Canada is a failed state

MISTER TRUDEAU SAAR YOU CANNOT INVOKE THE WAR MEASURES ACT SAAR YOU ARE NO LONGER PRIME MINISTER AS YOU HAVE ALREADY RESIGNED SAAR YOU WILL BE A DICTATOR SAAR THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY IT IS MY TURN TO RULE SAAR DO NOT REDEEM THE WAR MEASURES ACT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
Is Canada actually gonna suffer its own great depression or is everyone here just doomposting since the country is already shit?
The US is our largest trade partner by far, but a lot of what we sell to the US isn't exactly luxury goods (potash, energy, and oil) . There are obviously some industries that the U.S. would prefer to have in-country (like car manufacturing). We will likely see a downturn in the automotive industry, and if these tariffs apply to energy/oil, both the U.S. and Canada will be in for bit of a rough time. We don't really have the infrastructure to sell our energy/oil elsewhere. Similarly, it's not so easy to spin up a brand new power plant.

Just a guess, but I would suspect it would hurt both countries, but Canada more so. No one really knows for sure what the long term effects will be, and anyone who does is lying, either to themselves or to you.
 
Just a guess, but I would suspect it would hurt both countries, but Canada more so. No one really knows for sure what the long term effects will be, and anyone who does is lying, either to themselves or to you.
Its going to do nasty things to the CAD which has already been suffering for years now. Trade exports in raw materials the USA is largely what keeps the CAD afloat.
 
Its going to do nasty things to the CAD which has already been suffering for years now. Trade exports in raw materials the USA is largely what keeps the CAD afloat.
This is going to kill a handful of small towns I know of that rely on gas, water and wood for exports, prince george where I used to live had two pulp mills shut down out of 4 iirc so they are just cooked and they will most likely never recover leaving a ghost town. Just speculating through.
 
Yes, Trudeau intends to resign upon the election of a new party leader, serving as Interm Leader himself until the election of that new leader. Technically speaking, that's:
Hilarious that Trudeau dodged a non-confidence vote by getting Mark Carney to be immediately subject to a non-confidence vote that Carney will lose (Unless Jagmeet decides to prop up the Carney government till October, likely)
lol holy fuck, Donald Trump made the Day of the Rake meme a reality, based
Your average White Canadian does not need to be raked only the Laurentian Elite / Family Compact class of Financiers and Useless Government Eaters (Bureaucrats) need to be raked.

Unfortunately due to the utter retardation of Public Sector Unions the Government workers will be just fine while the rest of us get Raked.
Is Canada actually gonna suffer its own great depression or is everyone here just doomposting since the country is already shit?
Your average White Old Stock Canadian is already fucked financially, so I'm just hoping the Trump Tariffs rape the Laurentian Elites / Family Compact as much as they raped us financially.
 
I'm not really sure what Ottawa's end game is in trying to take the Bull by the horns.
The endgame is to boost the party's electoral fortunes by using Trump a boogeyman and paint Poilievre with the same brush to stay in power. Similarly, the push the coronate Mark Carney as the new leader of the Liberal Party/Prime Minister to put a new shade of lipstick on the same pig. All of this is short-term thinking compounded by tunnel vision that afflicts our elites.
 
Good luck to our Kiwi Leafs. 🥀
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-uncertainty-tariffs-feb-1 [Archive]
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Some snippets that stood out to me:
Speaking from the Oval Office Friday afternoon, Trump confirmed it was full steam ahead on imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.
Trudeau and Trump have not spoken.
The Bank of Canada also cautioned that a trade war based on 25 per cent tariffs would trigger a recession.
Doug Ford, on the campaign trail to win re-election as Ontario’s premier, delivered his own warning to the U.S. president.
“If President Trump proceeds with these tariffs, Canada can and should make him regret them.”
“Of course,” Trudeau said, “I won’t sugar coat it.”
“Our nation could be facing difficult times in coming days and weeks. I know Canadians might be anxious and worried, but I want them to know the federal government and indeed all orders of government have their backs.”
Chrystia Freeland [...] released a statement through her Liberal leadership campaign that Canada should release a list of potential retaliatory tariffs “on $200 billion worth of American imports.” She also wants to target Tesla, owned by Elon Musk.
The point, she said, is to “hit Trump where it hurts.”
The government has shown no signs of being willing to recall Parliament earlier than March 24.
:lunacy:
 
The US is our largest trade partner by far, but a lot of what we sell to the US isn't exactly luxury goods (potash, energy, and oil) . There are obviously some industries that the U.S. would prefer to have in-country (like car manufacturing). We will likely see a downturn in the automotive industry, and if these tariffs apply to energy/oil, both the U.S. and Canada will be in for bit of a rough time. We don't really have the infrastructure to sell our energy/oil elsewhere. Similarly, it's not so easy to spin up a brand new power plant.

Just a guess, but I would suspect it would hurt both countries, but Canada more so. No one really knows for sure what the long term effects will be, and anyone who does is lying, either to themselves or to you.
Less trade short term, renewed investment to sell to other countries & make higher value goods internally, hopefully a few years of tough love resulting in lower house prices and less pajeets.

I dunno I'm not really seeing a downside. I guess it sucks if you work in one of those few auto manufacturing plants left in the rusty horseshoe.
 
Less trade short term, renewed investment to sell to other countries & make higher value goods internally, hopefully a few years of tough love resulting in lower house prices and less pajeets.

I dunno I'm not really seeing a downside. I guess it sucks if you work in one of those few auto manufacturing plants left in the rusty horseshoe.
The only people who work in those few remaining auto plants are Nepo Union hires. So fuck them.
 
They really do have Big Fish in a Small Pond syndrome, don't they.

I'm not entirely on board with Trumps plans to just shove Canada right out the gate, but whoever is in charge up there makes it hard to be very sympathetic.
I think the Canada press caught a lot of Americans on their heels. Something must have accelerated this. Maybe a clerk with TDS answered an important call. Either way the current government seems confident that they can hit Trump where it hurts so I guess we see what happens. The only Canadian friends I have are hyper progressive so I suspect they're ready to go down with the ship as well.
 
I think the Canada press caught a lot of Americans on their heels. Something must have accelerated this. Maybe a clerk with TDS answered an important call. Either way the current government seems confident that they can hit Trump where it hurts so I guess we see what happens. The only Canadian friends I have are hyper progressive so I suspect they're ready to go down with the ship as well.
Perhaps they are really thinking this will work, but they have to think again. Every person that thinks with their ass end up shitting all over the place. (I refuse to say with their heart, these shitlibs do with their asses). Those who are careful naturally do it and are seeing the mess that will happen.
 
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