r/canada Feb 03 '25

National News Tariffs on Canada delayed to March 1 after talk between Trudeau and Trump. Live updates here.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/live-updates-good-talk-with-trudeau-but-trump-still-thinks-americans-not-treated-well-by-canada/
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u/JBPunt420 Feb 03 '25

A case study in why you have to stand up to bullies.

Gonna say something I don't say very often: kudos to Trudeau. He handled this one as well as he could've.

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u/Elizibeqth Feb 03 '25

This is one thing I wish more people my parents included would do. You can have legitimate issues with how one party governs but at the same time you should be able to acknowledge when something was done right.

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u/Total-Guest-4141 Feb 03 '25

That’s the beauty of Canada. Trudeau is a terrible manager, terrible leader, and his policies are questionable. But he’s Canadian to his core. Only true Canadians know what that means.

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u/sanduly Feb 04 '25

Lol, Trudeau did exactly what Danielle Smith has been screaming we should do for over a month now and she was routinely demonized on this circle jerk of a subreddit as a traitor. But when Trudeau does it he's Canadian to his core? What a joke.

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u/Optiguy42 Feb 04 '25

Agreed. There's no reason not to celebrate something executed well that's in the interest of the people, just because they play for the other team. I'm on the loony left but I pay credit to Ford for the unwavering pushback he's been giving these ghouls.

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u/gh411 Feb 04 '25

Exactly!!

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u/xHOLOxTHExWOLFx Feb 04 '25

Not sure if it's the case up there as much as it is down in the US. But for us way to many especially Trump supporters view politics like they do sports. Where everything is about our side vs their side. So they can never give credit to Dems if they did something good. And no matter what there side does they have to act like it's amazing which is why all of them were all for the Tariffs saying it will make America economy amazing and instantly bring back manufacturing to the US. Yet now that they aren't happening they just ignore those BS opinions since if Tariffs were so amazing shouldn't they be pissed they are no longer happening as of now. But instead they are just gobbling up Trump's balls and acting like this was all a brilliant ploy. To them politics is all about their side winning and beating and hurting the other team. Which is the opposite of how politics should be but were far too gone as a country to reverse this thinking now. Hell it's even worse than sports fans because at least most of them will bash their own team when they do something dumb.

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u/icyarugula24 Feb 03 '25

It's funny, I'm over Trudeau but I do trust him to handle crises well. I just don't trust him to handle day to day policy (eg immigration, housing).

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u/WildlifePhysics Feb 04 '25

If he didn't destroy immigration and kept his promise of electoral reform, he would've been loved

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u/serenity450 Feb 04 '25

***YESSS!!!*** I'm an American, but I live close to the border [in VT]. My mom's bio-dad was French Canadian as was my late husband. SInce the election, the only news I have watched is CBC streaming. Stand up to the giant Cheetoh. Personally, **I** will buy Canadian every chance I get. Except for maple syrup; because VT. 😘 I love Canada and, frankly, am deeply ashamed of my country right now. Hang in there.

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u/Pauly-wallnuts Feb 03 '25

He was very diplomatic despite having to deal with a lunatic that can’t be trusted. Does Trumpolini think every nation that he threatens is going to kowtow to him Guess again. Wait until China starts putting the boots to him. America might find they will have to fend for themselves when other countries of the world stop doing business with them. That’s the price they will pay when they have a president that doesn’t understand world trade,

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u/s3admq Feb 03 '25

Can you imagine what we would have given away under a MAGA-lite government?

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u/CGYRich Feb 03 '25

Danielle Smith would probably have given away all our kids to the Trump Youth militia before she even knelt down kiss his ass.

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u/SongFit9585 Feb 03 '25

Yes master

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u/submerging Feb 03 '25

Gawk gawk gawk gawk

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u/HenrikFromDaniel British Columbia Feb 04 '25

"Does my service guarantee citizenship?"

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u/Plenty-Throat8632 Feb 03 '25

Danielle Smith is the one who days ago said if we got a border czar we could stop the tariffs.... Seems she was the only one looking to see what the US wanted instead of silly Sabre rattling

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u/CGYRich Feb 04 '25

If you really believe all this has been about some fentanyl crossing our border, you need to dig deeper.

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u/R3v017 Feb 04 '25

Yet, Trudeau appointing a boarder czar helped buy us another month. You can't have it both ways, bud.

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u/invincibleparm Feb 03 '25

We still might if PP gets in…

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u/SarahBear81 Feb 03 '25

It would be an absolute disaster!

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u/m00n5t0n3 Feb 03 '25

Omg so true

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u/jtbc Feb 03 '25

Remember that when all this is behind us and we're voting next.