talks on reworking NAFTA<\/a>, Barrios Gomez said Canada should not cut Mexico loose to strike its own trade deal, but rather both nations must present a united front to the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n“I don’t think appeasement is the way to go [for Canada],” he said, calling it “the Neville Chamberlain approach” in reference to the British prime minister’s appeasement policy towards Hitler’s Germany.<\/p>\n
“I think it would be a grave mistake if Canada did not act on principle, because when you sacrifice your principles for short-term gain, you end up losing both,” said Barrios Gomez.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Now is the time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a principled stand,” he added. “I do not think he needs to be confrontational, but he needs to be very clear about what Canadian values are, and how they align with Mexican values.<\/p>\n
“This is a threat to peace and prosperity in North America, just so we understand.”<\/p>\n
Don’t meet Trump,\u00a0Pe\u00f1a\u00a0Nieto urged<\/h2>\n
Mexico’s president Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto\u00a0is currently still scheduled to meet with Trump next week\u00a0in Washington. Some media reports have suggested that visit may be cancelled by Pe\u00f1a Nieto\u00a0now that Trump has made his\u00a0wall announcement.<\/p>\n
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A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish ‘Trump, respect migrants’ during a march called by a local women’s movement against U.S. President Donald Trump in Mexico City on Jan. 20. (Eduardo Verdugo\/The Associated Press)<\/p>\n
Barrios Gomez said his group has been one of the voices calling for the Mexican president to cancel the meeting.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been saying to President\u00a0Pe\u00f1a\u00a0Nieto that under these circumstances, Mexico cannot negotiate under threat,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Our relationship [with the United States]\u00a0has been based on the idea that we’re friends and allies, so if we’re no longer going to be friends, we can no longer be allies.”<\/p>\n
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