This tribute to Mulroney's genius is silly. The U.S. has always viewed Canada as essentially a second rate economic colony. Mulroney got a decent deal with the FTA/NAFTA because the U.S. got something else it really wanted at the time, unfettered and preferential access to Canada's energy resources - and possibly future access to our water resources, although that theory hasn't been seriously tested. The rest was mainly window dressing. Canada's energy advantage has deteriorated, and in large measure this is due to the FTA/NAFTA, it has to be acknowledged. We had no 'Plan B' and made no effort to broaden our market access as long as we saw the American market as secure. Now, world energy markets are swimming in oil and natural gas and most of our resources are essentially land-locked and beholden to market conditions south of the border. The U.S. can and will dictate trade terms to us. We're more a colony than ever before.