Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread
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@Renauda More than likely, I think Trump saw a clip of Mark Carney speaking, and squirreled off reacting, thinking, wanting to engage with him after Trudeau exits. Or perhaps a Canadian bank denied him a loan once, twice, 3x back when and heās still pissed. As for American banks, theyāve had a presence in Canada since the 1970s, early 80s. My mom (a former Chase corporate lender) helped open their YYC branch. Iād trust our federal government (whoever is running the show) to safe guard our Canadian banking, that includes personal banking. Weāve a pretty solid system. Trump isnāt the only person/country wanting a piece of it.
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@Renauda More than likely, I think Trump saw a clip of Mark Carney speaking, and squirreled off reacting, thinking, wanting to engage with him after Trudeau exits. Or perhaps a Canadian bank denied him a loan once, twice, 3x back when and heās still pissed. As for American banks, theyāve had a presence in Canada since the 1970s, early 80s. My mom (a former Chase corporate lender) helped open their YYC branch. Iād trust our federal government (whoever is running the show) to safe guard our Canadian banking, that includes personal banking. Weāve a pretty solid system. Trump isnāt the only person/country wanting a piece of it.
Thatās a strong possibility. I am all but certain that Carney will win the Liberal leadership race in March. Even it if Carney is a short lived PM, Trump will have to engage with him on this conflict.
It could be interesting too. Trump inadvertently might well ensure Carney carry the Liberals back into a majority government in Ottawa. Outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan, confidence in Poilievreās ability to form a government and manage relations with Trump is rapidly diminishing or, as in case of Quebec, non existent. If Poilievre cannot hold his popularity Ontario he is politically dead in the water.
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This thread is as good a place as any to post this
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday asked President Trump for an exemption for farmers on the sweeping tariffs he imposed over the weekend.
Why it matters: Republican lawmakers from agricultural states may find themselves in a tough spot as they try to avoid going against their party leader, while still protecting their constituents.
American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall said in a statement over the weekend that "farmers and rural communities will bear the brunt of retaliation" from the tariffs.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/grassley-trump-tariffs-congress-farm-states
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Right now Iām sure Canadian canola farmers are making their decisions of what & how much to plant this year. They will suffer.
Iām just learning how complex the cross border beef industry is too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tariffs-alberta-beef-canola-1.7448373 -
I'm struggling to identify people who are going to do well out of this.
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@Doctor-Phibes Doug Ford just sacrificed 15,000 souls in Ontario. Letās hope they get coverage soon. This is likely pennies to Elon. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-ripping-up-province-contract-with-starlink-1.7448763
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@Doctor-Phibes Doug Ford just sacrificed 15,000 souls in Ontario. Letās hope they get coverage soon. This is likely pennies to Elon. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-ripping-up-province-contract-with-starlink-1.7448763
I guess TELUS, Rogers and Bell are going to have to actually make an investment in their backyard now.
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Watching that bastard Trump pontificating and playing the victim again from the Oval Office on CBC Newsworld. Heās back again on us becoming the 51st state but canāt understand why 90% + of country are not interested or would even consider it. He really appears sad and hurt. I really hope heās just as offended as that Fox News asshole was ten days ago when Ford told him the same.
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@jon-nyc said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Listen very carefully for the words āfentanylā and āborderā.
Yeah, me neither.
The assumption when he first brought this up was that it was a rather unfunny joke. Even I don't repeat unfunny jokes that often.
