This news article appears like cover for the Liberals in the event they fail to renew NAFTA.   If the Liberals fail to renew NAFTA, Trudeau will be saying they didn't really like NAFTA, we'll be better off without it, etc.  This is pure drivel.  It will be very damaging to the Canadian economy if trade relations with the U.S. are worsened.  The loonie would sink, inflation would increase due to higher import costs, unemployment would increase, the stock market would get punished.  It is nonsense to think anything good can come from broken trade relations with the U.S.  Having said that, Canada should absolutely be cultivating trade with other countries, such as exporting its energy and manufactured products outside N. America.