Trump’s possible not-so-secret agenda: Canadian water exports and lots of them

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-trumps-possible-not-so-secret-agenda-canadian-water-exports-and-lots/

Posted by sothatsme22

6 comments

  1. Donald Trump’s desire to turn Canada into the 51st state may be driven by the country’s vast freshwater resources, with Canada possessing around 20% of the world’s fresh water. The US often suffers from water shortages, which could be alleviated by accessing Canada’s water supply. Trump’s interest in Canada’s water is not new, as the US has made attempts to tap into Canadian water resources for decades, including through NAFTA negotiations and companies trying to export water from Canada to the US. Canada has laws in place to prevent bulk water exports, including the Transboundary Waters Protection Act, but Trump’s administration may try to negotiate changes to the USMCA to include water as a tradable good. The US could potentially use economic pressure, such as tariffs, to force Canada to allow bulk water exports, giving Canada the choice between a devastating recession or giving in to Trump’s demands.

  2. Certainly not worth the cost. If it were, the parties could simply negotiate a price. But currently not even Oregon, Washington, or northwest California’s own rivers send water south.

    Trump lied about the recent Southern California fires. The California state water system is currently at good levels overall, and the fire area problems were local.

  3. We could just start by stopping companies like nestle from using all the water. I kinda have a feeling the dams were opened just to make the water situation worse

  4. If that’s the goal that’s stupid. The US has just as many fresh water reserves. We have access to all the Great Lakes and some of the largest rivers on the continent.

  5. Then why did he dump the water California needs to grow crops for the US this year? If water is something he finds is important to the people of the US. Or maybe he doesn’t care about any of that and has a little secret agenda?

  6. Rhetoric such as this is unbelievably dangerous. Countries go to war over resources. Canada and America have been the most peaceful allies and friends in history, until trump showed up. Americans need to impeach this regime before he destroys their democracy and their country.

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