While historic changes are occurring in the Middle East, the petty grudges of ignorant Canadians are still ongoing and some are noticing:
Canadian officials went so far as to ban American spirits from their store shelves, a prohibition that still exists in many provinces today.
“This was all about some ugliness that we’re not part of,” Moore said. “We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”
Canadian visitors by land to the United States have plunged 31% so far this year through the end of September, according to the most recent data from Statistics Canada. Air travel by Canadians is down by 13%.
“The tough thing for us is, it’s nothing we’ve done. We’ve worked hard to grow our business and lure folks who want to come across the border,” Dame said. “Canadians just aren’t happy. It’s not economic policy. It’s these hurtful things said about their country.”
Styx weighs in.
A transplanted Canadian lawyer in Nashville has one of the best ever takes on Canada’s “Close Relationship” with America:
Canada’s “Close Relationship” is a Myth.
It is impossible to articulate the Canadian identity without referencing its adherence to its moral superiority.
Canadians believe they are an evolved society with a relatively peaceful existence because of their compassion, tolerance and virtue. In keeping with this identity of higher society, they are more likely to adhere to the belief in a single defined “public good” that apparently only a few (incompetent) bureaucrats at the top can define.
sorrowfully tempted to bash in the face the nxt ‘elbows up’ t-shirt l see.
ferfsake this is like some ‘classroom experiment’ (actually happened) where the teacherrrrrr arbitrarily declares blued-eyed are inferior. shoved to the back of the room, ignored during lesson time and the rest of them can associate with the blueeyes. or not. ‘setting up’ a discriminatory situation.
because in this instance the teacherrrrrrr is marx carnage’s Liberals, the blueeyes are the yanks and Canaduh is the ‘rest’ of the classroom.
so let out all those latent bigotries Canaduh, now’s yer chance !!! its official gubbamint policy !!!! wheeee!!!!!
Just read a post on “x” that parents at a Canadian school (did not say where) have been sent emails asking them not to send ham, bologna, or bacon sandwiches for kids lunches. Might offend some students. I assume with Carney’s new free lunch programs that selections containing pork will not exist.
All you have to do is look at how much we pay in taxes and the state of our country and it’s obvious to me Trump is trying to save us from ourselves and our commie green moron authoritarian leaders.
Although I have sympathy for any business that’s victimized by politics, someone should perhaps mention that Trump is trying to strip the Canadian economy bare in an apparent attempt to force its annexation.
That’s a bigger priority for me.
The Canadian economy was finished by 10 years of imbecilic ideology by the wretched spawn of the pig. Trump’s policies are about USA first, he may be wrong he may be right, time will tell. Tell me, and more importantly yourself, the truth. If a Canadian PM embarked on an economic policy that they thought was good for Canada, but one that did have deleterious effects on the US, would that enter their thinking, other than possible repercussions? A more important and relevant question, should it? A still more uncomfortable question, how would Canadians react? Answer those truthfully.
There is no chance the US annexes Canada. Why would we want to add a population the size of California’s, especially since that population is overall more liberal than California?
Because Trump wants to build a legacy. He sees his face on Mount Rushmore.
Using small words & diagrams, construct your argument connecting the US annexation of Canada with Trump’s face on Rushmore.
PS If Trump wanted his face on Rushmore, he’d EO it done. No need to import a bunch of Canuckistan [spit] Progs and all the associated headaches to do it.
And we sure as hell don’t need another “First” Nation of welfare grifters.
Canada could have and should have been the world leader in rare earths, minerals in general, and energy. Imagine the leverage we could have had on trade with Trump on cars and car parts and everything else if he could rely on us for a secure supply. We lost 10 years so far as a country, and with Carney that’s only increasing.
An “apparent” attempt.
No, no! Its real! Don’t you remember? Carney told us so.
“…someone should perhaps mention that Trump is trying to strip the Canadian economy bare…”
I’m sorry, -Trump- is doing that?
Who moved every possible Canadian industry to China?
Who cancelled every pipeline project?
Who made sure we don’t have an army?
Who imported three million Indians into a country of 35 million people in 5 years?
Who made sure you can’t buy anything, sell anything, make anything, move anything or dispose of anything without complying with endless and corrupt regulations?
Who’s giving trucking licenses to literal goat herders who can’t read or drive?
Who let the Mexican drug cartels in here to do whatever they want?
Last I checked, #Trump did not do all that stuff.
All those flailing elbows have put Canada in the Penalty Box. Serving a MAJOR! With lots more ‘self-discipline’ to come … speaking of Pride Parades and whatnot
So your contention is that because Canada has been badly led for the last decade, Trump is not responsible for his actions.
Yeah, he is. Trying to destroy Canada’s automotive, lumber, steel, aluminium, and fertilizer industries is no joke.
Seems to me we’re doing a very fine job of that all by ourselves with our net zero policies.
“The tough thing for us is, it’s nothing we’ve done.” Sorry buddy, but it’s that way any place tarrifs are introduced. The average person suffers. The only place I agree with high tarrifs is when they are placed on goods from an enemy; ie, China, Venezuela, the USSR when it existed. Also, low tarrifs on goods coming from countries that have an unfair advantage, such as Mexico.
I have no patience for Canadians in the ‘elbows up’ crowd. The reasons I don’t go south are exchange rate and health insurance costs, not the politics.
That’s me too. I am in the process of applying for a greencard via my American wife but I can’t afford to go on vacations down south anymore due to health care and exchange costs and how much of my disposable income has been eaten up in the multiple tax increases we are subjected to and how much inflation has eaten into my buying power.