Trudeau does a lot of silly things. And maybe he's injected a little bit of extra drama here. But Canada has absolutely tried negotiating. There's been a conti

Trudeau does a lot of silly things. And maybe he's injected a little bit of extra drama here. But Canada has absolutely tried negotiating. There's been a continuous stream of Canadian politicians visiting DC and trying to talk to someone - anyone. If all the provincial premiers and the minister of foreign affairs show up and the best you can offer is your assistant chief of staff of personnel or whatever, then clearly you weren't in the mood to chat/negotiate.