markets and take down their trade barriers!"
- "Canada has all sorts of trade barriers on our Agricultural products. Not acceptable!"
- "Farmers have not been doing well for 15 years. Mexico, Canada, China and others have treated them unfairly. By the time I finish trade talks, that will change. Big trade barriers against U.S. farmers, and other businesses, will finally be broken. Massive trade deficits no longer!"
In this March 28, 2018, file photo, a North Atlantic right whale appears at the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
