don said:
so if your population doubles and you take more land out of agriculture you may end up eating more canadian (and other) beef and grain and needing more canadian lumber, etc. are you getting close to wrapping you mind around the consequences of half a billion people yet or are you too busy preparing your arguments for the supreme court to give this any serious thought? give up on the emoticons; the laugh's on you.
I see, we're going to need more food in the future, so we're going to look to Canada - a country that relies on us for much of their food today. That begs the questions; What is going to change up there that will enable you to go from a net importer of food to a net exporter? Tundra oranges? Hybrid spruce trees that grow tomatos? Maybe the Earth is going to tilt on it's axis and double your growing season?
If Canada has the capacity to feed us tomorrow, why aren't you doing it today?
If you guys could understand the article, it is saying that between the US's population growth and the ongoing loss of farmland, we will someday be a net importer of food. That doesn't mean that we need a Free Trade agreement so we can buy more food from Canada - that means that BOTH the US and Canada will need other suppliers for food as the US is one of Canada's current suppliers. If we need all our food and then some, Canada loses a supplier, not gains a customer.
I can't believe I've got to explain a simple article to grown men.....