February 2025

Trade disputes are not wars

Newspaper headlines will tell you that Canada is in a “Trade War” with the U.S. I hate framing things that are not war as war. The rhetoric of war normalizes it and we absolutely don’t need any more of that. We’re in a trade dispute. Canada was at war with the U.S. during the 1812 war, since then, we’ve been in a state of economic integration. We exist as national besties, in a state of cozy-peace. Perhaps too cozy.

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Take it from this Kansan: Officials in Washington, D.C., tamper with federal workforce at our peril

Kansans are about to learn what this Kansas farm boy learned as chief of staff to senator and congressman Pat Roberts over 25 years in Washington, D.C: The federal workforce is composed of hardworking, dedicated and needed public servants who improve the lives of every American.

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