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1 day agoCanadian small businesses that are not simply resellers of US products, actually gain from tariffs on US competition. The US tariffs on Canada hurt them, but the retaliation directly helps them.
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These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source.”
They are 100% “crazy demands” in that a fake national emergency is declared in order to rip up trade agreements. The amounts of drugs from Canada are extremely small, and more illegal immigrants enter Canada from US rather than other way around. If Fentanyl is a problem, the US can do a lot more to curb US production, and hospital use. Another approach would be to simply eliminate heroin, since all deaths occur as a result of mistaken contamination/substitute of heroin, and fentanyl is “cheaper per dose” as reason for hospital use. Making opiate pills “highly available” would also remove fear/events of overdoses.
A fake national emergency, with other pretexts for tariffs. “small trade imbalance, and opportunity to extort Canada by destroying its economy” makes it a declaration of war. That Shopify would have more sales if Canada just surrendered, is an overly selfish perspective to say out loud, and in my opinion, treason for both him, and media that doesn’t shout it down as treason, instead of being CIA funded mind control of Canada as a US colony.
The “crazy demands” disqualifies the US from being a trusted military partner. Canada needs to stop adopting US enemies as its own, and instead realize that the US is its enemy, and it needs new friends that are powerful enough to stand up to US.
I’m sure that means BFFs again. Never forget, and threats won’t stop. Canada must diversify.
Whether it be strategic location (with a warming world, more shipping routes as well) or simply more resources…
Everything about shipping routes through Canada or Greenland by Russia/Asia is a lie. The only use of them would be to trade with Americas. Trade with Europe can use Russian waters exclusively. Resources would be for Americas markets too. It would be impossible for Russia to defend well if current beligerism from North America exists.
It is only under long term peace with Russia/China that we can invite them to spend $$$$ on developing the arctic or trading with us. Still US/Canada developers would have huge market/logistics advantages that could outbid a Chinese/Russian project proposal.
Now growing Canada by absorbing part of the US… that might be a good move. We’re getting increasingly fed up with the situation and a dissolution of the union looks possible in a way it never did before.
Yes, housing construction was not sufficiently supported with immigration. Non-issue with States becoming provinces.
as a Canadian that you’re being put in some weird tug of war between Russia and the US over your natural resources? Something real weird is going on here.
Russia generally has the same/similar resources as Canada. Most resource wars are based on destabilizing/sanctioning countries so that they cannot compete with “you”. The “theater script” for Ukraine war that Russia and US accepted is that permawar for as long as possible for US military production/sales and oil profits and conquest of Europe trade, ensure climate catastrophe with more alternate developments, and Russian diesel use, with eventual result being Russia winning its modest objectives + territory. There are certainly people in Russia getting rich from the war, but also Russian wages are extremely high due to competition/bonuses to its voluntary Army.
The US has firm control over Canadian resources. Chinese deals to invest in them are blocked “for national security reasons”. Russia doesn’t need more resources for itself, because it has nearby development sites it can invest in. China likes expanding global supply options. Canada obeying US on everything, and dedicated to making it its only market is Canada’s problem. Russia not to blame.
I think if things start to get bad Canada should work directly with friendly US states and make us an offer we can’t refuse, seceding from the US and joining Canada. Most of us would be happy to stop subsidizing the red states that drag us down in exchange for healthcare.
Canada needs to be bigger. It’s why immigration was welcomed under Trudeau. Immigration only works if a sustainable future is hoped for. Otherwise we must resort to canibalism right away, and right wing got a big boost from anger due to unsustainability combined with full support to ensure unsustainability as the solution. Absolutely, US states are welcome to join without threatening the right with reaction to + support for unsustainability. Bigger overall market, and less divisiveness.
Is to do exactly what he wants?!
“Trump wants to exit from NATO” is the big meme. He loves Putin, perhaps because of a pee tape is another.
Because US has colonial control over all NATO members, NATO is seriously considering a 50% to 150% increase in military spending, most of it to buy US weapons, for purposes of completely destroying their economy/social safety nets, all of which to force Russia to still outproduce them militarily. The delusion that US controlled NATO is not behaving under pure demonism in false fear of Russia is the self destruction submission to US. The US only needs exclusive, not NATO, control over Greenland in order to threaten Europe directly. Greenland is far away from Russia, and like Canada, a NATO/NORAD ally is fully committed to intercepting ICBMs that go over its land… so far.
There is 0 negative political opposition in US if Trump succeeds in annexing Canada or other countries or in significantly subjugating EU/NATO to high military tributes. Dressing up basic self respect to ally with countries who have never threatened any of us, and were balanced trade partners prior to 2022 as “giving Trump what he wants” is simply/pure treason through “Putin Derangement Syndrome”. Canada/EU was always on wrong side of war on Russia, as proven by current US policy. Our sycophancy is not rewarded.
If you dream of Trump is devoted to Putin, then emptying NORAD of defenses to give Putin a clear ICBM shot into Permean basin, because Trump wants that, then Canada gets to settle its trade war by giving something Trump wants.
There needs to be zero tolerance for the BS that the US protects Canada. It is Canada protecting US, and US must pay heavily for that privilege.
Canada’s extensive contibutions to NORAD, proudly declared by Canada last year:
$39B promised since 2022.
He said if “you get rid of that artificially drawn line,” referring to the border, it would “also be much better for [U.S.] national security.”
Disappointed with Trudeau response of “anger is wrong”, and “must retain strong US military alliance”. Unless Europe, UN, NATO voices strong support for unfairness/act of war, Canada must break the alliance and get closer to countries it has been “forbidden to” + Mexico. It’s only by making US beg to reform alliance/colonial master status, that Canada can return to supporting US.
BC and NF Premiers were much more forceful than Trudeau, who was very disappointing in complete lack of anger, and desperation to restore alliance. Canada can only restore alliance by breaking it off in face of declaration of war.
the cities are and the rural areas are not
Same for all of US. Proper secession would involve cities independently deciding, and then their surrounding rural areas deciding after. State “dictatorship”/electoral corruption is not any better than Federal corruption. There can never be freedom if divorce is forbidden.
The biggest risk besides outright hot war would be foreign interference outside of Canada and the US.
Foreign interference in Canada is exclusively US and Israel, with “scandals over foreign interference” without much evidence against countries that could force US/Israel to pay more to fix elections. Russian interference in US/Canada is often accused, but it is to foster divisiveness, to the glee of right wing parties seizing on the hatred manufactured, and repeating all of it. There is no “Buy Russian stuff and love Russia party”, and the foreign interference bs can very well be right wing parties contracting cheap eastern european labour.
Canadians are formidable fighters in their own right. But a hot war should be avoided at all costs, it would be brutal. Many millions would die, if not in outright war in disease and starvation.
How tough Canadians are on a 5 on 5 hockey rink doesn’t matter. Canada would need to have/ally nuclear strikes on US. A single one would collapse US economy. Without that willingness, or without absorbing individual states, then Canada might as well surrender now.
I think we should do it at the state level - democratic vote - and then if the response is leave we just stop paying the feds taxes and kick them off our land.
Yes. This approach is good. “Pay your federal taxes to our state instead, and we will negotiate appropriate relationship/independence from Trump/federal government.” California facing extortion over federal relief on forest/city fires, is reason for them to never pay federal taxes again, to support Florida unconditionally year after year, never mind, red state tax parasitism in general.
Charging access to NORAD seems impractical. I think at that point they’d just annex, and there isn’t much we could do about it.
US military annexation by driving tanks into Ottawa has only counter to bribe a nuclear power to do sufficient damage to destroy US economy/debt sustainability. Playing nice, begging to restore colonial status, is capitulation in of itself. Just waiting for fatigue to accept extortionist demands on sovereignty.
Totally think eliminating Chinese tariffs makes sense, and we should just do that.
I keep hearing we import a lot of furniture from US. China makes furniture. If big 3 auto companies stand with Canada, keep Chinese EV tariffs, but drop solar and battery ones. Cheap batteries would make Canadian EVs competitive even as exports to US with tariffs.
I’m also pretty convinced we shouldn’t retaliate with tariffs – I think those would just hurt Canadian’s.
I like export tariffs the most. Raises revenue without raising prices for Canadians. Tariffs on “useless” US goods can be high, pay a bit more for Mexico/South American agricultural import shipping. Opening up China import competition is cost reduction for Canadians. Plenty of Canadian substitutes in processed food and alcohol.
article 5 of NATO is not as scary as it sounds. It only requires having a meeting. Inter NATO disputes (Greece and Turkey) have previously been ruled as not even requiring a meeting.
Why not team up with mexico and start making some unusual alliances?
Mexico certainly produces the food that Canada can’t and can be substituted from US suppliers. There is the issue of whether it can be transported by land to Canada. The necessary “unusual” alliances are with Russia, China, Iran, North Korea.
Constitutional convention is a tough ask that requires 2/3 of both congressional houses to question their rule even if the states they represent would want one. But state secession movements “dressing up” their desires into a request for one, has no good reasons to object to one, especially if default is that 75% of states must agree to changes.
Canadian politicians see that as overton window. Real cooperation with EU comes with threatening alliance/cooperation with Russia. China, North Korea, Iran relations necessary too. Without Russia relations “threat”, including soliciting better deals for NORAD sites, EU will just desperately kiss the diaper in hopes of avoiding their own tariffs which they won’t.
No one was stopping Canada from trade with Europe before. Tariff levels are not high/significant. Expect crickets from EU, unless they need to beg Canada to not remove sanctions on Russia specifically, but because they are also US/CIA colonies, on other US adversaries.
Canada needs to not just mention in passing that this is a war declaration, but also treat the US as an enemy until/if they beg for better relations.
I prefer “double” export tariffs to shutoffs. Electricity 50%, and oil 20%. split between federal and provinces. Stuff like OJ and Bourbon, 50%+ tariffs instead of blocking imports.
Absolutely, soliciting US states to join confederation as a province is something that should be open, official policy, now. You/we can “dress it up” as US constitutional convention (normally 75% of states call for, but 10 provinces too) for exploration of 10 new states joining, or dividing “the union” into Canada and US.
Today is the day where “US empire values” makes you rethink your unwitting foreign agent role. :P
If big 3 auto does the slightest signal to support Trump, nationalize with zero compensation any Canadian assets.
FP editorial today says “STFU and take it, plebs”. Surprise, its not paywalled, either.
The US does not have a fentanyl Czar. Our Czar should dictate what US should do to minimize fentanyl deaths (and domestic production), and demonize US inadequacy for making fentanyl a vector to extort Canadian sovereignty. We should not tolerate increased secret police cooperation with US, and use Czar as a “force multiplier” for US evil in world. Czar should DEMAND CDC/US agency data/reports on US failures. Pig fuckers intent on using fentanyl as a pretext for war on Canada, need to be exposed as pig fuckers maximizing domestic US deaths.
There are many measures NA can take to reduce fentanyl deaths that involve alternatives to shit talking China. Fentanyl is a problem exclusive due to overdoses from accidental fentanyl use. Fentanyl is a benefit, hospitals use, as a cheaper opiate dose.
US can do much more to curb opiate addiction including Pharma’s role in bribing doctors for prescriptions, and non opiate pain relief prescriptions. But an opposing easy path to fentanyl deaths is making opiate pills “widely available”, and “encourage cartels” to avoid escalating problems by switching to opiate pills we trust will be quality controlled. If mix of cartel/drug black market coercion/carrots policies, we can also ask them to stop heroin production/smuggling, so that only fentanyl is available on black market.