The "problem" of free trade is that it's here, it is what it is. It's globalization, the way of the world, our countries voted for it, at the polls and from our pockets. Money has no conscience, steel was once the measure of industrial strength. Look where the money and steel resides now. The notion of buying and selling local, taking in each others' wash, is a quaint idea. Canada and the US are exporting juggernauts; trade in innovation and resources across our border alone is more than $1 billion every day. I was brought up to believe competition, private enterprise, open markets would make healthier, happier, democratic societies. Everyone here knows what done us in. It wasn't the unions or political party of any stripe.