🇨🇦 Canada 10h ago · Walter Buchignani

Letters: Who’s doing the bear poking here?

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Re: “Carney must stop poking Trump bear” (Letters, April 24)



When I read a letter to the editor that says Prime Minister Mark Carney must stop “poking the bear,” I think it’s fair to ask: Who is poking whom in this strained relationship?



To poke the bear means that one is intentionally provoking another. Is Carney deliberately angering the “bear next door” with his words and actions? To me it appears his stance is defensive, in light of having to deal with an unpredictable U.S

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