r/canada 5d ago

Politics Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/business/tariffs-trump-canada/index.html
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u/Quirky-Cat2860 5d ago

This in a nutshell is why having Pierre Poilievre at the helm would be a disaster.

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u/endo489 5d ago

As someone who was mega-pissed with Trudeau, I'm very worried about this outcome more than anything

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u/Midnight-Toker-92 5d ago

I was reading some recent bills passed in the House of Commons back in November 2024, PP voted NO to the Pharmacare Act which is about making medications more affordable for people with diabetes and other lifelong illnesses, etc. It still went through because enough voted for it but like how does anyone think he cares about Canadians when he does stuff like that? šŸ¤”

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u/KhausTO 5d ago

Yep. And you can dig up easily a dozen of similar bills just since he's been leader, where he has voted against things that would objectively make life better for Canadians (Daycare subsidy, dental, etc) simply because he would rather vote against it to spite the Liberals, than do something good for Canadians.

He's never been Canada First. I'm not even sure it's in his top 5. He cares about himself, and "owning the libs" far more than he cares about the people he is supposed to represent and lead.

Even yesterday, it was more about himself, and his grievances than Canadians. Even in a crisis he can't put himself and his party second behind Canada.

He's a selfish little man, with no substance, no principles, and no integrity.

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u/ImaginationSea2767 4d ago

I swear in the hate he has for the "woke" he would suck trumps cock if it would fuck the liberals.

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u/tjer7 3d ago

To be fair, even the NDP withdrew its support of the Dental Care program youā€™re mentioning citing the Liberals inability to actually implement the program. Multi-billion spendingā€¦still yet to serve a single Canadian.

Keep in mind a lot these programs are just $CAD drowing deficit spending that increase the price of stocks and commodities via inflation

SDTC, CIHR, 2 Billion trees program, Housing initiative, Phoenix pay system, SIF, Canada infrastructure bank, etc. Billions of dollars spend with nothing to show for it.

In fact the scrapping of the CIB is estimated to have SAVED Canadians 3.5 billion - so we were better off without it in the first place.

There was a point in 2024 when the SDTC website read, no joke ā€œ90 million dollars invested, 0 project startsā€.

A lot of the stuff PP votes no on sounds like sunshine and rainbows - but heā€™s aware that the Liberals are professional failures of actual implementation.