ilton Canadian Champion | Thursday, July 5,2018 | & OPINION * EDITORIAL - Standing together in the face of a trade tidal wave n There's nothing like a mountain of adversity to get people pulling together. That's a key learning we should take from last week's meetings between federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his provincial counterparts and from hearings held by the special House of Commons com- mittee on international trade. At the hearings, a parade of expert witnesses from across the spectrum spoke to express solidarity with the government's strategy on dealing with Donald Trump's trade tantrums. They made for some strange" bedfellows. Ken Neumann, Canadian director of the United Steelworkers Union said: "We support the coun- termeasures announced by the federal government and believe they must be comprehensive and jmedi- ate." Jerry Dias, president of the country's TR pri- vate-sector union, Unifor, agreed, saying: "U.S. trade attacks on Canada are a clear and present thereat to our national economy, period." Joseph Galimberti of the Canadian Steel Producers' Association said: "Our member companies strongly support the government of Canada's announced in- tention to impose tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum and other products." At the finance minister's meeting there was consen- sus on the federal trade strategy and constructive exchanges on the best way to mitigate the harm caused. ] It's rare, and gratifying, to see this kind of unanim- ity. It needs to last when the waters get even rougher, which Trump promises they will.. : In his latest slam against Canada's supply manage- ment system, Trump threatened: "If you want to do that, we're going to put a little tariff on your cars." If he makes good on that threat, and there's no reason to think he won't, we haven't begun to see the harm caused by America's militant protectionism. Flavio Volpe, of the Automotive Parts Manufactur- ers Association, put it this way: "A 25 per cent tariff on cars and parts would cause what we like to call 'Car- . mageddon.' The industry operates on single-digit mar- inside Milton Canadian cramplon' g 901 Guelph Line 8 Burlington, ON L7R 3N8 $s Phone: 289-293-0615 § Classifieds:-1-800-263-6480 © Digital/Flyer/Retail: 289-293-0624 gins and it would grind to an immediate halt with a 25 per cent increase in price. A $32,000 car - that's an aver- age price here - would immediately be unsaleable at $40,000." The federal and provincial governments-need to act quickly now to announce specific measures to back- stop sectors that are or will be hurt by the trade war. The feds need to take a lead role in getting provinc- es to the table to reduce interprovincial trade barriers, which could mitigate the harm to a point. There must be a renewed effort to update NAFTA. Canadians and their governments at all levels need to continue to stand together. We didn't start this trade war. But Trump has left us no choice but to fight it, and the best way to do that is together. a CONTACT US Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 200 words and include your name and telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. - CHAMPION TRACKS include everyone's name (from left) and destination information. The Milton Canadian Champion, pub- lished every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly- owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation The Metroland family of newspapers is comprised of more than 80 community publications across Ontario 2 metrolandmedia . 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Reipert, a provincial constable, ar- rived here on Monday. He was sent by the government to look after law enforce- ment throughout the coun- ty and to have his head- quartersin Milton. There is work for him here, particu- larly in the enforcement of A Delivery For all delivery pais please e-mail kmossman@metroland.com. or call 905- -631- -6095. Accrédiré Accredited - MILTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Column the Motor Vehicles Act. The hockey committee of the Milton Athletic Asso- ciation has been meeting weekly for some time. P.L. Robertson is chair and has kept things moving. Art Carey, of Toronto, an expe- rienced coach, has been en- - gaged for the season to han- dle both the intermediate -and junior teams. He ar- " VP, Reglonal Publisher Kelly Montague kmontague@metroland.com | 289-293-0614 Director Advertising Daniel Baird _ dbaird@metroland.com | 289-293-0624 Reglonal Managing Editor Catherine O'Hara cohara@metroland.com, | 289-293-0615 + rived here last Monday and will at once have the boys in training. All being resi- . dents he will be able to han- dle them to the best advan- tage and will no doubt de- velop new players so that those of the intermediates of last year whose services are lost will not be missed. Carey has a reputation in Toronto--as a successful manager. He handled the St. Helen's intermediates . last season and CPR teams earlier. He has the gift of making himself popular with his players though he is a strict disciplinarian and keeps every man up to the mark. Oakville has en- tered intermediate and ju- nior teams and has en- gaged Joe Marriott of To- . ronto as coach. Supt. W.H. Stewart, of WHO WE ARE Reglonal Manager Director of Distri Circulation Manager Ki kmossman@megroland.com | 905-631-6095 Director of Production Mark Dills 7 Reglonal Production Manager Manny Garcia ~ the Gordon Home, present- ed a comprehensive and most interesting report on the work of the year lately completed at the annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society. During the year 26 children were placed in good homes. There were 48 applications for children. There were 91 investiga- «tions, involving 181 chil- dren, one girl was commit- ted to the Ontario Institute for the Feeble-Minded, one to the Industrial Refuge, Toronto, and one boy to the Victoria Industrial School. There were eight adoptions in Halton and Peel during the year. -- - assembled on behalf of the Milton Historical Seoci- ety by Jim Dills, who can be reached through the society at 905-875-4156. | Content Karen Miceli harlene Hall Mossman