Yes, Copps, Boudria, Tobin, et al were quite the "young turks"of that time.  But I did appreciate Brian Tobin manning up at a seminar to mark NAFTA's 20th anniversary when he faced PM Mulroney and said Mulroney was right and he was wrong about NAFTA.

I should point out that while the new president Clinton and the new PM Chretien signed the new NAFTA agreement, the actual concepts and negotiations work was done by the Mulroney and the Bush #41 administrations. (Like when Trudeau 2.0 and Freelander claimed success for the largest trade deal in history - between Canada and the EU - which was actually over 90% done by the Harper administration.)

You see the spin here? In the 18 months give or take that a new NAFTA is being negotiated, any criticism on any Liberal policy or decision whatsoever will be claimed by Liberal hyper-partisans to be aimed at defeating the trade negotiations.

Perhaps they would prefer a "managed" media like their seemingly preferred trade partner China has?