{"id":2298,"date":"2017-11-17T19:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/mulroney-talks-trade-leadership-at-trucking-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:48:48","slug":"mulroney-talks-trade-leadership-at-trucking-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/mulroney-talks-trade-leadership-at-trucking-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulroney Talks Trade, Leadership at Trucking Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Today\u2019s Trucking<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney brought a message about the importance of leadership and free trade to fleet executives in Toronto last week \u2013 at a time when the trade agreements he championed are being challenged and renegotiated.<\/p>\n

In a speech to the Ontario Trucking Association\u2019s annual meeting, Mulroney referred to NAFTA discussions as \u201cthe most important international negotiations in modern history\u201d for Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. And he drew on a series of statistics to prove his point about the value of trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statistics alone speak to the success of the (Canada-U.S.) Free Trade Agreement,\u201d he said, noting how trade between the countries has tripled since 1989. \u201cWith less than 7% of the world\u2019s population, NAFTA produces 29% of the world\u2019s wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

While U.S. President Donald Trump has referred to NAFTA as a terrible deal, Mulroney stressed that our southern neighbors have \u201cdone extremely well\u201d, referring to the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.1% as an example.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am persuaded that the highly talented and capable team put together by Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau, will do a top-flight job for our country. This will result in a modernized NAFTA that will continue to produce tremendous results for all three countries including the millions and millions of new jobs that our children and grandchildren require,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly very foolish people would seek to upset this majestic reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Progressive Conservative prime minister is also serving as an advisor to the current Liberal government during the negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical capital is required to be spent in great causes for one\u2019s nation. This is precisely such a time. Presidents and prime ministers are not chosen to seek popularity. They are chosen to provide leadership. There are times when the voters must be told not what they want to hear, but what they\u2019ve got to know,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Quoting former English Prime Minister Winston Churchill, he said: \u201cThat long frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, guarded only by neighboring respect and honorable obligations, is an example to every country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the leadership challenge confronting the NAFTA negotiators today — to conduct themselves in such a way, in an atmosphere of robust discussions, leavened by a spirit of reasonable compromise, that the product of their successful efforts will be viewed by history as a wise and powerful enhancement of Churchill\u2019s words.\u201d<\/p>\n

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