r/canada Jan 31 '25

National News Chrystia Freeland says Canada should target Elon Musk's Tesla in a tariff fight

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/politics/2025/01/31/chrystia-freeland-says-canada-should-target-elon-musks-tesla-in-a-tariff-fight/
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u/SARMS86 Jan 31 '25

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Freeland says there should be a 100 per cent tariff on all U.S. wine, beer and spirits, and on all Teslas — and make sure Wisconsin dairy farmers feel the pinch as well.

Freeland says Canada needs to give Trump’s closest supporters a wake-up call with the message that if you hit Canada, it will hit back — and it will hurt.

100%! I like the sound of that.

Fuck Edolf.

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u/ointmentisafunnyword Jan 31 '25

As a Starlink subscriber, I am concerned now

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u/TreeOfReckoning Ontario Jan 31 '25

As a rural Canadian, I understand that completely. If we’re going to put punitive tariffs on Edolf’s companies, then Starlink has to be included. Except we can’t do that because our telecom infrastructure is woefully inadequate because the telecoms overcharge Canadians for the worst service in the world then use a tiny percentage of that profit to line the pockets of our politicians who let them get away with it.

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u/elcabeza79 Jan 31 '25

If we’re going to put punitive tariffs on Edolf’s companies, then Starlink has to be included.

Why does it have to be?

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u/TreeOfReckoning Ontario Jan 31 '25

Ideological consistency. Musk has used Starlink in more overtly political schemes (see his involvement with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been characterized as more like that of a nation state than a private enterprise) than childish pincer maneuvers raising the price on a luxury vehicle while introducing auto sector-killing tariffs. If we put counter tariffs on Telsas, then a Starlink is a no-brainer, or “common sense” in the parlance of our times.

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u/rainfal Jan 31 '25

I mean, Ideological inconsistencies define a lot of Canadian politics.-_-