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[-] RelativityRanger@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 days ago

Now reinstate that fucking Digital Services Tax !

[-] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago

Or, as was originally planned, Negotiate a global minimum tax with the EU and other major markets. Then better yet, remove DRM anti-circumvention legislation. That way Canadian companies can openly jailbreak our phones and offer alternative app stores on the devices we own -with no American middleman taking a third of the money we spend.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

anyone can install f-droid. also jailbreaking isn't up to Canadian companies, its up to the device manufacture allowing it and providing warranty for it (which they wont). If you want a phone like that, your best bet is buying a linux phone that is open out of the box, but no companies are canadian that produce it.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

anyone can install f-droid

For now. Google is making sure this not an option in the near future

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

thank god my next phone is a linux phone.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Good luck with your bank's app and google pay.

[-] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Fuck google. That's the point. And my bank has this cool machine by the door that does everything the app does and an actual human who I can speak to in person who can also do all the things.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 hours ago

You still have physical banks ?

[-] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

Not only that but last time I checked you can do banking on a WEB BROWSER.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

that's my hope as well

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

as long as its not relying on russia down the line, which is what they want to have the US weakened, by extension the rest of the western countries become disarrayed.

[-] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

This is the only way to hurt Trump. Financially. It’s all a grifter knows. I wish ALL countries would blacklist America.

His reign won’t be stopped with arms and violence. It’ll be stopped by boycotts. And we’re now barreling towards a national labor strike. All we need is just to be pushed into the “nothing left to lose” category…

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Trump's so fragile, there are so many other ways to hurt him 😂

[-] RivverRavven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Apparently he hates being called "Donald".

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago

We need to, fuck the us

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

I just realized that McCain is a Canadian company. Sorry, I've been boycotting their fries and stuff for the past few months, but it was a mistake - damn you, John McCain!

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

The McCains still have their list of problems, much like other large Corporations and billionaires, but they are Canadian.

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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sure, just announce we are doubling exports. Anyone else noticing how Carney says stuff without any real detail on how he plans to do it? The CDN government has thousands of people for decades trying to increase exports abroad. We have little manufacturing left to export, so we're turned into a mining based economy.

I'm pretty tired of politicians selling old ideas as new. We need some innovation.

[-] healthetank@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago

I mean at the least it looks like we're taking some steps to avoid the clusterfuck that the USMCA resigning is likely to be by getting ahead of it.

Its not hard to double exports to other countries when your main trading partner (US) stops taking your stuff. Talking out of my ass, but it seems like doubling exports to other countries wouldn't be that hard when we wind up having a surplus because US trade dries up. Seems like it'd push prices of our goods lower and hurt Canadians, which is what he seems to be implying to me.

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[-] PsychoNaut@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago

In many (if not most) sectors the Canadians have already seen a substantial switch to exporting to other regions. That’s why they have not seen a substantive decrease in exports despite the US tariffs. There are several sectors that are being held back because of other trade issues that the government has the ability to resolve and they’ve already been making friendly with several countries they were already having a variety of trade or political conflicts with under the previous government (China/India for instance). So the current administration absolutely has the power to help with this shift, which is economically wise.

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

That’s great but can you reduce our US exports?

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

Trump is handling that part, it's the reason we need to increase our non-US exports

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