31 Replies to “Then There Were Three”

  3. Looks like slow Moe finally figured it out. In truth there are no narrow focussed tariffs that would bring the US to the negotiating table. Only huge broad sweeping tariffs or boycotts would do that. The problem being that those tariffs/boycotts that would impact the US would impact Canada much much more.

    1. IMO, Moe doesn’t understand compliance psychology. Basically he fell for a version of the time-share hard sell. Once the sellers get you into a room, they use every manipulative psychological trick in the book to get you to sign on the dotted line. Then on your walk back to the hotel you think “What the hell did I just sign?” and “How much is this going to cost me?”

      Danielle Smith was smart not to attend in person. She probably understood that the pressure to sign on to Trudeau’s trade war policy would be unrelenting. You have to have strong personality traits and commitment to your principles to stand up to that kind of in-person group pressure.

      1. The photo accompanying this Time article is a good visual example of both group peer pressure and one politician resisting that pressure. Yes, it’s Trump at “the G-7 summit in Canada, when a photographer captured a striking image of President Trump surrounded by a host of world leaders.” Trump is defiant. The other world leaders are visually displaying group pressure techniques. Trump has probably had more great iconic photos like these than any politician in my lifetime.

        https://time.com/5307314/donald-trump-angela-merkel-g-7-photograph/

        1. Time couldn’t help but spew leftist BS propaganda about the picture. Says It’s easy to see Trump weak and on the defensive in the photo. My take was the exact opposite. But weak minds will accept the narrative because Time said it.

          1. I rarely bother to read the articles in mainstream media. The picture speaks for itself. The media couldn’t ignore the powerful photo so they try to spin the narrative. Fewer and fewer people are buying the spin.

        1. Better late than never, but, just have to say, What a Follower!
          He’s giving Mr Dithers a run for his money.
          Meanwhile, BC Communist Ebby is advising people to stop travelling to the US and stop buying their products. What a dumbass.

  5. Cbcpravda are losing their mind.

    Princes selfie Sox of blackface is irrelevant before he is gone

    1. The ‘Media Party” is happy to inform us that the Premiers will meet weekly with The Turd.
      Imagine how much they will accomplish without setting a foot in Trump’s USA.

  6. L- Perhaps, Premier Moe noticed there is more support for Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith
    in Saskatchewan than for him. Maybe, someone showed him SDA coverage and responses to
    him joining Team Trudeau. This when Trudeau is the most reviled political figure here and
    across Canada and deservedly so. Talk about not being able to read the room!

    Okay, late is better than never, but he does not inspire confidence in a political and economic
    crisis. Premier Danielle Smith is, in effect, the acting Prime Minister.

  7. If the Fed Gov’t decides to impose tariffs on Canadian goods–can’t provinces use the “notwithstanding” clause and opt out of the decree for province specific goods or services?

    1. I’m not a constitutional expert, but I would guess that the notwithstanding clause would only apply to constitutional matters, where regional governments knowingly implement policy that has been acknowledged as unconstitutional. It doesn’t apply to government policy dictums.

      1. If the export tariffs are in areas under provincial control in the constitution then the premiers can use tactics from the past to protect themselves from federal export taxes. Lougheed vs. Prime Minister Trudeau the First.

        “Premier Peter Lougheed described the ( Pierre Elliot) Trudeau gas tax as “a declaration of war . . . an outright attempt to take over the resources of this province.” And before it even took effect, Lougheed used the province’s reference power to challenge the legality of the export tax. He hired one of Alberta’s best lawyers, Jack Major, to argue that the tax violated Section 125 of the Constitution Act. Section 125 prohibits either level of government from taxing the “lands or property” of the other. To meet the requirement of “provincial property,” the Lougheed government drilled three gas wells on Crown land close to the Montana border, and then planned to build a pipeline to sell that gas in the U.S. The land, the gas and the pipeline all qualified as “property” of Alberta.

        The Alberta Court of Appeal ruled unanimously, 5-0, that the federal export tax was unconstitutional. Ottawa, of course, appealed, but before the appeal could be heard, the Lougheed government used the ruling to strike a compromise deal with Trudeau, which included dropping the export tax.”

        https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/morton-lougheed-paved-the-way-for-alberta-to-protect-its-oil-and-gas

        1. Given that the SCOC ruled that the federal carbon tax, although it did infringe upon areas of exclusive provincial jurisdiction, under the theory of “Peace, Order and Good Government” this infringement was permitted, so I’m not sure the current court would find for the provinces when Trudeau starts attacking them again.

          1. That’s possible since our supreme court is pretty pathetic about protecting constitutional rights. The national unity shitstorm created by such a ruling would be epic.

            The carbon tax ruling was terrible but then the Trudeau Liberals made a complete joke out the Supreme Court Justices and their ruling by giving a carve out to Atlantic Canada for fuel oil. Trudeau rather blatantly disregarded the twisted justification used by the court in their carbon tax decision – that it must be equally applied across Canada. In a future constitutional battle over export tariffs, I’m sure Alberta lawyers would bring that issue up as proof the federal government does not act in good faith on constitutional issues.

  8. It would clarify the discussion if everyone differentiated tariffs from trade sanctions and restrictions. Trudeau can’t. The stupid apple didn’t fall far from the stupid tree.

    1. Scott Moe did not get played by the Liberals, he is a liberal pretending to be a conservative.

      Plus when you lead from the rear, change in direction takes a while to filter back to you.

      Just like Jason Kenney, but less gay.

  10. Duh. What virus is it that infects people in power so they lose any smidgen of common sense? They must need a MRNA a vax or a gain of function gene. Thank you Daniel Smith for the courage to stand alone.

  11. In Premier Moe’s defence, he was the lone Premier to argue against the federal gov’t carbon tax, and he did so from the beginning when everyone else at gov’t level were like puppies begging for treats.

    It’s good to see he’s seen the light on these tariffs, and has taken steps to have Saskatchewan play a role in border security, which remains the underlying reason for these tariffs, and apparently a great mystery to the lame duck tier 2 #Librano gov’t of the day, and the entirety of their media lapdogs.

    When’s the election?
    When’s the AB/Sask. separation referendum?

  13. Trudeau was planning to hold hands with Premiers and in unison jump from the top of a ten storey building to the pavement below…..now some Premiers are waking up to the reality that Trudeau himself wouldn’t jump but leave the rest to do so.

    1. But he will promise to jump.
      Just as he has promised to resign..
      I wonder if he actually said “Re sign”?
      For he seems to see himself as some kind of Rock Star figure and regard the business of Canada to be a fine backdrop for the Grand Liberal Drama.
      “Team Canada” sheesh..did any of these idiots actually graduate playschool?

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