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Reporting of Canadian political news has become very superficial. Today\u2019s columnists and pundits are not reporting facts but rather providing their observations and opinions. In this way, political reporting has become a jocular exercise. Canadians hear only who is carrying the ball at any one time and how much ground was gained or lost on each play. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There is no true analysis of what is happening on the playing field, or how the Canadian game compares in relation to world politics and economics. Where is the context in the cut-and-thrust stories of the Senate, government expenditures, or daily Question Period? Is anyone connecting the dots? Is anyone pulling out the whiteboard to explain the greater significance of Canada\u2019s performance, direction and place vis-\u00e0-vis our global standings?\u00a0 <\/span>We get glimpses often with OECD reports, or comments coming from G8 meetings. However, we are largely left to our own devices to reason out the significance of any one play. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Recently there\u2019s been a spectacular play that has not yet had its deserved analysis. In fact, it was barely noticed in the media, buried under the headlines of the Duffy and Ford sideshows. The Canada \u2013 European Union trade agreement is a blockbuster deal for our country\u2019s economy. It is a calculated move to untie Canada\u2019s economic fate to that of the United States by opening up our trading markets elsewhere. Here are a few dots that By George<\/em> has connected to help assess the importance of the Canada-EU trade agreement. <\/span><\/p>\n