Canada responds to the tariffs
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The National Association of Home Builders weighs in ...
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3lh5iwb6b6c25
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I love this comment from the video link that @Piano-Dad posted:
Hey Canada, New Zealand here. We've got grass fed lamb and beef, quality wine, and boatloads of kiwifruit, along with lots of other goodies if you want to trade...
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Link to videoPoilievre calls for emergency tax cut to put Canada 1st while condemning Trump's tariffs
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Couple of interviews from today's news shows.
Chrystia Freeland, former Canadian finance minister.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/on-gps-what-does-trump-have-against-canada/vi-AA1yhGNK#details
Kirsten Hillman, Canadian ambassador to the US (mis-identified as the US ambassador to Canada in the YT description).
Starts around 7:00.
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The LCBO is the government controlled company that sells alcohol here. While we do have alcohol available in some grocery stores and some convenience stores, ALL of it is purchased through the LCBO. That’s the rules. Which makes the LCBO one of the largest purchasers of alcohol in the world.
Today Doug Ford (premiere of Ontario) ordered the immediate removal of all US products from LCBO shelves. Like LCBO employees were literally boxing it up today.
He’s also chummy with the head of one of the biggest grocery retailers in Ontario, who has started a huge ad campaign about buying Canadian. I’ll be interested to see if some American products start disappearing from the shelves. In some ways, it could be good for some smaller Canadian producers as they may be able to get some shelf space.
Canadians are worried but also… our patriotism is coming out. We definitely have big brother syndrome with having the US as a neighbour so our defining characteristic in how we think of ourselves is often “not American”. In this case, that works in our favour as everyone is mad but also banding together.
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@dolmansaxlil The liquor disappearing from store shelves was shown during the (lead) story on the US national news tonight. They also mentioned groceries.
And apparently the Canadian CEO of Shopify made some remarks that didn’t sit well with your fellow countrymen.
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Tariffs on hold, at least for Canada and Mexico.
Headlines saying that Canada agreed to a deal. Trump taking credit. One little problem. Canada announced what they were going to do back in December, before Trump took office. He didn’t pressure them into anything.
Note the date:
Trudeau mentioned the plan during his news conference on Saturday....
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Canadians on Canada becoming the 51st US state.
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