Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread
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wrote 9 days ago last edited by
Alberta premier faces backlash for asking America to pause tariffs until after election:
https://globalnews.ca/news/11094625/danielle-smith-tariffs-canada-election/
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wrote 9 days ago last edited by Renauda
Albertans care. What the article doesn’t mention is that Smith and her government are dealing with a growing scandal related to its procurement practices in health care services.
Smith defaults to confrontation with Ottawa as a means to deflect attention away from her and her government’s incompetence.
So yeah, people care.
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@Renauda I’m thinking Danielle best STFU to any of the Americans, and speak as a Canadian on board with Canada. FFS. On her home front, there’s a whole slew of urban youth (Canada and foreign born) worshipping Nenshi to worry of. And, there’s plenty of us old ones without good healthcare.
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@Renauda I’m thinking Danielle best STFU to any of the Americans, and speak as a Canadian on board with Canada. FFS. On her home front, there’s a whole slew of urban youth (Canada and foreign born) worshipping Nenshi to worry of. And, there’s plenty of us old ones without good healthcare.
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wrote 7 days ago last edited by xenon
I can’t believe the GOP is letting this guy set fire to the economy. Pure incompetence.
Let’s watch those BYD cars from
China start getting some serious share around the world. (I think they cost as low as $13k and the new ones charge in 5 mins). Canada currently has a 100% tariff on them (following the US’s lead)Put aside all other topics. I can’t think of anything Harris would have done that’s even in the same universe as how stupid this is. And she’s incompetent too.
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On the bright side - we can spend the DOGE savings on a new tariffs compliance agency, and companies can spend part of their tax cuts on a new tariff analysis agency.
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I can’t believe the GOP is letting this guy set fire to the economy. Pure incompetence.
Let’s watch those BYD cars from
China start getting some serious share around the world. (I think they cost as low as $13k and the new ones charge in 5 mins). Canada currently has a 100% tariff on them (following the US’s lead)Put aside all other topics. I can’t think of anything Harris would have done that’s even in the same universe as how stupid this is. And she’s incompetent too.
wrote 6 days ago last edited by@xenon said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
I can’t believe the GOP is letting this guy set fire to the economy. Pure incompetence.
It really is remarkable. I wonder if the history books will remember this time for how the branches of government were tested in the scenario of: what would happen if the legislative majority was so scared to "check/balance" the executive branch out of fear of not being re-elected due to a loyalty-hungry President's wrath.
Maybe the 2026 mid-terms will be a massive wake-up call similar to the 2018 blue wave (representatives and governorships).
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@89th said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
That’s a little misleading. You also have to remember that not all oil is created equally. Most of our own refineries are set up to process “heavy” and “sour” crude oil, while most of the oil drilled in the US is lighter and sweeter. That’s a big part of the reason why we import so much oil even though we produce even more. The type we produce isn’t the type we are set up to process.
wrote 6 days ago last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
@89th said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
That’s a little misleading. You also have to remember that not all oil is created equally. Most of our own refineries are set up to process “heavy” and “sour” crude oil, while most of the oil drilled in the US is lighter and sweeter. That’s a big part of the reason why we import so much oil even though we produce even more. The type we produce isn’t the type we are set up to process.
Anchor is up. Quality is said to be very good.
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wrote 6 days ago last edited by Renauda
Anchor is up. Quality is said to be very good.
Distractor alert!
Beauregard is seeking attention by proving once again he has nothing of consequence or value to say on the thread topic or discussion at hand.
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Advance summer flight bookings from Canada are down 70%.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/31/canada-us-travel
Matt Yglesias jokes: For us to all have glorious futures doing labor-intensive manufacturing work once the sock factories are repatriated from Cambodia, people are first going to need to lose service sector jobs in hotels and such so the reduced tourism is good.
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wrote about 24 hours ago last edited by
nice
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@Copper said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
nice
Hey Copperhead, you 5 cent piece of passive aggressive troll excrement, I get the impression you actually like taking elbows to the head.
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wrote about 7 hours ago last edited by
Imagine thinking fentanyl smugglers pay tariffs.
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He's a chronic narcissist, cut him some slack.
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wrote about 4 hours ago last edited by
Chronic? More like pathological.
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@Renauda said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Chronic? More like pathological.
Either way, he's neurologically divergent and allowances should be made in the name of diversity and equity.
