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Speaking earlier on Friday in response to Trump’s Thursday assertion that he was ready to hit Canada with tariffs tomorrow, Trudeau said Canada “won’t relent until tariffs are removed,” but conceded the country could be in for hard times.

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[-] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 124 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So "Nothing Canada can do to prevent tariffs" is the same as saying "I'm doing this for absolutely no reason".

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 24 points 3 months ago

cruelty is the point

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 96 points 3 months ago

No shit he wants to anex canada. He's a fucking fascist and musk is taking over the government. Jfc i hate this.

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 75 points 3 months ago

As a Canadian I fail to see how this will ever make me want to join the US.

Canada will outlive Trump.

[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 3 months ago
[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Technically there is a land border betweenen the EU and Canada, so makes sense.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago

Can we sell ourselves to Denmark and join Greenland?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago

Speaking as a random Dane, I'm into it and willing to pay up to $20 for Canada as a (very) early Christmas present for Greenland.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I'm ready for Danelaw 2.0!

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

You are probably going to fare better by annexing New York.

Or, maybe you can do both.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago
[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What do you have against incompetent brutally cruel fascist oligarchies?

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

You said it!

[-] peregrin5@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

Can you take the coastal states? Particularly the west coast? We're tired of being part of America.

[-] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

As a Canadian, 100% would embrace the west coast and New England.

We can call it Americanada and it would be awesome.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

As a Canadian I can't see how annexing Canada will make America better? Also, lotssa luck with the guerilla warfare when your opposition is the same colour and speaks the same language.

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

"You're not making ~~Christianity~~ America better. You're just making ~~Rock & Roll~~ Canada worse."

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They'll use all sort of dirty tricks just like the Gestapo did, like making you say the letter "Z", or making you spell the word "colour".

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 21 points 3 months ago

It's the worst timeline alright.

[-] beliquititious 5 points 3 months ago

Does he not realize if Canada becomes a state a republican could never hold the presidency again? Right wing canadians are further left than american Democrats.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Literally we have Trump supporters here and constantly vote for obviously corrupt people. Alberta and Ontario being clear, loud examples.

So, no, I’m glad it makes you feel good and all but that is a profoundly stupid thing to say and I don’t want to get dragged into your not-seeing-the-obvious thank you very much.

[-] beliquititious 3 points 3 months ago

I realized shortly after posting that comment there would be a low chance that canada would be a state. It'd probably be more like Puerto Rico, pay taxes, but not vote for anything that matters outside of the territory.

I was aware of the maga nuts in Canada, I didn't realize they had enough votes to actually matter though. Plus y'all burned down the white house once, I'm sure even the craziest canadian would be made about losing their sovereignty. Surely?

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You underestimate how stupid conservatives are, then. We’re about to vote in a Conservative government because our mediocre centrist has fallen apart and despite having a very valid third option with a left-but-not-radically-so party we refuse to acknowledge that. That white house thing happened two-hundred years ago, the last Conservative PM we had, Stephen Harper, did nothing but raise the deficit and be a little bitch and yet our moronic, brain-dead conservatives keep acting like he was some big strong tough boy. Conservatives in Alberta just recently decided that CO2 isn’t a pollutant because it made them feel better.

We are stupid up here, like the U.S.-lite, and our individuality is in tatters. We’re still better off that that shithole by a long way but the bar is also in hell, so.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

They still love voting against their best interests though, so maybe they would join in. Also who's to say canada would get to vote.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 3 months ago

I know of ONE thing that could be done..

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Well, not in Canada. Or at least not to prevent the tariffs.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago

You know the old saying: dead billionaires impose no tariffs 🤷

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Killing Canadian billionaires won't make the tariffs go away.

It may or may not bring a lot of interesting results. But if you want to change the tariffs, you can't do it in Canada.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

Killing Canadian billionaires won't make the tariffs go away.

I wasn't referring to Canadian billionaires. I'd be more specific but I'm probably already dancing in banhammer area..

if you want to change the tariffs, you can't do it in Canada.

Unless a certain American billionaire comes to visit..

[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago

I already bought 5,000 gallons of maple syrup to get me through the year

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

That's 91 years worth of food assuming 2000 calories a day.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

assuming 2000 calories a day.

That's the recommended intake for an adult woman of average weight and activity level. Burly lumberjacks from Québec named Gordon need MUCH more than that.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

In reality, Gordon is a barista, though.

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

In Kanata. But he does go to Hull for authentic poutine once in a while.

[-] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Much love, person who knows Ottawa-Gatineau place names.

[-] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sorry, So, you’re not Canadian, then eh?

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Ok. How much would it cost per day?

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

I'm on my last litre, but it's not too long before sugar season starts up again.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago
[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

Hey, Canada. Trump has the puck.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 months ago

Obviously, fentanyl is an excuse.

They're closing the borders because of their trade deficits. They think it will stimulate production within the US.

[-] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Well yeah, the goal is to crash the american economy for Russia and christo facist control. Tech billionaires will battle it out with the christos for ultimate control.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Finally, lower egg prices!

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If you are a non-Trump voter in a red state, especially if you work for the flagship company or industry in that state, I would like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what our government is about to do. We don't want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully.

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