Conservative leader Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer sent a letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau the other day. He has come to the conclusion that Justin needs help in foreign affaires. He is particularly concerned that Canada is being bullied by the Chinese. “Chuckles’ is full of helpful tips—he seems to think he knows so much about the subject.
One can only hope that Justin ignores all advice from this source. You have to wonder if Chuckles has ever spent more than a few minutes in conversation with a person who grew up in Beijing, or anywhere else in Asia. Does he have any idea of the Chinese mindset?
He would be better off advising Trudeau on how to deal with his friend Donald Trump. Chuckle’s conservatives are always saying they are the business-oriented party and Donald Trump claims to be a businessman. And speaking about bullies! I would agree with Trudeau getting tough with Trump. Tough talk is the only thing that bastard Trump seems to respect.
But the Chinese do not tolerate tough talk as well. It is not their style. North American business people often used to talk about Chinese business people as being inscrutable. It was their way of admitting that they did not understand them.
And yet, it is so simple. The Chinese like to deal with relationships first. The product is secondary. If we could just let them save a little face out of this fiasco, it would go a long way to correcting the current problems. Canada can hardly win a tit-for-tat pissing match with a huge trading partner who really just wants to be friends.
And what kind of a relationship does the Canadian government think it is maintaining with the Chinese when it will not even replace the Canadian ambassador after firing him in January for being frank about the Huawei extradition claim by the Americans. Mr. Trudeau has insulted the Chinese in his ignorance. He hardly needs help to make things worse by following the ignorance of Chuckles.
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