Borders, budgetry and Islamophobia: how politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA — What, exactly, does “tweak” mean?
The question consumed political Ottawa for days after Donald Trump, in a joint press conference Monday with Justin Trudeau, publicly stated he wants to “be tweaking” the U.S. trade relationship with Canada when it comes to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The dictionary says “tweak” means “to make fine adjustments.”
But where Trump is concerned, “tweak” could well mean throwing into question Canada’s regime for dairy, lumber and any number of carefully managed trade provisions that support Canadian business, the Conservatives warn.