Monty

🇨🇦🇺🇸 There’s a fundamental difference between being prepared to wait for a better deal and having a strategy of doing nothing. Carney’s position is that Canada shouldn’t sign a bad agreement simply to meet an arbitrary political deadline. That’s not the same as announcing that negotiations are over until January 2029. And Stelco is a separate, immediate issue. Cleveland-Cliffs acquired Stelco in 2024 with legally binding undertakings under the Investment Canada Act, including employment commitments extending to 2029. Ottawa is now challenging its compliance with those obligations. The government doesn’t need to own Stelco to enforce the commitments made when the acquisition was approved. The real questions are whether Ottawa can secure meaningful relief for affected workers, enforce those undertakings, and continue negotiating a sustainable trade arrangement. Steelworkers cannot afford two years of uncertainty. Neither can Canadian manufacturers. But a rushed agreement that fails to address the underlying trade issues could leave those same workers facing another round of uncertainty. We should be demanding measurable progress on both fronts, not confusing a negotiating position with a decision to abandon negotiations. 🇨🇦 The objective must be a durable agreement, accountability for existing commitments, and immediate attention to affected workers.