Andrew Coyne

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2,831 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

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Force and bravado.

purely to demonstrate um uh it's uh I suppose it's a version of the madman theory of negotiation, is to show that we're willing to take pain.

So uh maybe somewhat dog with the first point.

But I think that has to be part of the mix is uh we have to show that that that uh that we're we're tough ordinary customers and certainly

We have a couple of benefits in that regard.

Our public opinion certainly seems to be in that mood.

Uh and the provinces, um, you know, they they are independent actors to some extent when it comes to things like the

Alcohol and that gives you a kind of a good cop, bad cop.

uh a potential uh game there.

But I come back to this point of of I'm not opposed to um to those kinds of actions.

I have some reason to doubt how effective they would be.

So if there's not much you can do to appease them and there's not much you can do to deter them.

Um, then I think the the the other option is you just let what happens happens.

If they're gonna if they're determined to put these tariffs on and there's nothing we can do but it, then let's try to mitigate it its effects.

Let's try to make ourselves the most competitive economy we possibly can.

So that, you know, you you will still want an alcata plant in Canada, even in the face of those tariffs.

If there's not much we can really do, if they're just gonna do them.

Which it seems to be the case.

Uh, then rather than

Um, either a making a bunch of concessions in a fruitless attempt.

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