Stephen Harper has come out against his successor's handling of NAFTA negotiations with the United States, with the former prime minister declaring the negotiations in real peril in a memo titled, "Napping on NAFTA." "I came back alarmed," said the Oct. 25 letter signed by Harper, and sent to clients of his firm Harper & Associates. I also believe that President (Donald) Trump's threat to terminate NAFTA is not a bluff... He said such knee-jerk refusals are only a viable strategy if you truly believe Trump cannot cancel NAFTA — an assessment Harper does not share. "He's basically saying we need to make more concessions to the Americans, turn our backs on workers, turn our backs on softwood workers... put thousands of aerospace workers out of work."

Source: CBC News October 27, 2017 22:56 UTC