While LeBlanc and Charette have repeatedly trekked to Washington for discussions, Greer has seen no need to return the courtesy. Reports on discussions, opaque as they’ve been, suggest the U.S. has not moved an inch in its list of demands, while showing no material interest in accommodating Ottawa’s rival concerns. Many of the demands, if the reports are accurate, are grotesque in their reach: special rights to Canadian minerals, required purchases of U.S. technologies, guaranteed access to Canadian resources, all of which represent a surrender of Canada’s right to do as it pleases with its assets.
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