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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

I hope this traitor likes the US because he’s not welcomed here.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

I just wish his elbows would go back up in public! Maybe he is keeping his elbows a little higher behind closed doors but he has definitely put his elbows down in public.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago

Pretty sure we average poors have more discipline than him with our boycotting.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"We've always said we will apply tariffs where they had the maximum impact on the United States and minimum impact in Canada," said Carney when asked why Canada hasn't fired back against the new tariff rate. "So we don't automatically adjust. We look at what we can do for our industry that's most effective. In some cases that will be to remove tariffs."

This is an entirely reasonable position. America's tariffs against Canada are hurting themselves as much as, if not more than they're hurting us. We don't have to play that same game. The point of applying tariffs is to put economic pressure on the US. If the tariffs end up hurting our economy more than it hurts theirs, that entirely defeats the point.

So yeah, let them hit us with blanket tariffs and starve themselves of copper, aluminum, steel and lumber, while we continue to buy what we need from them and slap giant tariffs on the things we don't need.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Agree.

Economic data for this month is that trade with the US is down but overall exports are up. We are successfully diversifying to other buyers and “Canada first” is working.

Don’t let the US off the hook but let’s stop trying so hard to change their behaviour and stay focussed on building the best economy we can with whatever we get dealt.

Don’t give the US more power than they have.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don’t need a big, bombastic Ford-style politician in Ottawa. We can’t out-Trump our way out of this.

But you do need to inspire confidence and negotiate from a position of strength.

Whatever strategy statements like this are part of needs to be examined for effectiveness on the intended orange audience.

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How about we all start hinting that we should drop Carney.

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca -2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, let's.