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Although Turner took an early lead in the polls, Mulroney was able to convince Canadians that the pact was good for them...
...granting power to the Progressive Conservatives, Canadians rejected the irrational fears of America that the other parties ran on. The election was in large part a referendum on the bilateral free trade agreement that Mulroney reached last year with President Reagan. The other parties charged that Mulroney's pact would sell out Canadian sovereignty...
Although the U.S. Congress had approved the pact, the Canadian parliament had refused to accept it unless Mulroney called an election. The trade agreement quickly became the central issue of the campaign. Mulroney defended it as a strong effort to liberalize trade and spark economic growth, while his opponents--Liberal John Turner and New Democrat Ed Broadbent--argued that it jeopardized Canadian social programs...
THERE is no question that the agreement is good for the United States. At $150 billion a year, Canada and the U.S. are already each other's largest trading partners, and the pact will further expand trade between the two nations...
Mulroney must be careful to use the trade agreement to increase Canada's economic vitality without sacrificing his nation's cultural identity. The pact ought to give Americans a chance to examine Canadian social programs. In this regard, the pact could end up making the U.S. more like Canada, instead of making Canada more like...