Bite me Chrystia Freeland

Thirty years ago, I was part of the original Free Trade Agreement task force that wrote the thing in the first place.  All Freeland had to do was tweak it and she took waaaaaaay too long to do so. 

Back then, it was all business, no showmanship.  I was with Customs and Excise and we had work to do.  We did it and not much has changed with this new agreement.  We didn't want the elephant to roll over on us, so we cooperated and got the deal signed.  I am very proud of my role in that exercise.  I had to work day and night over Christmas and New Year's in 1988 to meet the January 1st, 1989, deadline. 

We did it.  Here are a couple of kudos: