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Preston Manning: Canada’s Inaction—Why Did It Take the Threat of US Tariffs to Move the Needle?

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Preston Manning: Canada’s Inaction—Why Did It Take the Threat of US Tariffs to Move the Needle?
The now-cancelled Energy East pipeline’s proposed route is pictured during a news conference in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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Why does it take a tariff threat from the president of the United States to force Canada to get serious about stopping the trafficking of illegal migrants and drugs across our borders?

Preston Manning
Preston Manning
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Preston Manning served as a member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001, and as leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000. He founded two political parties: the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. Both of these became the Official Opposition in Parliament and led to the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada, which formed the federal government from 2004-2015.