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Originally Posted by Locke
Thats not the point.
Nobody gives you a 30 day 'reprieve' for giving up essentially nothing. This is 'Round 1' and he's letting Canada think they won it.
At the same time he can turn around and claim to be magnanimous with his allies.
But its only 30 days.
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He got almost all provinces to get rid of American alcohol purchases. He got Ford / Ontario to get rid of the Starlink contract.
He got Eby to divert critical minerals away from the US.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...iffs-1.7448823
Alberta should do the same and work with other provinces to divert oil away from the US (with the country renewing talks of Energy East in the longer term).
Saskatchewan should diversify and plan to divert potash away from the US.
I don't see any of this stopping while Trump continues to 'delay' yet continue to threaten tariffs, leaving our economy in turmoil if we don't move to a more stable partner. He struck a cord that most Canadians do not like and threats of annexation should not be taken lightly. There is no going back here in my view.