Acronym controversies not new in Canadian history

In response to the article Hey, that’s my acronym (NP, Oct.

5), this is not the first acronym controversy.

Following the Unite The Right era in Canadian politics (19962003) the Reform party and the Canadian Alliance Party merged with the former Progressive Conservative Party in order to solidify their support to rival the governing Liberals.

After much debate over policies and leadership etc., they formed one political entity to represent each of their conservative platforms.

The brain trust settled on a name for this new political party: the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party.

Holy CCRAP, Batman. They soon shortened it to the Conservative Party. Hello, Stephen Harper.

As for the USMCA, some Canadian pundits are “thumbing their noses” at this new deal because they believe it is not beneficial to the Canadian auto industry.

Other experts say those who think this trade deal is “nothing to sneeze at” will be shortchanged with regards to our dairy producers and their supply-management protection appearing uncertain.

Finally, some observers find this deal “hard to swallow.” They have reason to believe the U.S. may have veto powers in determining whether Canada can initiate international trade deals with non-free-trade countries such as China after this deal has been ratified.

In lieu of these reasonable criticisms, perhaps a rearranging of the letters would be appropriate.

This proposed acronym is not perfect, but neither is this proposed free-trade (oxymoron) deal. William Harrison, Saskatoon