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Prime Minister Mark Carney caught a lot people off-guard last week when he said Canada was eliminating some of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.

He of the “Elbows up!” campaign slogan was accused by, among others, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre , of lowering his metaphorical weapon of choice without getting anything in return.

The critics’ reasoning was that the move didn’t result in the U.S. dropping its high tariffs on Canadian aluminum, steel, cars and car parts. Mr. Carney had to resort to defending himself with a tortured analogy about late-period hockey tactics when the score is close and “you want the puck.”

Others argued, and we agree, that eliminating tariffs on American goods that are compliant with the rules of the United

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