Any excuse to punish your own citizens.
National Post- Canadian cross-border shoppers hit with 25% surtax on purchases
Canadian border officers have started slapping a 25 per cent surtax — in addition to applicable duties — on most items from the U.S.
Why not Chinese made items? Items made in China?
Do Canada’s #Libranos hate our canola farmers and their new 100% tariff surcharge on exports to China?
True. However, the devil is in the details.
Daycrossers used to get the wave through, for their 50/100 bucks of groceries. Now, they are marched in to pay, even for $10 purchases.
Tank of gas? Yup, you’re going to pay. Advice, don’t fill up to Full, just go to between 3/4 and F. “I filled up before I left Canaderp, see the gauge! Swear to Carney!”
If you are in the US for over 48 hours, or more than 7 days, the DUTY FREE ALLOWANCES still apply, *without* the tariffs.
Still, this is subject to the tyranny of the fanatics in the bureaucracy.
I hope to come back from Hawaii next month with Two more bottles of Lag 16 @ $60 each, vs $175 retail at the BC Robbery Store.
Yep…headed down in a couple of weeks. Will be topping up my bourbon supply. F*ck Trudeau…Dougie too.
Mmmm….peaty…. [drool]
It’s DeLovely! And balanced, but not the peat monster that Ardbeg or LaFrog (Laphroig) are. That’s just too much.
Used to like Talisker, but, after my first sip of the Lag, there was no going back.
Yeah, that makes sense, punish your citizens to counter Trumps tariffs.
For a while there I actually believed we were on our way to leaving a brief era of complete insanity, but no.
Don’t forget: We’re all in this together.
Justin has our back sides… dry. And he cried while telling us that.
That’s just nasty, lol.
Barf! Gawd I hate that saying!
I visit Canada several times a year and when we cross into Canada we always get asked if we are leaving anything worth more than $60(which is like $40 US now). They are never clear if that is per item or total of whatever we might bring to Canada.They asked this last time in November if we had dairy which we never did before. Never sure what the rules are which is what they want.
They are never sure what the rules actually are either.
When you come to a fork at the border control…………………………
Well … goodbye cross border shopping. In one direction anyway. Congrats on your “tough”, “nationalistic”, “flag-waving”, booing government “leadership”.
And let’s not forget “weeping”.
Isn’t this a serious sign of mental instability?
They say the mark of a great actor can be summed up by their ability to cry on demand. To manufacture tears when there is no real emotional condition that would naturally cause them.
I wonder what Justin thinks of in order to call up those tears? The realization that history will mock him as the WORST PM in Canada’s history?
No, it’s a sign of a childish pussy who needs his mommy, but she’s in her happy place, drunk, high and getting gang banged.
Peter
I doubt she could get a GANG assembled for that.
Bill Clinton would sign up, as Carville said “Bill would f*ck a snake if you held it out straight.”
You should see YouTuber Emil Cosman on Trudeau’s weeping. Not kind. Of course, I’m sure it goes over big with his female base. Gaaak.
All the day tripping border shoppers are out of business.. Expect speed boats to be running cheese and baloney across the great lakes.. Like the losers we are..
There is no shortage of cheesy Lieberal politicians proffering baloney.
All together now: “Cheese boats is a comin’, their sails are in sight, cheese boats is a comin’, there’s dancin’ tonight!”
Let me get this straight..
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Trump hasn’t put in his tariffs.. April 2nd if at all.. = No suffering for Americans..
Turdhole has put 25% tariffs, up and running… = Suffering for Canadians…
That will show America not to mess with us?..
“Had enough, Trump? Now, watch what happens when I put my dick in the pickle slicer! Hah!”
This should only be a surprise to those with their head tucked firmly up their butt. It’s pretty much been the only thing on the news for the last month.
I think the bone head move is putting a tariff on those travelling by BC road from mainland US to Alaska.
What next, fly over taxes?
It’s another dumb move by Eby, he’s an expert at stupid moves.
Almost all truck transport to Alaska is by ocean freighter. It’s far cheaper, and quicker, than driving that long windy route through the Cariboo, north of PeeGee to the Peace, turning north at FSJ, thru FNelson, Watson, Whitehorse, etc.
Once again, Ebby making headlines for the Stupid Low Infos that only watch at 6pm to worship their idol.
I used to cross the border 30 or 40 times a year. Lots of silly tricks you can do. Take down and empty bottle that has the French translation on it. Pour some good bourbon into it but don’t fill the bottle. If they find it say you bought it in Canada. Of course there are other details for you to fill in.
You can travel with a previously open container in Canada?
3/4 bottle of bourbon in the car would be Instant arrest for “open container”in most of the US.
I think a few states allow it for wine moms traveling to tastings
Y’all know that there are still some small seldom-used rural border crossings that are unguarded, right?
I feel like you folks just don’t really understand what’s happening? The President of the United States has publicly and repeatedly expressed his ambition to forcefully annex our country and no one is trying to stop him, they’re just letting it happen. This is real, this is not a drill. I think people are in massive denial and are in for a very very rude awakening.
OMG IDK is this your first time on the internet reading Trumpism’s?
Without Canada’s Sovereignty where could Americans get a decent beer, great fishing and visit a foreign country that’s still mostly white people that speak English, eh? Hit that bong again, Brother!
Natty
So what’s the down side????
People are too stupid to understand that that would be the best thing to ever happen to them.
I think you are moron. If the POTUS decided to annex us, there is exactly zero we could do to stop it, and richer, less taxed with better health care and a military that can actually defend us sounds good to a lot of us.
We can’t stop him but we can absolutely make it not worth the trouble and anyone who thinks otherwise is either a coward or a traitor.
Trump has never talked about military force, if that’s what you’re implying. Economic force? Sure.
Could we “stop” him or “not make it worth his while”? Don’t see how, we don’t have the economic might to counteract what’s going on. And with the Liberal government’s relentless efforts to completely disarm Canadians, we’ll soon not have the ability to even mount a low-level counter-insurgency, unless you think our kids should go after U.S. personnel with pitchforks, bats and the occasional Molotov cocktail.
But hey! — congratulations on buying into the propaganda and fear that’ll make you pull the lever for the Liberals again.
That oughta be fun.
For a population to decide to join a foreign country is not treason. By your logic, Newfoundlanders joining Canada in 1949 were a bunch of traitors and the Scottish and English parliamentarians who voted for Acts of Union were traitors.
Ok but 1949 Canada wasn’t a fascist oligarchy trying to forcefully annex Newfoundland through (so far) threats of severe economic hardship.
Let’s clarify that: to you, anyone who thinks is a coward or a traitor.
Does your Mommy know you are on the internet?
I don’t believe Trump was serious, he was trolling Derp Leader Blackie, your hero, sob, sob.
If he is serious, then Trump needs to hurry the Fck up and do it. I hope that makes you sob, sob, sob.
You seriously think the US wants Canada? Maybe the western parts that haven’t been neutered yet or sold to the Chinese. But most of you? The ones who complained about the truckers? The ones that elect Ford or Trudeau? Seriously, we have enough trouble with our own mentally ill street people without adopting the rest of you guys.
This is just outrageousness being used as a tool. A magician distracting from what the other hand is doing.
Well this sucks! We’re all getting screwed on both sides – if free trade was free, tariffs wouldn’t exist. But, everyone has a bug up their ass on protecting a ‘favored’ business segment to pander votes and grift and graft.
I’d welcome Turd’O leading crossing of Lake Ontario invading New York State, he’d be wading through faggotry and bloat up to his Castro Papa’s eyeballs while the Bitch Queen Governor of the East Coast welcomes him into her nether regions. Canada would gain a foothold in the US and the USA would surrender a bloated sewer of bureaucrats, illegal immigrants, sanctuary cities and unconscionable debt .
COME and TAKE IT !!!!
Allow me to sharrrrrre with you a moment I just experienced of yelling at my tv.
Fox News had some puke from the left or from some “conservative” think tank who was calling Trump’s tariffs – “protectionism”. He went on to support his own imagined suffering from the tariffs by citing all the imported goods he has in his own pantry! Tomatoes from Spain, avocados from Mexico … he even said he has a pineapple from Malaysia!!! Ohhhhhhhh mommaaaaaaaaa … he won’t have any more Malaysian pineapples!
What did I yell at my tv? I yelled: “hey DUDE! Aren’t you the ones who told me to BUY LOCAL to “save the planet” or something?? That all those fossil fuels burned to move products halfway around the world is raising co2 to PLANET-KILLING levels??? Why are you now telling me that it will be -harmful- to not ship these goods to America?”
These TDS “free-trader” pukes don’t even hear themselves talking …
Malaysian pineapples!
Laughed so hard !!!
“These TDS “free-trader” pukes don’t even hear themselves talking …”
Sure they do. They’re LYING. New lie this week, Free Trade Good! Last week’s lie, Free Trade Bad! Next week’s lie? Whatever is hot next week, they’ll lie about that.
Every single thing you see the Lefties saying on TV or wherever is 100% lying, every time, twice on Sunday. They know they’re lying. What’s changed is that now, -WE- know they’re lying too. That’s why the Dems holding up their little placards during Trump’s speech was so cringe, and that “choose your fighter” thing makes even Jimmy Kimmel roll his eyes. Because NOW WE KNOW!
Just shut off the TV, Kenji. This week, what I’m not watching on TV is the new Daredevil series. Supposed to be the best thing on TV right now.
I checked out the first two episodes, and they seem to be hoping the violence and horror of the fight scenes make up for the complete lack of story and the really unpleasant characters. I’m surprised the Kingpin didn’t have an orange spray tan and a bad wig. That’s how bad it is.
As if Canuckistanians crossing the border aren’t being punished enough with a 68-cent dollar (thanks to the turd’s economic policy), now they’re getting hit again with this 25% “surcharge.”
Hey… the feds need to come up with new ways of drilling the taxpayer to fill up their empty coffers (and lining they’re personal pockets).
At this point, I’m wondering just what will it take to wake up these Canuckistanians as to what’s happening to them.
Plague didn’t do it, apparently. There are still three more Horsemen to go. Famine, War and Death.
They’re working on it…
Famine: Eliminate nitrogen for farming, reduce meat consumption, force us to eat bugs for our “protein”…
War: Rather obvious.
Death: See “War.” See also “Plague!”
Canadians:
“Auto-flagellation will continue until Trump relents.”
25% tariffs on American goods coming into Canada by daily cross-border shoppers might begin to cover the healthcare and education taxes they avoided paying in Canada for decades. Unfortunately, the money, as controlled by Liberals, will be destined for nefarious purposes rather than healthcare and education.
CC, more money for healthcare is not a solution, getting government out of it is.
Agreed. But we’re talking Canadians here.
I have a family member who is a wholesale greengrocer, and the countervailing tariffs have his whole company scratching their heads, because they don’t know how to collect them (yes, it’s up to individual companies to collect them, just as they collect GST and/or HST and then remit to the government). They’ve received zero guidance from the Feds, so they’re just winging it and hoping they’ve got it right.
Typical of the Feds: they demand something be done, and leave the guidance details for later.
“because they don’t know how to collect them”
If it’s Canada you would normally employ a customs broker to clear the shipment. Because you now would normally owe tax, you might want to get a CRA account for import duties. Some transport companies provide the service for a fee.
As a greengrocer in the Lower Mainland, they’re quite used to the cross-border stuff and the use of customs brokers, but they’ve been given no guidance as to the specifics of how the tariff is collected or remitted.
Apparently, you can’t just clone the procedures you use for other established remittances to the FedGov.
Have never done it, have just seen the results of it being done.
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/carm-gcra/menu-eng.html
I read something very-very true this morning, maybe right here – that this tariff war is like a fight between a pit-bull and a chihuahua.
What’s baffling though is that the same morons who applauded Blackie when he said that we are a post-national state with no core values, the same lemmings now yell that we have to fight! even if we have no chance and who’s not on board is “either a coward or a traitor”…
Keyboard warriors will always be with us, sadly.
Personally, my post-national state with no core identity (the country formerly known as Canada) has lost my loyalty. I’m not interested in singing whatever latest iteration of a woke nightmare our national anthem’s been corrupted into this week, and “Oh post-national state with no core identity” doesn’t really scan for me.
Yes we do need to modify that anthem now don’t we;
Oh post-national state with no core identity
Our home but natives land
True liberal love in all of us command
With Clotting hearts we see thee rise
The True North weak at the knees
From far and wide
O post-national state with no core identity
We pay all our income to thee
Someone keep our land glorious but not free
O post-national state with no core identity
We pay all our income to thee
Here is my suggestion, might need some tweaking though
Its cryin time again, yer gonna leave us
I can see that faraway look in yer eyes
Rich fat cats cross border shopping – hit’’em hard!
The majority of people in this place demand the equality of poverty!
Let’s not forget that mistrust of CBSA took root during Biden’s term. CBSA has been knowingly infiltrated by criminals for years. The Trump haters ignore history at their peril. Hiring matters.
I haven’t trusted CBSA since Covid when the dyke wing was locking up Canadians with home arrest for crossing the border without “proper” credentials. I look forward to Trump turning the screws tightly on ALL of the traitors that voted to impose martial law in our “democracy.” There are 184 members of Parliament that need to be arrested, trialed and then executed for treason. I look forward to Trump making Carney and Singh pay for years of abuse.
I also don’t trust Canadians because most of my fellow citizens said nothing when our flag was left dangling on the ground for six months. They said nothing about John A’s character assassination. The said nothing when the reserves went into open drug and tobacco sales. They said nothing when Chinese money launderers spiked the housing market. And, they said nothing when 11 million pagans poured into the country to remake this land. Oh Canada, they did not stand on guard for thee.
The time to erase the border begins tomorrow.
Nothing really changes, once again the government screws Canadians trying to save a few bucks in order to live, but the government can’t have that without punishing Canadians.
You can see the glee in the eyes of all the liberals with the new money these unvoted tariffs bring in.
“The fee is charged under the newly minted United States Surtax Order. It applies to any American made products, even if they are entering Canada from a third country.” – under what legislation is this order made?
Tariffs always apply based on source country. If you buy a German built car in the US you pay duty. Nobody is forcing you to buy American goods and likely very few people will. Fresh fruit and veggies will come from Mexico or be flown in from South America.
Well thats gotta suck for California eh Scar, you got to like a little Blue on Blue at times. Usually thats a bad thing in military circles but these are political actions. The same with all the Tesla vandalizing, don’t they know its all the Greenies and Liberals that bought them? Isn’t there a saying that a Conservative is just a Liberal who hasn’t been raped yet? Probably messed that up somehow but the feeling is there.