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A Bad Deal Is Better Than No Deal? Outrageous It is true that we do not know what is in the deal withthe Trump administration or even if there is a deal. But we cannot wait until it is too late to express our concerns. While I understand why the government does not want to negotiate in public, we have no idea what if any bottom lines our negotiators have or what they believe success looks like. Instead what we know is that a trail of concessions brought us to this point and a deal will mean more concessions and all evidence suggests that tariffs are here to stay. If the government uses the standard that we want tariffs lower than other countries it has set a very low bar given that our economic relationship with the US and the implications of the tariffs are not like other countries. Today’s News: Negotiating Tariff Deal Straight and Tariff Deal Crazy Danielle Smith, of all people, should have seen UCP problems with AI data centres coming

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August 2026

Outrageous

Norman Farrell

Residents of a condominium for people aged 55 and older, at 255 Erickson Road, have been locked out of their homes for more than two and a half years following…

It is true that we do not know what is in the deal withthe Trump administration or even if there is a deal. But we cannot wait until it is too late to express our concerns. While I understand why the government does not want to negotiate in public, we have no idea what if any bottom lines our negotiators have or what they believe success looks like. Instead what we know is that a trail of concessions brought us to this point and a deal will mean more concessions and all evidence suggests that tariffs are here to stay. If the government uses the standard that we want tariffs lower than other countries it has set a very low bar given that our economic relationship with the US and the implications of the tariffs are not like other countries.

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There are at least three reasons to be concerned about signing a deal. One is moral and little discussed. But we are negotiating with a fascist regime desperately looking for…

Life on the highway

Norman Farrell

Driving through the Fraser Valley on the Trans-Canada Highway, I encountered several separate improvement projects. Vehicles would stop at one roadblock, resume travel, reach another, stop again, and then repeat…

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