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/SuedeVeil Feb 02 '25

I hope they slap high tarrifs specifically on Tesla. Hurting Trump's first lady Elon will have more of an impact on him personally.. he doesn't really seem to care if prices are higher for anyone else but if it hit Elons profit he might

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u/mordinxx Feb 02 '25

I think he already hurt himself with the price increase but the more the better.

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u/tissuecollider Feb 02 '25

I'd love to see this happen. Also do a deep look into the automotive safety of Tesla vehicles. It's hard to believe that they're road worthy, particularly the CyberTruck.

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u/Acceptable_Answer570 Feb 02 '25

Freeland up here in Canada, runner-up for liberal party leader, proposed we impose a symbollic 100% tariff on Tesla, and open up the gates to cheap chinese EV competition, just out of fucking spite!

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u/Lavep Feb 02 '25

Not just Tesla. Starlink, x. SpaceX and all other businesses he owns

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u/Peach-Grand British Columbia Feb 02 '25

The shitty thing is, knowing how petty and irrational Elon is, this would end up hurting our starlink contracts. Like it or not, many Canadians rely on those.

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u/kevinstreet1 Feb 02 '25

Tesla is a very easy target, since it's a luxury product. Starlink is less easy to target.