Howzit

[WhyCzar]

Howzit the government deliberately raises costs on Canadian businesses with retaliatory tariffs, then turns around and offers them subsidies paid for by the taxpayers?

 

[chansen]

Rita, we're in a trade war. We understand some economic sectors will be hurt and we don't want them to go out of business before either this ends or they can pivot to other markets.

All the premiers are on board, except Danielle Smith, who idolizes Trump. She doesn't want the retaliatory tariffs. Even she agrees the deal offered was terrible for Canada.

You can't back down against Trump. It emboldens him.

 

[WhyCzar]

Howzit that the call for unity in Canada has not expedited removal of it's own internal trade barriers?

 

[Mendalla]

The fact that some products are easier to import from other countries than from other provinces within Canada is something that sticks in my craw but I am not sure how you get it through the heads of provincial leaders and producers that this kind of internal protectionism is just as counterproductive as international protectionism, maybe moreso.

 

[WhyCzar]

So glad, it’s not Trudeau who has to deal with this….

Mark Carney was the official economic adviser to Trudeau’s Liberals.

"Different day, same routine."

 

[WhyCzar]

Howzit that Carney can claim “We are stronger now than when the United States started this trade war. More unified, more determined and more ambitious,” when official records confirm insolvencies hit over 13,000 in June 2026-roughly 17 consumer filings per hour?

 

[chansen]

Because we've signed multiple trade deals since then.

I mean, come on, Rita.

 

[WhyCzar]

Howzit looking for Canada if the USMCA falls apart - especially with those baseline MOUs (just understandings, not signed deals) making their other Free Trade Agreements contingent on US market access?