02-01-2025, 06:24 PM
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#221
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Mayor of McKenzie Towne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
First time in US history that disapproval rating for a incoming president at inauguration was higher than their approval rating just happened. So yeah, there are a lot of angry/upset Americans.
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You can only change a government with ballots or bullets.
Ballots just failed.
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02-01-2025, 06:25 PM
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#222
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Calgary
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Sounds like David Eby of BC pulled red state liquor out of BC. https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/s/NaEQB6bBxS
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02-01-2025, 06:26 PM
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#223
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I've never invested in the stuff because I haven't looked for safe alternatives before but things like GICs or T-bills or whatever??
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I was joking about the bees.
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02-01-2025, 06:27 PM
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#224
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Mayor of McKenzie Towne
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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
You seem to be under the impression that without any action by Canada, these tariffs will be the end of the bullying. This is incredibly naive and misguided: inaction is an invitation to Trump to ratchet up his insane demands. He's already suggested we should be giving the US a "deal" on our export price of oil as a next concession. The insanity would simply never end.
Gotta fight back.
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Butterfly keeps offering us 'peace in our time'.
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02-01-2025, 06:31 PM
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#225
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I was joking about the bees.
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There are some super expensive honeys out there. I don't know where they come from or if it is possible to farm those bees but a tiny bottle sells for like $100. It isn't the craziest idea.
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02-01-2025, 06:32 PM
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#226
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by butterfly
Well, the US just skewered this economy. I guess it's up to Canada if they want to copy it.
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Are you even arguing in good faith? You dismissed simple non-skewering options out right as well. Any idea you view as "gasoline on a fire". There are options beyond watching the fire or tossing gasoline. Canada has options to fight the fire, as people have laid out several times, and your passive approach ain't gonna work.
You're either arguing in bad faith or totally naive
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02-01-2025, 06:34 PM
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#227
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Greg Abott (Texas) says that their economy is larger than Canadas and they’re not afraid to use it (paraphrasing). Obviously, this is economic warfare, or becoming that incredibly quickly.
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02-01-2025, 06:35 PM
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#228
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by FlameyMcFlameFace
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That's "not cool!" jk good.
https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/0...erican-tariffs
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First, Nova Scotia will limit access to provincial procurement for American businesses. We will look for opportunities to cancel existing contracts and will maintain the option to reject bids outright because of President Trump’s unlawful tariffs.
Second, the cost of tolls at the Cobequid Pass will double for commercial vehicles from the United States, effective Monday, February 3.
Finally, we will direct the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation to remove all alcohol from the United States from their shelves effective Tuesday, February 4
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02-01-2025, 06:36 PM
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#229
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
Greg Abott (Texas) says that their economy is larger than Canadas and they’re not afraid to use it (paraphrasing). Obviously, this is economic warfare, or becoming that incredibly quickly.
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Wow. That's actually alarming. Do you have a link? I want to read into this.
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02-01-2025, 06:36 PM
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#230
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by FlameyMcFlameFace
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Would have to take a closer look at the implications of this on the beer side of things, but my guess is the biggest impact here is on bourbon. Wine is overwhelmingly the 3 western D States.
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02-01-2025, 06:37 PM
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#231
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigThief
Canada has options to fight the fire, as people have laid out several times, and your passive approach ain't gonna work.
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And your aggressive approach will? I suppose we'll see since it isn't up to us.
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02-01-2025, 06:38 PM
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#232
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlameyMcFlameFace
Wow. That's actually alarming. Do you have a link? I want to read into this.
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They just quoted it on CBCNN.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1885859076833210673
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02-01-2025, 06:38 PM
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#233
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
You can't Trump then orders line 5 shut down and Eastern Canada is effectively energy starved.
And that's the this #### could get so much worse scenario. We not only left ourselves incredibly economically dependant to the US. But our main transportation of oil and Gas stupidly goes through the US. We would have to start shipping massively by train, which would screw our food shipments from west to east.
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Funny was just chatting with a buddy and he mentioned the risk Trump shuts down Line 5 to retaliate.
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02-01-2025, 06:40 PM
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#234
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First Line Centre
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As a Canadian I cannot stand arrogant Canadians. “Dummy Americans” all over the place you hear. You do it think it’s possible, you are dumb and dumb people don’t see smarter people winning every time.
They have us bent over and are ramming and 50% of you are talking about how stupid they are. STFU.
We have nothing except power holdbacks on the west and Ontario areas.
But, fata me, our Owls are unreal. And our air quality slays the US air. Pieces of crap.
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02-01-2025, 06:42 PM
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#235
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfly
On behalf of Canadians I hope it doesn't happen. Americans dealing with artificially high costs is bad enough, no need to proliferate it all over the world.
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Not putting retaliatory tariffs on US goods would be the worst case scenario for Canada. It would decimate the economy if they went down that route and hurt all Canadians. On behalf of Canadians I hope they do put tariffs on.
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02-01-2025, 06:44 PM
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#236
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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Originally Posted by BigThief
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What would this look like, in reality? Purchasing drugs from India that circumvent US patents already?
Because there is, to my knowledge, no currently existing infrastructure to manufacture. A threat is only credible if it can be acted upon.
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02-01-2025, 06:45 PM
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#237
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by fotze2
As a Canadian I cannot stand arrogant Canadians. “Dummy Americans” all over the place you hear. You do it think it’s possible, you are dumb and dumb people don’t see smarter people winning every time.
They have us bent over and are ramming and 50% of you are talking about how stupid they are. STFU.
We have nothing except power holdbacks on the west and Ontario areas.
But, fata me, our Owls are unreal. And our air quality slays the US air. Pieces of crap.
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You've summed it beautifully. Loaded with pain pills and mixed with whiskey, but beautiful nonetheless.
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02-01-2025, 06:45 PM
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#238
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Not putting retaliatory tariffs on US goods would be the worst case scenario for Canada. It would decimate the economy if they went down that route and hurt all Canadians. On behalf of Canadians I hope they do put tariffs on.
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How will putting tariffs on help all Canadians?
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02-01-2025, 06:46 PM
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#239
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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I think we should shutdown Twitter in Canada. Low cost targeted retaliation.
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02-01-2025, 06:47 PM
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#240
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfly
How will putting tariffs on help all Canadians?
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The sooner it ends the sooner we get back to normal. A 25% import Tarrif ####s a lot of the economy. We are better fighting back than appeasement.
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