[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Coach

This is like if Canada was a band. There's 13 members of the band and Alberta is the lead singer. There's members playing keyboards and bongos and drums and guitars, but a most crucial piece is the singer. Now the whole band's trying to negotiate for a good deal with the record company that works for everyone, and instead of being a team player, the singer is going to the record company and saying "hey why don't you give the rest of these bums a 25% cut, I make an extra 10% and you keep the rest?"

Sure, maybe the singer has the leverage and even the right to do that. But the rest of the band is going to tell them to eat s***. Don't be throwing your hands up like it's no big deal. But they cap themselves at that rate, are forever on their knees to the big boss, and maybe they find out pretty fast that they're not so good without the rest of the band.

It's not just Alberta and Smith who are trying to screw everyone else. This is what Doug Ford had to say today about tariffs

Amid calls by the federal NDP for Canada to cut off critical mineral exports stateside, Ford stressed the importance of Ontario mining to American manufacturing while appearing to distance himself from Smith’s more appeasing stance.

Smith told reporters that Canada must “work overtime” in the coming days to “make the case for carve-outs” if Trump goes ahead with his threatened tariffs on all Canadian products.

“We need to be prepared that tariffs are coming,” she said, downplaying the effectiveness of countermeasures, saying “you end up hurting yourself in trying to retaliate.”

Ford, who is chair of the premiers’ Council of the Federation, bristled at that.

“That’s Danielle Smith, she’s speaking for Alberta. She’s not speaking for the country. I’m speaking for Ontario that’s going to get hurt a lot more,” he said, referring to the fact Ontario is by far the biggest subnational trading partner with the U.S.

“You know, they (Trump’s team) aren’t going to go after the oil. They’re coming after Ontario. Let’s be very clear about this — and we’re going to make sure that we do everything we can to protect Ontarian jobs.”

The premier, who last week also called for better integration of Ontario’s energy systems to keep electricity and natural gas flowing stateside, stepped up his “Fortress Am-Can” pitch.

“The success of Fortress Am-Can depends on the critical minerals needed for new technologies, including advanced military technologies that will define geopolitical and economic security for the next century. Ontario and Canada have critical minerals in abundance and America needs them.”

To that end, Ford wants to launch a new “Am-Can Critical Mineral Security Alliance” bolstering the supply chain of resources and boosting the capacity for processing them.

Last Wednesday, Ford made a similar proposal regarding Ontario’s energy exports to the U.S., toning down his Dec. 11 suggestion Ontario was looking at “cutting off their energy” exports to Michigan, New York and Minnesota as retaliation for any American levies.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/pro...0b8d55b80.html

This is a pretty big middle finger from Ford to the rest of the country because he doesn't want Ontario's industries and economy to be impacted.