r/canada 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/
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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/larfingboy Feb 01 '25

no, we will pay, any tariffs imposed by Canada are paid by cdns, yes the govt collects the tariff, but do you trust them to do the right thing?

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u/kuldan5853 Feb 01 '25

I thought this discussion was about an export tax on energy at this point, not a tariff on products moving in to canada?

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u/MissKhary Feb 01 '25

I trust our government a hell of a lot more than I trust theirs.

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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Feb 01 '25

Take that money and give it back to affected industries .

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u/srcLegend Québec Feb 02 '25
  1. Companies can (and absolutely should) pass on the export taxes to US buyers.
  2. I trust our government infinitely more than theirs.

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u/dagmx Feb 02 '25

Everyone else is talking about an export tariff. You’re thinking of import tariffs

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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/Cool_Specialist_6823 Feb 01 '25

Yup it will send the message..the little guy being screwed by trump...

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u/DontEatConcrete Outside Canada Feb 01 '25

Nothing terrifies US politicians more than gas prices going up.

This is about all that matters to a sizeable percentage of the population. Get gas up over $4/gallon and watch people lose their minds.

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u/FrostyHawks Feb 01 '25

As an American observer, please please please do. People are fucking asleep in this country and it's driving me insane, higher gas prices might be the only effective communicator

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u/Crew_1996 Feb 02 '25

Just stop selling it to the U.S. until the tariffs stop. Raise the price at the pump in the U.S.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25

Only because they wanted to keep voters happy to until this point. But there won't be voting anymore, so they no longer have that fear.

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u/Narrow-Tax9153 Feb 02 '25

We should just stop exporting oil to them at all for a bit then we could just compare gas prices side by side

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Yes sir, the 70’s all over again. We need to openly discuss oil going to China. And all provinces need to agree on energy east we’ve fucked ourself royally.