WOW is CBC ever showing their fat nasty illegal partisan arse a lot lately N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/premiers-council-federation-trade-1.4203162

Trade talks with Trump and the race for new pot rules top agenda for premiers' meeting

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Patrick Russell

Make Russia Great Again!

Vote Trump for President

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David Raymond Amos

@Patrick Russell Many a true word is said in jest. Your comment is a good example.

David Raymond Amos

@Patrick Russell Interesting that CBC would block my comment merely because I agreed with you

 
Anthony Adams

Unpopular Premiers meeting together while we have an unpopular Prime Minister. And all they can do is point south of the border blaming one person for all their problems.

Sam Mehr

@Anthony Adams

Unpopular PM got the boot from Canadians in Oct 2015.

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David Raymond Amos

@Sam Mehr I was amazed when Harper was first elected but when he won a majority mandate after being found in contempt of parliament I was staggered a just how stupid Iggy and his cohorts were. It was a small wonder to me there was an orange wave in response.

David Raymond Amos

@Sam Mehr Wow did CBC ever show their illegal partisan standing when they blocked my response to you

Sam Mehr

@David Raymond Amos

Not sure what you're talking about but my first comment was disabled too. This is my second one.

  
Anthony Adams

Make Canada Great Again. Replace these puppets and elect people who get things done.

 

Todd Crawford

@Anthony Adams haha. Like who? The population is so divided no one will be acceptable. The systems in place set all politicians up for failure and the only people running are narcissists and talking heads. It's become a huge joke. Stupid people electing stupid people who do stupid things.

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David Raymond Amos

@Todd Crawford All true but you just gotta love the circus

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David Raymond Amos

@Todd Crawford Interesting that CBC would block my comment merely because I agree with you. Methinks I should blog and tweet about the obvious malice as per my MO N'esy Pas Hubby Lacriox and Minister Joly?

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David Raymond Amos

@Anthony Adams Methinks most folks don't who this puppet is that our elected puppets appointed to deal with Yankees nor do they care because they are wise enough to know that Trump is puppet too..

"Canada's ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton, will take part in Tuesday's session, which will focus primarily on engaging with the U.S. on critical issues like softwood lumber and NAFTA."

David Raymond Amos

@Arlond Lynds The The Harper government was bad of that I have no doubt from personal experience. However I have continued to argue the new liberal government in Federal Court since the last election.

CBC is obviously assisting in the coverup of my concerns. In this one comment thread alone its moderators have blocked three of my legitimate comments on this topic.

 

David Raymond Amos

@Richard Sharp "Donald Trump is the king puppet of the whole world." YUP

Here is some interesting answers I got from politicians computers after I talked to one of Trump's many lawyers months ago

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/02/re-fatca-nafta-tpp-etc-attn-president.html

 
Stan Cox

I see the usual suspects are out in force to make sure their negative views of Canada are heard.  

Lawrence Aaluuluuq (RedWhite)

@Philippe Dugas

Don't you just love the idea of not being arrested for what you say?

Oh, wait. THAT'S what "Freedom of Expression" means.

There's nowhere in any constitution that guarantees the "Freedom to be intellectually lazy" anywhere...

It's like right-wingers can't be bothered to learn the very [expletive deleted] phrases they so glibly use.

David Magner (YYC)

@Jack Blackstone

Don't forget we are a democracy. Our leaders are chosen by a like / dislike button too.

David Raymond Amos

@David Magner (YYC) You are very correct sir.

David Raymond Amos

@Lawrence Aaluuluuq (RedWhite) Same can be said of the liberal fans as well. As long as folks continue to vote for political parties instead of people we get the governments we deserve

David Raymond Amos

@Travis Ambler Lament all you wish. However it is amazing how many comments of mine CBC has blocked about this article in particular. I can only imagine how many other folks were blocked as well

 
Richard Sharp

Twenty comments and almost all of them are negative attacks on the provincial governments.

David Raymond Amos

@Richard Sharp Could it be because the provincial governments deserve them?
 

David Raymond Amos @Gordon MacFarlane Yea but the Crown Corp commonly known as CBC is one of it biggest attack dogs. It is supposed to be nonpartisan yet I witnessed it deny that I had ran in five elections or allow me to even call into their radio shows. Here is the latest example of CBC ignoring its mandate for benefit of Harper, Mulcair, May and Trudeau.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276

How many candidates did you see mentioned? Did you read the comments I made before CBC began blocking me again?

Yet the most watched debate in Canada on Roger was mine. Go figure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE

  
Kevin Smith

oh oh, the CBC mentioned that herb again and the reformers came a runnin, just like if you put the PM in a story, its like cat nip to them.

David Raymond Amos

@Kevin Smith Methinks neo con folks should be more concerned about the tax on the herb than the herb itself. Whether they smoke dope or not ( BTW I don't) it may lighten up they tax burden and allow them to buy more beer N'esy Pas? (Believe ot not I don't drink beer either but you should not allow the Scottish dude in me anywhere near your whiskey)

 

David Raymond Amos

@Jonathan Moddle I wish some folks would put the pipe down for a while and talk about TRADE

 
Stan Cox

The inconvenient fact remains.

Canada must expand its trade to other markets - and reduce trade with the US.

Neel Kamal

@Stan Cox
Canada sells what ?

David Raymond Amos

@Neel Kamal Methinks the only thing Canada sells is parliamentary actions to corporate lobbyists.

  
Max Merl

Please don't dare talk about something Canadians actually care about like the housing market, cost of living, and lack of employment. Instead talk about pot takes priority. What a complete utter joke.

David Raymond Amos

@Max Merl Well put sir.

 
mike white

ya pot
the only thing sunny ways can talk about
while the rest of Canada burns
God bless

David Raymond Amos

@mike white I too am constantly amazed a how much press pot gets

David Allan

@David Raymond Amos
"I too am constantly amazed a how much press pot gets"

Every time you click the link and post a comment on it, you tell the press you want to read more.

David Raymond Amos

@David Allan Perhaps you should click on my ID and see how little I care about pot.

Cyrus Manz

!!!..."Trade talks with Trump and the race for new pot rules top agenda for premiers' meeting"....!!!

Em..."Premiers" do not rank with the President of the United States and they DO NOT set international trade agenda as it is not in the LEGAL capacity to do so.

Other than that, good luck with POT DICTATION by OTTAWA's Trudeau Liberals.

David Raymond Amos

@Cyrus Manz Let Trump run his own country until his constituents have had enough of his nonsense .If the Yankees don't want our wood and oil etc sell it somewhere else. It is a great big world.

Since 2004 I have always said scrap NAFTA because it screwed us bigtime long ago and finally allow free trade within own own provinces first and foremost.

Cyrus Manz

@David Raymond Amos

!!!!....If the Yankees don't want our wood and oil etc sell it somewhere else. It is a great big world. ...!!!

Except NO ONE wants to have Canada's highly subsidized lumber dumped on their soil and kill their own lumber industry...unless we can sell lumber to Middle East where there is a shortage of trees but there they don't use lumber for construction. :-)

Point I am making is that :
1-Premiers don't get a say on international trade. Not constitutionally anyway

2-Canada's premiers aren't even seem capable of fixing the UNCONSTITUTIONAL trade barriers between the provinces let alone floating visceral opinions on international trade

David Raymond Amos

@Cyrus Manz I strongly disagree the Yankees NEED our natural resources particularly our water.

Humphrey Wednesday

@David Raymond Amos

That is one thing that should never be on the table. Keep that can of worms closed.

  

Glen Acanthus

This is probably the only promise Trudeau will ever keep. Pot is oh so important.Just goes to show you that the liberals priorities are not in the peoples best interest.

David Raymond Amos

@Glen Acanthus The liberal ain't dumb whether they love to smoke dope or not. They know lots of folks don't care too hoots about politics but sure hate getting a criminal record over a victim-less crime

Patrick Russell

why even involve donald trump at all??? ... we all know hes a lame duck president. at the rate he's going, it will take him 30 years for him to get any of his policies into legislation...

David Allan

@Patrick Russell

You don't understand how America works.

You don't know what a lame duck is.

Stay in school.

David Raymond Amos

@David Allan Why should we study Amerca in school? Canada first. Lots of folks don't know how parliament functions yet.

  

Joe Smithson

Boycott Trump. He's a pathetic leader not worth our time. Negotiate with the States.

David Raymond Amos

@Joe Smithson Boycott Trump??? Methinks you jest..

 

Jack Brossard

CBC is still pushing the Trump russia collusion thing...LOL... OMG they are getting as bad as CNN.

lol!!! No law has been violated. No charges will be brought. Since the only foreign intervention that is actually proven is that which involves the Democrats and Danes and Ukrainians.

David Raymond Amos

@Jack Brossard Methinks CBC ain't figured out what the term "Fake News" means yet N'esy Pas? 

David Raymond Amos

@Arlond Lynds Would you care to argue facts with me within CBC while I argue the Trudeau lawyers in Federal Court? Best Check my work first. The hearing on May 24th, 2017 is well worth listening to

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/07/perhaps-chucky-leblanc-or-his-pals.html

 
Jack Richards

It would be nice if Canada would pull out of the tax grab Paris Climate change thingy.

David Raymond Amos

@Jack Richards "Tax Grab Paris Climate Change Thingy" That is exactly what that is

jeff picard

politicians who fear legalization have their heads stuck in the sand!! marijuana has been available for ever and is easily grown everywhere! forget taxation problems and driving problems just worry about alcohol it is by far worse and causes more social problems.
As always educating young kids accordingly is the key.

David Raymond Amos

@jeff picard "just worry about alcohol it is by far worse and causes more social problems" I agree sir

Trade talks with Trump and the race for new pot rules top agenda for premiers' meeting

3-day gathering begins today under the shadow of a boycott by 3 Indigenous groups

By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Jul 17, 2017 5:00 AM ET

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is chairing the Council of the Federation meetings in Edmonton this week. (Justin Pennell/CBC) 

Trade talks with Donald Trump and the race to adopt new rules for legalized pot will dominate the agenda as Canada's premiers gather in Edmonton this week.

With the U.S. president expected to lay out his objectives in renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as early as today, the annual summer meeting of the Council of the Federation will be seized with ensuring diverse provincial interests are brought to the table when the federal government begins talks next month.

'We're not afraid to have NAFTA looked at and negotiated, but I think it's important this doesn't drag on.' - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is calling for a united front to promote the provinces' various economic drivers —from oil and hydro to seafood and rubber.

"What we need to make sure of — and I think this would be a common front — is that provinces would be part of that conversation, that this conversation doesn't happen without our input, and telling us what those negotiations look like so we can give them the impact of what it would mean to our respective provinces."

Canada's ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton, will take part in Tuesday's session, which will focus primarily on engaging with the U.S. on critical issues like softwood lumber and NAFTA.

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"We're not afraid to have NAFTA looked at and negotiated, but I think it's important this doesn't drag on," McNeil said. "We need to make sure investment confidence is still high, recognizing our two countries are linked."

Tuesday's meeting will also include discussions on domestic economic issues such as labour mobility, infrastructure and environmental approvals.

Indigenous leaders boycott

The three-day gathering was to begin today with meetings with five Indigenous groups, but three of the leading groups are boycotting.

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the Métis National Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) told CBC News Friday they're backing out of the meeting because they believe their groups should be included as equal partners at the Council of the Federation meeting.

Leaders of the three groups have scheduled a news conference in Toronto for 11 a.m. ET.

• Indigenous leaders boycott premiers' meeting

Two other major Indigenous organizations are still planning to attend: the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) and the Native Women's Association of Canada.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, who is chairing the meetings, said Wednesday's hearings will be dominated by discussions around justice issues, including regulations on the legalization of cannabis.

Alberta and other provinces have launched consultations with the public and stakeholders to develop rules around age of access, where it can be sold and how to protect public safety. And Notley did not rule out asking the federal government to put the brakes on its plan for legalization to be in force by July 2018.

Race for pot regulations

"It is a very big job," Notley said. "We've told the federal government we will do everything we can to be ready but that we are not promising that it will happen and that they won't at some point receive a request from us to slow it down a bit."

David Taylor, spokesman for Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, said it remains the government's intention to have the new laws in place no later than July 2018. In provinces or territories that have not yet authorized retailers, adults will be able to buy cannabis directly from a federally licensed producer by ordering online, with secure home mail delivery, he told CBC News.

This week's meetings will take place without one key premier at the table.

John Horgan will be sworn in as B.C.'s NDP premier on Tuesday. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)

John Horgan, who will be sworn in as B.C.'s NDP premier on Tuesday, said he's too busy with the transition and the wildfire crisis to attend.

Last week, he denied he was sidestepping a potentially uncomfortable confrontation with Notley over the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

Pipeline politics

"There's more than enough for me to do here, and I'm confident that anything that comes from the conference in Edmonton will be ably managed by staff," he said. "And if there's anything beyond that, I'm happy to engage in direct conversations with other premiers."

Horgan said he has been speaking with Notley about the Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline for months, but wants to have proper briefings from government officials before further discussions.

• Pipeline pits B.C. against Alberta

He has vowed to stop the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, a project considered crucial for revitalizing Alberta's oilsands.

Errol Mendes, a constitutional expert at the University of Ottawa, said there is a "paradox" right now in provincial-federal relations, with the provinces working toward a unified approach to NAFTA while disputes over pipelines, carbon pricing and health deals continue to simmer.

"If the feds win in court on the right to implement carbon pricing and also push through the Kinder Morgan pipeline with its powers over federal undertakings, it shifts the balance significantly to the federal government in the longer term and could extend to other areas," he said.

"The Council of the Federation will be facing paradoxical forces — one set that strongly pulls the provinces together while separate forces will be pulling them apart. We live in interesting times for the council."

Separate health care deals negotiated by the federal government instead of a single collective agreement could add to the fractured relations, he said.