Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread
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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 I’m sure Canadian canola farmers are making their decisions of what & how much to plant this year. They will suffer.
I’m 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. Let’s 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. Let’s 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. He’s back again on us becoming the 51st state but can’t understand why 90% + of country are not interested or would even consider it. He really appears sad and hurt. I really hope he’s 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 ‘fentanyl’ and ‘border’.
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.
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Gotta remember, the GDP of Texas is greater than the GDP of Canada...
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@Jolly said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Gotta remember, the GDP of Texas is greater than the GDP of Canada...
And as my deceased grandmother would say, “Well now, aren’t you just the cock of the walk”.
You’re looking to grasp at straws, Beauregard.
We are not going to join the USA. Get over it. We’re not for sale or open to extortionists.
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I hope he has an attainable goal, rather than annexing canada. Which may be an all-but cessation of Canadian trade.
@Horace said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
I hope he has an attainable goal, rather than annexing canada. Which may be an all-but cessation of Canadian trade.
Am beginning to think this whole exercise is that Trump covets this country for its natural resources and water to which he feels exclusive entitlement. In that sense he poses an existential threat to this country every bit as malevolent as Russia or China. Owing to proximity, perhaps even more so.
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30 Day Hold on tariffs and sanctions announced.
This just announced and posted:
This could have been negotiated and agreed to bilaterally without the bastard Trump’s incoherent bluster and thoroughly unnecessary brinkmanship and threats.
For the record, I have little confidence that the WH bastard, Trump, will not move the goal posts again and make additional demands and threats on this nation and its sovereignty. He is a thoroughly corrupted and loathsome lizard. This crisis is by no means over.
