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Originally Posted by Azure
Isn't it amusing and sad watching our pathetic government now try to actually do something about the tariff threat?
Example.
Liquor sales. Ford wants LCBO to remove all American liquor from the shelves if the tariffs go through. LCBO is one of the biggest buyers of alcohol in the world. Obviously that would devastate many American producers.
My question is, why have we prioritized for so many years American producers, and not let Canadian companies compete more? Specifically why has our government worked for so many years to restrict inter provincial trade on alcohol sales? Up till 2019 it was a CRIME to transport beer across provincial lines. Many provinces still don't allow direct to consumer sales across Canada, etc, etc.
And now these folks in charge want to tell us they will change all that? What a bloody joke.
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This is a test for Canada and an opportunity as Trump holds up a mirror to our dysfunction.
It's largely up to Ontario and Quebec to be the deciders on whether all provinces can participate in Confederation equally. I don't give it much of a chance as Canadian voters would have to unlearn their previous delusional and infantile habits.