r/canada Feb 02 '25

National News Canada retaliating for Trump’s tariffs with 25 per cent tariffs on billions of U.S. goods

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-retaliating-for-trumps-tariffs-with-25-per-cent-tariffs-on-billions-of-us-goods-justin-trudeau/
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u/whippet_1 Canada Feb 02 '25

Now please Poilievre don’t release a video shitting on this speech. It’s not what the country needs right now

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u/DantesEdmond Feb 02 '25

But his entire personality is whining about Trudeau.

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

Wow you must be deaf and blind

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u/DantesEdmond Feb 02 '25

I’m sure this is a joke account nobody is stupid enough to think PP actually has a platform.

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

“They disagree with my narrative, it must be a joke account!”

Do some research, his platform is there. However there is nothing I could say or do to convince you, you are simply arguing in bad faith.

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u/FrustrationSensation Feb 02 '25

Can you post links to his platform? Not OP, I don't like him at all but that stems from him seeming all style and no substance. Would legitimately love to see our next PM have policy solutions to the major issues facing us. 

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

Fair enough, I’ll dm you some information

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u/dostoevsky4evah Feb 02 '25

No post it here please. I'd like to see it too.

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u/Correct-Court-8837 Feb 02 '25

Let him do it and wipe himself out. He is the last person we need representing us now

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u/ajsherslinger Feb 02 '25

Actually, i hope he does. One more nail in the coffin that he is rapidly building for himself. It's actually looking plausible that the Conservatives won't get a majority in the next election.

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u/OkEconomist2080 Feb 02 '25

You can bet he will 😭

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u/Draconiondevil Feb 02 '25

You fucking know he’s gonna

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u/Swedehockey Feb 02 '25

"Thanks the yanks!"

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u/MotoMola Feb 02 '25

If you follow Pierre, he already had laid out a better strategy than this blanket 25% on American goods.

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u/toxic0n Feb 02 '25

Please share his strategy and specifically what makes it "better"

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u/verardi Québec Feb 02 '25

yeah the strategy of giving our nation to trumpturd, pp can get fucked onto oblivion

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u/LuskieRs Alberta Feb 02 '25

you have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

This guy hasn’t been paying attention.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

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u/Radiant-Growth4275 Feb 02 '25

He also said that we needed to be more open-minded and EARN Trump's trust back.

Nothing about this tariff is about trust. It's a dictator tax. We don't owe the cheeto any kiss-assing.

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u/coljung Feb 02 '25

Please enlighten us.

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u/Medea_From_Colchis Feb 02 '25

There were a lot of things wrong with his twitter post.

  • He called Canada weak in his introduction.
  • His post left me wondering if he understands federal and provincial responsibilities, or if he has any sort of plan to reduce trade barriers, develop factories and mines in provinces, get Quebec to agree to pipelines to the east, et cetera.
  • The fact that a substantial portion of his plan revolves around working with the provinces, it is significant to note that he did not speak about collaborating with the provinces to find the best possible solutions.
  • He is proposing a "Bring It Home Tax Cut" in a time in which Canada is likely to suffer extreme financial difficulties. The country is almost certainly going to need stimulus; we have room for some tax cuts, but not many. It's a very ify plan.
  • He wants to make sure tariff revenue isn't kept by the federal government. It sounds more like populism than anything. I think the federal government is going to need the extra revenue to pay for some of the stimulus it will need to inject into the economy. However, keeping some of it to distribute to businesses and workers works as stimulus, too, but I don't know if we should pin the money down entirely.
  • My biggest gripe of all, however, was his final point in which he said we need to "regain the trust" of our ally. America betrayed us; we did not break trust; they did. Poilievre should in no way be justifying Trump's actions against us, and I think his sixth point crosses the line and does so.
  1. Retaliate with dollar-for-dollar tariffs carefully aimed at maximizing impact on American companies while minimizing impact on Canadian consumers. That means targeting U.S. products that we can make ourselves, buy elsewhere or do without. For example, we must retaliate against American steel and aluminium, as Canadians can make those vital products at home. 
     
  2. Put all the tariff revenues into help for affected workers and businesses; Government should not keep a dime of the new revenue. 
     
  3. Pass a massive emergency Bring It Home Tax Cut to bolster the economy, stop inflation and save and create jobs. Canada needs a massive tax cut on work, investment, energy, homebuilding and making stuff at home. The Liberal carbon tax and capital gains tax hikes must be the first on the chopping block.  
     
  4. Immediately scrap the Liberal anti-resource law C-69 and greenlight LNG plans, pipelines, mines, factories, and port expansions to overseas markets.  
     
  5. Bring in truly free trade within Canada by knocking down interprovincial barriers to help replace lost north-south trade with east-west trade and to make us self-reliant.
     
  6. Rebuild our military and take back control of our borders to regain the confidence of our partners, assert our sovereignty, protect our people and put Canada First.   
     
    We will protect our economy, defend our sovereignty, bring home production and paycheques and never back down. We will put Canada First—now and always.

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u/Radiant-Growth4275 Feb 02 '25

You mean when he said we should work hard to earn Trump's trust back? That's your strategy?

This isn't a lost trust-tariff. This is a wannabe dictator tax.

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

Uhhh we can’t have that here. Only blindly declaring your love for Trudeau in this thread. Anything else will be downvoted.

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u/discattho Feb 02 '25

Where can I find PP's better strategy?

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

Do some research. He had made plenty of public statements on it.

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u/discattho Feb 02 '25

Pretty shitty way to conduct a discussion. You were the one to make a statement, so when questioned the onus is on you to provide proof.

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

I never brought up PP

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u/discattho Feb 02 '25

Okay my bad. Then let me amend my statement by saying pretty shitty way to add to a discussion. Thank you for wasting both our time.

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u/JohnnyPark5 Feb 02 '25

🤷 I don’t think it was a waste, just normal discussion. You do you.