Rob Russo

They're not going well.

And and, you know, you've got the truculent bellicose Howard Ludnick saying we suck.

And so if they're not going to go well and I think they're not going well because in part because.

We don't necessarily want to make a deal right now with Donald Trump.

We're dragging our feet by design.

And right now, it's not looking like a bad strategy.

I think the prime minister wants to prepare us for that.

We have that versus Mr. Poirier, who's saying, listen, we are not going to be able to resist the pull of gravity.

It's the reason why Canada is as prosperous and secure as we have been for the last 150 years is because we live in a pretty good neighbourhood.

And up until now, our neighbors have been of benefit to Canada when it comes to our security and our prosperity, and we have to look beyond Trump.

So I think that's an important debate for us to have now.

We can discuss whether or not one's right or one's wrong.

I don't think we're going to know for a while, but that's the debate that's been cast.

And I think it's a good thing for our democracy that that debate is happening in this way.

When I wear my Sandy Hill Ice Wolves pin, it's usually behind a mustard stain.

And we should also note that he is going over the heads of reporters.

And as a reporter, I'm not sure I like that.

It may be an effective method of communication, but I think that it's a way of going over the heads and around the people who are supposed to be asking pointed and pesky questions that he might not always like, and clearly he doesn't like at times.

And I think that those of us who are still scribblers and babblers and standing in the place of taxpayers should continue to petition for the right to ask those questions at times that are pointed, that are polite, but persistent.

And I think we need to make note of that.