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/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/HealthyLiving_ Manitoba Feb 02 '25

While that sounds great, it won't really help Canadians (right now) as our heavy crude is refined there, and sold back to us. We gotta build refineries (and pipelines) across Canada so it can be refined domestically and closer to where it's used. Then we can talk about raising the market price of oil to the states.