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610 CKTB | Beyond the TACO: Canada’s Food Acronym Guide to Trump’s Tariff Delay · Kvetch & Release

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  Speaker 1: Now, normally John Letke with Litkey's got to Take is
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  Speaker 1: coming up on the Friday at nine to fifteen, and
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  Speaker 1: he'll be back tomorrow as well. But I got this
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  Speaker 1: see email all of a sudden, and John said, I
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  Speaker 1: gotta take, I gotta take. Good morning, John, good morning.
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  Speaker 1: Let me just tell you you you made me laugh
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  Speaker 1: my face off. Now what Yeah, well we're talking about Well,
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  Speaker 1: it was the Wednesday deadline for the tariffs fifty percent
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  Speaker 1: on things like cement, honey flowers, hockey sticks. But Canada
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  Speaker 1: and the US did reach a deal. Now Trump said deal.
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  Speaker 1: Mark Carney, well, he hasn't really said anything at all,
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  Speaker 1: but you've come up with some of your own great
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  Speaker 1: acronyms and we'll get to those. And you know, and
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  Speaker 1: it starts with this one. Taco. You know, every time
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  Speaker 1: trade threats hit a wall, American commentators screamed, taco, Trump
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  Speaker 1: always chickens out. But after this three day reprieve, how
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  Speaker 1: should Canadians actually read this extension?
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  Speaker 2: So hey, thanks for having me on Jeane just to
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  Speaker 2: chat about this one. I don't know if I'm hungry
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  Speaker 2: right now or if I've got heartburn after watching these
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  Speaker 2: negotiations and this extension one minute where boycotting Bourbon. The
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  Speaker 2: next minute they're being at all provinces are being asked
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  Speaker 2: to put it back on the shelves to buy us
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  Speaker 2: what three days more of negotiating. That's our entire leverage
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  Speaker 2: that we have and it's being given up. Hopefully this
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  Speaker 2: does get a deal. But you know, the taco is
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  Speaker 2: one thing I'm putting on the menu right now, a poutine,
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  Speaker 2: and that's pushing out ultimatums temporarily imparts negotiation extension.
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  Speaker 1: What a great Canadian negotiating term. Poutine.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean, look, let's be honest though, right pushing
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  Speaker 2: back a tariff deadline by seventy two hours is not
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  Speaker 2: a signed treaty. It's just moving the goalposts so both
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  Speaker 2: sides can claim that they're working through the weekend or
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  Speaker 2: to the weekend. We'll see what happens. Excuse me. It
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  Speaker 2: gives Washington the deadline and it gives Outawa a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a breather.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, what do as you say in your next act? Qrinim,
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  Speaker 1: that's all about maple syrup?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean, listen, we all need you know,
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  Speaker 2: the mediated agreement provides limited ease maple and we're seeking
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  Speaker 2: yesterday's rates. Unfortunately it's postponed.
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  Speaker 1: Love that Now. Trump was on the White House lawn
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  Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon claiming US farmers won zero tarofs and that
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  Speaker 1: Canadia that the Canadian negotiatedor is basically cave on a
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  Speaker 1: couple of very key trade points. So is Attawa actually
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  Speaker 1: rolling over here?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. You know, like listen with maple syrup.
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  Speaker 2: We understand that negotiations, much like pancakes, often need a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of lubricant. That's where the maple syrup comes in.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I'm also one to have a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of dessert after breakfast sometimes. And I know you
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  Speaker 2: love your butter tarts as well.
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  Speaker 1: Do Okay, I can't wait for what this stands for.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, I mean look, butter tarts take time to bake.
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  Speaker 2: Trade agreements take even longer, which is why by understanding
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  Speaker 2: takes time, effort, respect tariff anxiety refreshes timelines.
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  Speaker 1: Butter tart butter tart perfectly. Now. The premiere of Nova
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  Speaker 1: Scotia has let it be known that the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: asked him to put American spirits, wine and beer back
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  Speaker 1: on the shelves. He's agreed there's a report in the
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  Speaker 1: Toronto's Sun this morning from Lori Goldstein saying that Ford
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  Speaker 1: has apparently agreed to put American booze back on the
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  Speaker 1: shelves of the LCBO. So you have an acronym for
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  Speaker 1: that called well, interestingly enough booze, Well.
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  Speaker 2: Booze backpedaling on overly zealous embargoes. But specifically we're talking
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  Speaker 2: about bourbon here, which is I think a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people were talking about. I heard Peter Sherman talking about
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  Speaker 2: his Woodford Reserve, so he'll be happy to know we're
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  Speaker 2: going to get that back on our shelves because Bourbon
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  Speaker 2: bloviating on unfair restrictions buoyeze our negotiators.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Interesting, you're cracking me up. What is the acronym
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  Speaker 1: for bourbon.
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  Speaker 2: Again, beloviating on unfair restrictions booys our negotiators. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we go on and on about it, and it gives
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  Speaker 2: our negotiators a little bit more leverage to push back on.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, anybody who's ever enjoyed a brunch you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's the ultimate Canadian drink. I introduced this drink to
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  Speaker 1: Americans when I was living in Huntington Beach and they
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  Speaker 1: couldn't believe it, and that, of course is the caesar.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, the caesar is something that we should all be
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  Speaker 2: pouring right now to celebrate once we do get this
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  Speaker 2: trade deal, because we'll understand that the Canadian alcohol embargo
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  Speaker 2: shelved allows rejoice continsential Canadian diplomacy.
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  Speaker 1: Ginge Oh, Now you know our trade negotiators are still
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  Speaker 1: in Washington today and they're working over time because this
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  Speaker 1: all has to have the ies dodded and the tea's
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  Speaker 1: crossed by Friday evening. And in total Canadian coffee talk,
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  Speaker 1: you called this and I can't wait for this acronym
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  Speaker 1: the double double.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Ottawa is running the entire trade strategy like it's
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  Speaker 2: a Tim Morton's drive through. They did order the double double.
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  Speaker 2: The diplomatic overtime unlocked, bilateral legal extensions, drinks offsetted urgent
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  Speaker 2: border levy extortions. They added a little bit of sugar
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  Speaker 2: with the liquor store concessions to sweeten up Washington. They're
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  Speaker 2: doubling down on the double double.
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  Speaker 1: The double double. Now, so where does this constant back
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  Speaker 1: and forth leave Canadian businesses, manufacturers, families, farmers who are
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  Speaker 1: basically you know, watching everything and living deadline to deadline.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you've got an acronym for that one too.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I wish I could say I've got a
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  Speaker 2: whole donut for you here, Gene, but it's just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: people are being fed timbits. The trade impasse, mediated brief,
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  Speaker 2: Nurham Bruce has been secured timbits. You can't run a
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  Speaker 2: manufacturing plant or manage a farm on a timbit policy, though, Jean,
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  Speaker 2: we need more than tiny, bite sized three day grace periods.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, listen to these acronyms from litkey this morning poutine,
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  Speaker 1: maple syrup, butter, Kurt Booze, bourbon, Caesar's double double and
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  Speaker 1: tim bits. II. You know that introduction for me is
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  Speaker 1: the guy brilliant or crazy. I'm starting to wonder about
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  Speaker 1: you now.
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  Speaker 2: Well, just think about how late I had to stay
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  Speaker 2: up with my own double doubles last night coming up
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  Speaker 2: with these.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, on a serious note, do you think this thing
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  Speaker 1: is going to be signed by Friday?
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  Speaker 2: I sure, hope. So, I mean, look, we need this
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  Speaker 2: to get past. I mean, I love the people who
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  Speaker 2: say that we can do without the United States as
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  Speaker 2: our major trading partner, and I say, okay, that sounds
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  Speaker 2: great in twenty thirty six, but it's the next ten
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  Speaker 2: years I'm a little bit concerned about. So if we
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  Speaker 2: can get things back to the way they used to be,
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  Speaker 2: if border communities like yours, like mine down here in
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  Speaker 2: Windsor could get back to the way things used to
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  Speaker 2: be at full you know, full steam ahead, that'd be great.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, you know, there's this poly Market thing, and
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned this to Peter Sherman earlier. Unfortunately, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in case you don't know, poly Market is a site
• 7:14
  Speaker 1: where you can go and bet on world events and
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  Speaker 1: it's a fascinating site. But you can't bet from Canada,
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  Speaker 1: or at least Ontario. But you know what, if I
• 7:23
  Speaker 1: was a gambling man, and sometimes i am. I love
• 7:25
  Speaker 1: going to the racetrack, would I would throw fifty bucks
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  Speaker 1: down on this thing not being signed by Friday? Because
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  Speaker 1: Trump is Trump is Trump is Trump.
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  Speaker 2: Huh. You know what, I'll take the opposite to that.
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  Speaker 2: What's the action? Aren't you listen? At the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, I think we can all just understand though,
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  Speaker 2: that we just want a belt to fill ourselves up,
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  Speaker 2: a bit of bilateral trade.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I can't take it anymore. That was your best
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  Speaker 1: take ever.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, jim.
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  Speaker 1: Oh John Letke, he's got a take, man. That was
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  Speaker 1: a classic. Oh jeez.