Harper gets pantsed

This is the CBC version of the AP story that CTV had on a day before the CBC. I guess the Ceeb has slower unpaid interns!

It's the same story alright; those European elitists bragging amongst one another about how they took the rube from the colonies for a ride.

And did they ever! Lets see here... every negotiation involves give and take... I see where Big Steve gave away the generic drug industry, the dairy industry... but he's got a lot of stuff coming the other way.

Like European workers who will now be allowed in when their employers get contracts here.

Alrighty Steve, I guess being an economist isn't the same as being a negotiator. Next time, stay home and let the professional civil service types do the heavy lifting.

...if you care about our country.

Big Steve stares down cheese lobby, inks trade deal with EU

The notoriously influential Canadian Cheese Producers Association suffered the worst setback in its history when PM Harper announced that he had signed a free trade deal with the EU.

That means Canada will soon be awash with cheap European cheeses, and the domestic producers, who employ dozens of people, mostly in Quebec, face an uncertain future.

The announcement came on the same day the Harper government revealed a pivot towards the consumer in the latest Throne Speech. Big Steve is betting his political fortunes on winning Canadians to his neoliberal agenda by saving them a few dollars a month on mobile roaming charges, unbundling their cable TV contracts, and of course allowing them to purchase European cheeses tariff free.

Well, that's at least three more benefits for Canadians than we got with NAFTA.

And while we look forward to saving a few pennies on our next purchase of Camembert, the marketing department here at Falling Downs has decided to shelve for the time being the pending IPO for our Stinkfoot Cheese brand.