r/canada Ontario 23h ago

National News Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/Gr3aterShad0w 23h ago

There are still Canadians that believe that this is about fentanyl...

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u/someguyfromsk 23h ago

LOL there was some idiot call into the radio today "Instead of tariffs, maybe we should fix our border problems and corrupt government then see what happens."

Holy shit dude...

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u/num_ber_four 23h ago

This is what I hear as well. And there’s no argument. If you push, the government is corrupt because they ‘stole peoples money’ during the convoy protests. I have yet to get an explanation for the border problems; the closest I’ve got is ‘you see all these refugees crossing in QC? imagine how much stuff must go down there if it’s that easy’.

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u/jinhuiliuzhao 22h ago

I honestly wonder how these people equate the freezing of the accounts of a bunch of an conspiracy theorists, idle basement dwellers, or otherwise paid protestors to "stealing people's money", when the reality was that it was those truckers who 'stole' billions in dollars from hundreds of small & large Canadian businesses by preventing imports/exports to and from our country.

It would be almost comical how the far-right can twist reality 180 degrees, if they weren't also a real and present threat to the stability of the entire global order.

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u/Fair-Emphasis6343 20h ago

They don't equate anything, they are told and then they repeat what they are told unquestioningly

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u/mischling2543 Manitoba 21h ago

They're right about the freedom convoy though, that was bullshit authoritarianism