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Team Canada, let's gooo 🇨🇦
I've done a pretty good job of eliminating most American products from my life, but a few have slipped back in or maybe were missed, this just strengthens my resolve and I will do another review of everything I do.
I've discovered lots of great Canadian products, hardbite chips, Tough duck clothing, all sorts of alchohol, Presidents choice products are surprisingly good all around. Coke is the only tricky one for us, but atleast it's canned in Canada and is more of an international brand now.
I have also found coke challenging to fully eliminate. I have cut back, but it's just so convenient and I am maybe a little habituated to it.
No offense... But you can't live without Coke? Other colas are that inferior?
not just coke we trusted america on all the brands. we thought we were good neighbours. many people traded in their blackberry for an iphone. canada has alot work to do.
Well, the good news is that Canadians don't have to go back to drinking American pißwasser
Please no, if there’s anyone on the planet I don’t want to face in a war it’s the Canadians
They don't have nukes but we share a 3000 mile border with them, they speak the same language and can imitate us even more easily than Ukraine can with Russians, they also have guns although they don't need them to sabotage our infrastructure.
Meanwhile Trump and Lutnick treat fucking North Korea with more respect than our own allies. These motherfuckers should be tried for treason.
Geneva Convention about to get another page added
We are nice…….until we aren’t.
Yeah, we may joke about Canada being America's hat, but you all practically invented war crimes before they were war crimes.
I don't want to fuck with that.
Yeah, we may joke about Canada being America's hat
The U.S. is and will always be Canada's gut.
What does that make florida?
That's very fair.
I wish the EU would be inspired by Carney.
EU and Canada have been making deals to take the sting out of this trade war. They knew it was inevitable. Trump always comes back to demand more.
The bar isn't high... while he isn't PiPi PooPoi (Polievre) he's been a typical politician snake. Particularly on climate policy, doubling down on pipelines through Indigenous land, and whatever the fuck a Minister of AI is.
A minister of AI makes sense, you can’t just ignore it.
A stable economic environment allows for us to make investments today that pay off in the future, but in a war like environment you need to mobilize the infrastructure you have and build support around it. Whether we like it or not we have a number of valuable resources in the ground and we need to start moving those resources elsewhere so we can invest in a renewable future.
There’s a lot of stuff I disagree with Carney on, but what I appreciate about him is that he is a pragmatist. He understands that at times you have to put your personal values aside and take the action that makes the most sense.
Winston Churchill was a racist, but he had the balls to take on Germany and not bend. Lincoln hindered post war reconstruction and his authoritarian overreach was unprecedented but he was the only person willing to tear a nation apart to rebuild it.
Leaders need to be able to put themselves aside to make decisions that produce the most utility for those they lead. This means occasionally getting pie on your face or going against your own heart. A snake acts dishonestly with malice, that’s not what’s going on here. Our current circumstances demand pragmatism we can’t crucify the only person in the room willing to act like one in the face of that.
This was really well put, thanks!
Socialism, not pragmatism my friend. Comparing him to Churchill doesn't make much sense as he's way less enthusiastic. And typical man on the internet justifying racism for the sake of economic gain. As a climate scientist, renewable now. GTFO with your oil and gas.
I don’t think you understood a single word of what I said.
Unlike the previous tariffs, the new U.S. measures affect a more varied array of business sectors, although they disproportionately target building materials like plywood as well as tissue used for toilet paper, which are significant exports for the forestry industry.
Jokes on us, I guess, since you don't need TP if you're in diapers.
Urges Canadians to resist?
That’s what we elected you for! Do the fucking resisting, Mark!
I’m sure the article was more nuanced than that but the paywall hit me after the first paragraph.
I think conscientious Canadians need to realize that it's their fight too. If you're not boycotting everything American, then you are playing into the hands of the bully.
Resist the urge to fly to Vegas and spend all your money there. Resist any people wearing red hats and manic looks.
I'm pretty sure a majority of Canadians have been resisting far more than Carney has since his tenure began.
The resisting he's doing is taking the form of 1. not making a bad deal and 2. imposing retaliatory tariffs. If you want him to declare literal war on the USA you might need to write him a letter and tell us how that goes.
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