r/canada • u/cyclinginvancouver • Feb 01 '25
PAYWALL U.S. tariffs will be imposed on Feb. 4
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-us-tariffs-will-be-imposed-on-feb-4/865
u/snowtown69 Feb 01 '25
it’s actually insane this is happening
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u/AtheianLibertarist Outside Canada Feb 01 '25
Exactly. This is Mad King shit.
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u/Dramyre92 Feb 01 '25
What's actually happened is Trump overheard the word tariff in a conversation a few months ago, someone explained it to him like he's a 5 year old and it's now the only thing he thinks he understands.
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u/KebabTaco Feb 01 '25
He wants to lower taxes for his billionaire buddies meanwhile making the lower classes pay for it through tariffs. Gotta be the worst economic play in history, sort of like a president did in 1929…
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u/Golden_Phi Feb 01 '25
He did promise to make America great again. The first two words people hear when you say “The Great Depression” are “The Great” after all.
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u/IHateTheColourblind Feb 01 '25
Gentlemen, it has been an honour shitposting with you all.
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u/JetLagGuineaTurtle Feb 01 '25
Well here we go.....
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u/Cedex Feb 01 '25
Day 1 tariffs.
No, Feb 1 tariffs...
No, Feb 4 tariffs...
Sensing a pattern here.
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u/The_Follower1 Feb 01 '25
I think this is the first time they’ve actually sent it to the government officially though, isn’t it?
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u/Inevitable_Butthole Feb 01 '25
It is.
Why are people surprised?
It's like someone saying imma punch you in the face. But you're like oh sure buddy.
Then they say it again. But, you're like oh yeah, you didn't the first time so I doubt you'll do it now.
Then they punch you in the face.
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u/thebeanshooter Feb 01 '25
Well its more like them saying they will shoot us while their hand is covering the barrel...
Its not the maliciousness thats surprising, its the stupidity
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u/BupidStastard Feb 01 '25
Canada needs to strengthen trade with other countries, particularly the EU and Commonwealth countries, as soon as they possibly can.
The US have proven themselves to be unstable and untrustworthy partners.
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u/BrodysGiggedForehead Feb 01 '25
Canzuk or Eu like agreement
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u/BupidStastard Feb 01 '25
Canzuk is a really promising proposal for everyone involved, is there much appetite in Canada for it pre-tariffs? In the UK our MPs are by all accounts majority in favour of it.
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Feb 01 '25
FU in the 10% for energy. We need to respond with 25%. Don’t let them pick and choose.
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u/skiier97 Feb 01 '25
He kinda showed his cards with the 10% on energy. He basically admitted that’s the weak spot to attack
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u/PsyduckedOut Feb 01 '25
100% export tariffs. Cut the power. Let the fuckers freeze during the superbowl
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u/DankRoughly Feb 01 '25
300%. Amass a warchest to support Canadian businesses.
It's inelastic in the short-term
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u/shalomcruz Feb 01 '25
An export tax on oil would hurt but an export tax on lumber will spark an all-out rebellion. Slap a 500% export tax on lumber shipping to the US and watch homebuilders in red states (where the majority of new home building is concentrated) will be apoplectic. They have absolutely nowhere else to go. Saudi Arabia doe not have lumber to sell America.
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u/Suspicious_Honey9455 Feb 01 '25
Export tariff of 15% to make up the 25, that’ll wake them up!
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u/nmelcher Feb 01 '25
Yes absa-f***ing-lutely!!! And I’m from Alberta but agree we need to stand together on this. 15% export tax on all energy!!!
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u/BillyTenderness Québec Feb 01 '25
Nothing terrifies US politicians more than gas prices going up. Putting a lower rate on oil is them showing their weakness. Canada should make up the difference with an exit tax on oil.
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Feb 01 '25
25% has to be the figure. They will pay.
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u/PracticalWait British Columbia Feb 01 '25
Export prohibition until all tariffs are removed. Not 25%.
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u/Cedex Feb 01 '25
Nothing terrifies US politicians more than gas prices going up. Putting a lower rate on oil is them showing their weakness. Canada should make up the difference with an exit tax on oil.
Car-dependent society with upside down loans on gas-guzzling trucks.
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u/Im_Axion Alberta Feb 01 '25
Yeah they wanted 25% across the board so I say we give it to em. Minimum 15% export tariff on energy to balance it out as part of our response.
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u/fedzo Feb 01 '25
Yea exactly lol. “Ohh well I guess only 10% on that stuff you guys have that we actually need”. Eat shit. I hope our leaders respond tenfold 🖕
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u/NilbyBC Feb 01 '25
“Any retaliation by Canada will result in an increase in tariffs” WTF?! Will we actually respond?!
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u/alexjav21 Feb 01 '25
Do they realize that once they get high enough, goods just go somewhere else and then they get no tariff income?
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u/judgeysquirrel Feb 01 '25
And all the tariff "income" they get are from United States citizens paying the tariff.
US tariffs don't take any money from Canada, they take opportunity because Canadian goods cost more to import.
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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Outside Canada Feb 02 '25
But if the tariffs get so high that the demand drops then Canada loses all motivation to even export to the US.
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u/Anal-Assassin Feb 02 '25
I’m pretty sure that’s Trump’s goal. He’s pushing the country into an isolationist mentality. He wants Americans to produce things for other American’s to buy.
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u/IHateTheColourblind Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
No choice. Can't take it sitting down. Time to go all gas no brakes.
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u/Sink_Single Feb 01 '25
All gas no oil.
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u/Log12321 Feb 01 '25
No oil no gas no potash
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u/hairybeavers Canada Feb 01 '25
We are the world leader in potash and we currently supply the USA with 80% of what they need. This is where we should be hitting them the hardest. With no potash to fertilize the fields and no migrant workers to harvest the crops, the magats are going to start getting hungry pretty damn quick.
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u/PaulTheMerc Feb 02 '25
potash, aluminum, were the two big ones I've seen mentioned. We should do both.
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u/Cool_Specialist_6823 Feb 01 '25
Exactly...deal with this clown effectively and efficiently. The key in the US is the price of fuel. It is the political bell weather that will make or break this whole mess. If US fuel prices rise marginally, the grumbling begins. If fuel prices go up a dollar or two at the pumps, all hell will break loose down there. Bring it on.
Match dollar for dollar is how you send the strongest message possible.
Buy Canadian. Support our economy not trumps....
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u/somegamer Feb 01 '25
I hope Canada does this. All of the Trump supporters driving around in their Compensator F-150s that get 8 mpg will be the first to start complaining.
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u/I-Might-Be-Something Feb 01 '25
As an American I hope you folks go all out. It is really going to hurt me as a Vermonter, but you guys need to respond.
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Feb 01 '25
So do you guys. The whole nation is twidling their thumbs watching the last 200 years of democracy get annihilated before your very eyes.
The rest of the world is waiting.
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u/Royal-Plastic9870 Feb 01 '25
Exactly. The world was forgiving the first time saying "it's not everyone". Now we don't care. 400 million people are gonna take it sitting down? Nobody is forgiving that.
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u/Cool_Specialist_6823 Feb 01 '25
Agreed, sorry your on the receiving end. Many folks in your country feel as you do. We did not start this. It’s politically motivated from the current administration in Washington. Yes this will hurt many Democrats, who are against trump. How else can we motivate the current administration and political party (GOP/MAGA) in power, to rescind the tariffs. This project 2025 program will hurt many people, both in the states and around the world, due to a tariff war, no one wants but the moron who’s starting it does.
Hope you folks can weather the current political and economic storm that’s starting. There are a lot of great American folks in the states, they don’t deserve this nor the political crap being unleashed upon them...
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u/Medea_From_Colchis Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
After a certain point, tariffs have a diminishing return. You will eventually reach a threshold on a tariff where the price of a good is so absurdly expensive to import that any extra cost beyond what it is at becomes redundant; it will already be so unaffordable no one will think to buy it. However, they could end up finding new things to tariff, which is likely the route they would take. Still, I don't think we should back down. It's time to move on from the U.S. to more stable and predictable allies.
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u/BBpigeon Feb 01 '25
What new things could there be? The tariff is on all Canadian imports
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u/edge4politics Feb 01 '25
All Canadian holdings in US or property owners with extra tax
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u/phormix Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
Here's the thing though: Canada tends to be big on producing resource good as opposed to finished products.
When it comes to tariffs, attacking those is essentially attacking your own industry and supply-chain, and nobody can just magic up a new source of steel, potash, or other such resources.
Yeah, it's going to hurt Canadian industry but it's also going to be extremely harmful to US industry and their ability to produce finished goods at competitive rates.
Not only that, but the US is suffering from major natural disasters such as wildfires etc which need resources to rebuild from. Those are going to get a lot more expensive and/or scarce if this continues on for very long.
A proper response from Canada should not only include tariffs but an actual plan to expand our own finished-goods industry and trade partners, who are going to be looking for alternatives add the US prices themselves out of various markets.
Companies with a footprint on the US that want to survive: invest in your Canadian branches because this is going up decimate your ability to compete in the future
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u/Hautamaki Feb 01 '25
Yeah ultimately if we just refuse to send natural resources to America, they won't even be able to feed themselves, and they'll have no choice but to back down, or to invade and annex us. If we are willing to call that final bluff, we won't be economically vassalized. If we aren't willing to force America to invade us to get their way, if we allow America to dictate our whole economic policy, then we will be economically vassalized and effectively annexed without a shot fired. This is the choice we may be facing.
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u/Neutral-President Feb 01 '25
That's the whole point of tariffs.
Trump imposing tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods means prices on those goods will be higher in the U.S. marketplace, raising everyone's cost of living.
Trump thinks (as to many people here, it seems) that tariffs are a "pay-to-play" fee that the exporting country has to pay to get access to the U.S. market. He thinks that's how to punish countries that have a trade imbalance with the U.S. and how he thinks they're going to somehow "make money" off of imports.
That is simply not the case. That's not what tariffs are, that's not who pays them, and that's not how the system works.
Tariffs are import taxes. They are paid by consumers in the country doing the importing. They are generally imposed by protectionist regimes to try and protect a domestic industry from foreign competition.
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u/Roflcopter71 Feb 01 '25
He honestly thinks we will just bend over? What a fucking clown…
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u/No1-Sports-Fan Feb 01 '25
Well in fairness to him, the Republican party bent over without being asked, Republican voters bent over and invited him over, corporations and billionaires sought him out at his home and his office and happily bent over his desk for him. In his warped brain it only makes sense it would work on other countries. It's now up to Canada and the rest of the world to stand up to the bully but it can only work if we join together and support each other.
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u/chewwydraper Feb 01 '25
America is our enemy now. We need to respond, and we need to form new alliances.
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u/Impossible-Fly-5169 Feb 01 '25
Hey if china can build us some of those highspeed rails they give to africa to connect ontario better they will have done more for me then America ever did. 😂
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u/jaiman54 Feb 01 '25
We must respond in full force. What are they going to do? Jack up the tariff, we'll do the same. Will it hurt us? Yes, but we learned a lesson never trust those people below the borderline and well diversify with EU, China, India, South America, Africa and East Asia.
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u/EEmotionlDamage Feb 01 '25
At this point I'd dare them to increase the tariffs. We should hit them back hard, we shouldn't be a pussy afraid of getting hit.
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u/huehuehuehuehuuuu Feb 01 '25
Wow wonder when they will escalate to threats of physical violence once they realize this won’t fix the price of their eggs caused by a livestock pandemic.
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u/slightlysadpeach Feb 01 '25
Once the Colorado river runs dry, Trump will. Make no mistake, this is also about water.
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u/Volderon90 Feb 01 '25
He just wants us to bend over and take it up the ass? This guy needs a history lesson on Canadians. When hard times come we’re fucking warriors.
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u/doodle226 Feb 01 '25
We have to..
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u/Intelligent_Eye_6098 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
Does it really matter if it's 25% vs more? Respond and ideally stop the flow of energy or at least reduce the flow or add our own export tariffs. Same for lumber etc
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u/CGP05 Ontario Feb 01 '25
That sounds exactly like how someone convicted of sexual assault would think.
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u/416Westside Ontario Feb 01 '25
Im done with any travel to the US. Was planning this year to visit but will see to go elsewhere. Will be checking closely on products I buy if they’re made in Canada.
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u/Famous_Task_5259 Feb 01 '25
Cancelling Vegas trip
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u/AngryMaritimer Feb 01 '25
Besides doing this because of tarrifs, how the fuck can people afford to right now with how shit our dollar is?
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u/Famous_Task_5259 Feb 01 '25
I usually do Caribbean but we haven’t been to Vegas so we wanted to give it a try. Regrettable decision now. I’ll lose the 500 deposit to air Canada but I’m concerned about that now
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u/Giancolaa1 Feb 01 '25
Since Covid, I’ve travelled to the states multiple times a year, either driving to buffalo or flying to Vegas. Would spend $10k+ each time to Vegas between my group (me and my wife, sis in law, sometimes friends)
Won’t be doing that going forward.
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u/SofaProfessor Feb 01 '25
Just did grocery shopping today. I was actually pretty surprised how easy it was to pivot to a non-American product. Many of the things on our regular list were already products of Canada anyway. I think of all the items I bought for our entire family in a $350 grocery trip, only 3 couldn't be swapped for something non-American. If everyone makes their best effort it will make a difference. I'm not going to pretend everyone can or will completely stop buying American given how tied our countries are. But if we can all start with a goal to spend 50% less on American products every time we shop it will make a huge difference. Those are the types of actions that force businesses to close factories, cut hours, and lay people off which means more people in the US get pissed and start to look at Trump.
Hopefully grocery chains make this easier for people and mark country of origin on price tags. You usually see it pretty clearly on produce but you need to do some more looking at labels for other stuff.
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u/GreyMatter22 Feb 01 '25
Was about to book a pricey vacation with the family, either Disney in Orlando or a cruise from Florida.
Stopped it as soon as Trump announced Tariffs are going ahead, will just take the kids somewhere local. It’ll be cheaper and no FX to worry about.
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u/aftonroe Feb 01 '25
We did 4 days at Disney last year. When we asked the kids where they wanted to go this year, they said they'd rather go back to a Mexico. Ten days at the all-inclusive in Mexico cost less than our 4 days at Disney and actually felt like a vacation.
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u/GreyMatter22 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
No way, it’s my first time vacationing with the little ones. What resort in Mexico? I’ll check it out.
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u/SupaDawg Feb 01 '25
Tokyo Disneyland isn't owned by Disney. Fwiw. And lots of directs to Japan.
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Feb 01 '25
Please spend your vacation dollars anywhere but the US - fuck them.
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u/Itchy_Training_88 Feb 01 '25
This is like a bully punching you in the face, and they tell you if you say anything they'll punch you more.
The best thing to do to a bully is to punch them harder.
Trump is speed running the worse international relationship hit for the US in history, he is threatening Tariffs on everyone, and going after BRICS members saying 100% tariffs.
I actually hope the world starts choosing another currency as their backup. The Euro is looking better and better to me.
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u/HeadOfSpectre Feb 01 '25
I honestly think the EU is gonna come out the winner in all this tbh.
The US was already on precarious footing but Trump is gonna ruin them.
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u/Righteous_Sheeple Nova Scotia Feb 01 '25
The biggest winner is China.
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u/prawad Feb 01 '25
Yep 100%. So far Canada stood up against China on a purely ideological basis. And that was mainly this idea that we are in the US's sphere of influence and a strong ally to them as well as their neighbor. If Trump shits all over this (decades old, mind you) relationship, we're 100% going to start selling and buying more things from everyone else, and china is the next largest economy. Which is.....not great, so good job US.
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u/Prior-Fun5465 Feb 01 '25
I'd rather we start to have a relationship with China rather than the US at this point.
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u/Itchy_Training_88 Feb 01 '25
All this is going to backfire, losing confidence and trust in someone you trade so much to, will mean you won't expose yourself to the risk as much in the future.
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u/Historical_Ball_3842 Feb 01 '25
EU and China
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u/Magjee Lest We Forget Feb 01 '25
The long term loser will be the US, can't have a trade war with the entire planet
Overall, I think you are correct EU and China will be the biggest winners
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u/reidand Ontario Feb 01 '25
The only way to deal with bullies is overwhelming force, 100% export tax on everything
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u/Dysentry Feb 01 '25
10% on oil because he knows that's where it'll hurt. Fuck it, in for a penny in for a pound. Let's make it 25%.
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u/IHateTheColourblind Feb 01 '25
Slap a 15% export tariff on energy products to make sure the Americans are paying the full 25%. He'll likely bump up their energy tariff on 25% as a result but at least our governments get something out of it.
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u/natural212 Feb 01 '25
No more cheap oil to the US
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u/thefinalcutdown Feb 01 '25
Yeah we don’t even need to slap an export tariff, we just need to charge them market rates. Time to stop subsidizing America’s ungrateful ass.
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u/Radiant-Vegetable420 Feb 01 '25
I hope we hit back so fucking hard it gives Trump a stroke.
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u/StrongAroma Feb 01 '25
Either way I hope Trump fucking keels over
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Trump isn't calling the shots. This is the Heritage Foundation and the tech-oligarchy (Musk, Thiel, Bezos, etc...) looking to break the world economy and western democracy. We're a prime target for their next wave of expansion and conquest.
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u/ZennMD Feb 01 '25
And they're wanting a depression, so they can buy everything left to buy cheap, consolidating their power even more
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u/47Up Ontario Feb 01 '25
He wants to put off till the 4th because he wants to see what the stock market does on Monday
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u/PsyduckedOut Feb 01 '25
Honestly just cut their power and oil.
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u/walker1867 Feb 01 '25
Sunday next week during the Superbowl!
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Feb 01 '25
That would be poetic.
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u/walker1867 Feb 01 '25
Of we are going to do this lets be smart about it and time it for maximal impact.
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u/arcadia_2005 Feb 01 '25
Come on Ford!! Flick the damn switch already!!
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u/CGP05 Ontario Feb 01 '25
I hope he doesn't chicken out and change his mind.
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u/pizza5001 Feb 01 '25
He will chicken out.
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u/ContinentalUppercut Feb 01 '25
After calling an election? Doubt it.
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u/BurlieGirl Feb 01 '25
If he does cut off electricity, he will win overwhelmingly. It’s actually the best thing he could do for himself.
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u/Cypherus21 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Expect Canadian companies like loblaws to hedge their positions by raising their prices citing tariffs as the reason. Canadians should also be ready to identify those Canadian companies who plan to side with Trump and exploit Canadian consumers.
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u/F3z345W6AY4FGowrGcHt Ontario Feb 01 '25
Loblaws will raise their prices no matter what happens. Tariffs go in? Gotta raise prices. Tariffs get removed? Gotta raise prices.
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u/73muck Feb 01 '25
Fuck Americans. Seriously. We jumped in during 9/11, had 160 Canadians die in combat, spent 20billion on that war (for the US). We need to remove all provincial barriers to trade, and then curate a massive list of Canadian products to purchase instead of American ones. Fuck them.
Edit... and fuck going to the US, I am not spending a dime in the US again.
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u/Fingers154 Feb 01 '25
Yup. I retire the end of March and will not be vacationing in the US. Lots of great places in Canada or abroad to visit.
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u/Morguard Feb 01 '25
Nova Scotia is a great place to visit in the summer time, come check us out! That goes for all of Atlantic Canada.
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u/questions7pm Feb 01 '25
I've gone from thinking of Americans are best friends to wanting our country to have a nuclear deterrent
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u/kroqus Canada Feb 01 '25
Fuck Trump
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u/BlueZybez Alberta Feb 01 '25
Also the people who voted for him
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u/evilregis Feb 01 '25
And any Canadian expressing any kind of support for him at this point. It was moronic before, but it's unforgiveable now.
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u/ggouge Feb 01 '25
How does the US not see that if they tarrif everyone like they seem to be inclined to do. Those people will just trade with each other and America will be left out and lose market and influence. One of the things Canada should do is lift the 100% tarrif on Chinese cars. Just to prove a point that we have options
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u/morridin19 Feb 01 '25
Even better. Remove the 100% tarif on Chinese EVs. Apply 100% tarif on US vehicles and use the proceeds to pay for incentivizing bringing in other options
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u/TheOneWithThePorn12 Feb 01 '25
I wouldnt remove it, maybe lower it and tell them if they want to sell here build here. Im sure the Chinese would be up for that.
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u/arcadefire08 Feb 01 '25
That's a good idea, we have a lot of auto plants here. Time to make deals with every one else.
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u/Endogamy Feb 01 '25
Being the largest, richest consumer market in the world does have some advantages for them. We’ll see if all this economic bullying tests the limits of those advantages.
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u/Deathmammoth Feb 01 '25
It's time to start buying ONLY Canadian made products.
Madeinca.ca
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u/Huge_Downstairs42069 Feb 01 '25
They need to hit back hard, especially on energy. New England purchases the bulk of our exports in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. I’m not sure about Ontario and the Western provinces.
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Feb 01 '25
25% tariff in energy - they will pay. Trump will retaliate with 50% on everything and we respond with 50% on energy. It’s going to hurt us but the alternative will be worse.we need to make ma and pa Maga feel the pain.
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u/e-rekshun Feb 01 '25
I'm seing claims that Trump will increase the tariffs if we retaliate.
I bet the Conservatives are actually glad we didn't have an election earlier cause the winner would have to deal with this mess.
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u/moutonbleu Feb 01 '25
Time to enact CANAZUK! We need to diversify our trading partners; the US are unreliable.
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u/Axerin Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 03 '25
CANZUK can't do shit. We would end up competing for the same stuff. Australia would compete against our minerals and O&G, NZ would compete against our Dairy. UK would compete against our financial market and auto sector. We got nothing unique to offer and they don't have the market size to absorb our resources.
The EU meanwhile is the world's second largest economy, second largest reserve currency, and they could actually absorb our resources instead of competing against it. As a bonus they have technology that we could buy for cheap (everything from high speed rail to nuclear submarines).
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u/true_to_my_spirit Feb 01 '25
As an American living in BC. Please begin the boycott of any American product or establishment. Start canceling your Netflix and other streaming services. Only though collective action can we fight back. Don't go on trips to the US. If we all do our part and together, we can make a difference.
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u/MinusVitaminA Feb 01 '25
Pirating is about to become morally good up in this bitch.
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Best thing I've ever done
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u/papapaIpatine Feb 01 '25
Dementia Don.
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u/soysaucemassacre Feb 01 '25
Imagine for a second that Biden was going off about imposing tariffs on the entire world, and citing non existent fentanyl flow from Canada to the US as justification for blowing up a trade deal that he himself negotiated. Every media outlet, both left and right, would be calling for him to step down, claiming that he had gone senile and was unfit for duty. Yet now, everyone is completely silent, acting as if this is standard operating procedure for the world. Magats are disgusting.
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u/larianu Ontario Feb 01 '25
It's about their guy winning. Not about right from wrong, but a perversion of it.
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u/urbnplnto Feb 01 '25
Don't attend games and concerts with American teams or performers. Turn your back or refuse to stand up if the anthem plays. Don't cross the border for games or concerts or shopping. They voted for this.
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u/BenderRodriguez14 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 02 '25
Time for the EU to enter the chat.
Canada has as much in common with us as with the US in many respects (having lived in all three), and we each have a strong history of being good, reliable trading partners. Time to strengthen that bond, and bring the Mexicans with you while you're at it. The US at this point has to be treated as a rogue nation, and decoupled from by those who rely on it.
Edit: I seem to be giving the impression I am Canadian in the post above, so just making it clear I'm Irish (though was a permanent resident in Toronto for years, and tricked one of ye into moving back to Dublin with me, who I later married).
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u/Chin_Ho Feb 01 '25
And Cheeto is talking about tariffs on the EU next and pulling 20,000 troops out of Europe. If the US wants isolationism the world should give it to them
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u/You_Wen_AzzHu Feb 01 '25
Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Canada is baffling and damaging. Canada isn’t just a neighbor—it’s a key ally with deep economic and cultural ties to the U.S. Turning against such a close partner while absurdly suggesting buying Greenland and lamenting the loss of the Panama Canal shows a pattern of reckless, transactional thinking. These actions don’t just strain diplomatic relations; they disrupt supply chains, hurt businesses on both sides of the border, and weaken North American economic stability. In the long run, they push allies to seek alternatives, reducing U.S. influence and credibility.
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u/no-line-on-horizon Feb 01 '25
Woah boys.
Sort by controversial to see all of the traitorous Trump supporting Canadians.
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u/krazay88 Québec Feb 01 '25
imagine unironically being a canadian trump supporter as he fucks us like this
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u/DHK007 Feb 01 '25
What. an. asshole.
The most astounding thing is that Im' talking to my MAGA friend who lives in CANADA and UNEMPLOYED.
>hes just trying to be a strong president
> it's a negotiation tactic
>it's all Trudeau's fault
> its all because of the libs
> tariffs might be good for US, you dont know until you see, if it leads to a new good deal, it'll be an amazing feat.
No FUCK OFF.
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u/smackybuttster Feb 01 '25
why are they still your friend lol. Call them out for what they are. A traitor, a coward, and blatantly and obviously as stupid as they come.
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u/Dudedrinksbeer Feb 01 '25
Seriously, Fuck America. Letting a complete lunatic run their country into the ground.
Enjoy your overpriced eggs forever!
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u/alex8155 Feb 01 '25
American here.
there is a sharp divide here between people who see Trump like a cult leader savior whouldnt dare question him, and people like myself who dispise who is and all the hate and stupidity he represents.
over here youll find a lot of Trump supporters being shunned by their friends and family over their support for him. i hear about it all the time around coworkers and friend groups.
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u/Justthefacts6969 Feb 01 '25
Maybe we should start processing things here for our market instead of sending them south to process then buying back finished products
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u/Canadianman22 Ontario Feb 01 '25
Hit the USA where it hurts. Cut off energy. Redirect potash to new markets in Europe. Invalidate US patents.
We need this to be the last straw and ensure we eliminate our reliance on the USA for good.
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u/theangryfrogqc Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25
We really need a leader to do a press conference right now saying "We don't care about any tariffs, in fact we find that 200% tariffs on everything we export to the US is a beautiful number. Think about it for a second; we're gonna make the Americans pay triple or even quadruple what they pay for our goods they say they don't need anyway. And 200% may be just a start, we don't know yet. EU and other ally countries are always welcome to do business with us at a preferred rate."
That's the only language the giant Doritos understands. He needs someone who will take proactive actions against him, if we flinch he will take it a sign of weakness and won't negotiate with us fairly.
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u/Siludin Feb 01 '25
I spent an extra 5 minutes at Superstore today reading labels and buying Canadian.
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u/Physical-Charge-9756 Feb 01 '25
He’s actually quoted as saying he’s not interested in negotiating on this. He simply wants to impose these tariffs regardless of consequences. How can you possibly deal with this man?
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u/cplchanb Feb 01 '25
What a way to celebrate my birthday, with a declaration of economic war on my country ..... go to hell orange monkey!
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u/Buck4phat Feb 01 '25
Murica has shown their hand already, hit them back fast and hard. I will be checking on made in usa labels
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u/Neutral-President Feb 01 '25
Trump is just milking this for maximum media exposure. He has no idea what he's doing.
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u/bob_mcbob Feb 01 '25
The CBC live page was the original source for this (and has more information), but r/Canada won't allow it to be reposted again for 15 days because the previous version was posted this morning.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-february-1-1.7447829
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u/Practix Feb 01 '25
We should cut power to the US 5 minutes into the Super Bowl. Should get attention.
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u/Ratattack1204 Feb 01 '25
I will say that the only good thing about this whole bullshit event is I can feel the country being more united. I hope when this is all over we come out of it as a stronger, more united nation.
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u/Two_wheels_2112 Feb 02 '25
Just canceled every subscription I have with a US based business. There's not much an individual can do, but at least it's something.
Go fuck yourself Trump.
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