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.
Easy solution, don’t steal other kids lunches. That way they won’t be exposed to the offending products.
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.
Why don’t you ask Trump? He’s the one that keeps saying that Canada can avoid all of these tariffs through being annexed.
It doesn’t really matter whether it’s workable or not, so long as Trump believes it is. It’s his tariffs.
The TDS is strong with this one. How about the questions I asked?
Usual BS. Any criticism of Trump’s policies is dismissed as TDS.
But it does avoid the hard work of a reabuttal.
Adding a state to the US is a process involving a lot more than just the president.
It can’t be done against the will of the people joining, as the first steps are holding a referendum vote proving a majority of the people want to join, petitioning the US to be added as a state, and passing a state constitution that conforms to the US constitution.
As I said above, why don’t you ask Trump? He’s the one that keeps talking about annexation.
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.
We should be the leader on oil and natural gas exportation as well, we have both the resource and the expertise, but Canada would rather hector from the sidelines than get in the game, success creates responsibility, coward Canadian sheep can’t handle that.
Just look at the ring of Fire in Ontario, discovered (again) in 2007, Wyloo Metals was supposed to start building a Copper and Nickel mine there starting in 2027, but as usual the Tribals are getting in the way.
Every other project seems to be mining government cash instead of Rare Earths.
An “apparent” attempt.
No, no! Its real! Don’t you remember? Carney told us so.
If those entrenched political parties dependent upon eastern voters don’t want the western provinces to leave tier 2 Canada, they should make an offer which addresses the grievances the west has with confederation.
Perhaps start with “free speech”, and not trying to ruin the west’s economic engine for fluff causes like “net zero” … and do it before the referendum is held in Alberta, expected some time in later 2026.
I don’t think they’re capable of it, and I’m NOT advocating for eastern Canadian provinces to join with the USA as that would ruin the USA for at least a generation. I doubt The President wants eastern Canada to actually join, though the west has wealth to offer, I think we’ll be better off as a new republic.
As for “strip the Canadian economy bare” … Canada’s greatest threat is its own governance. I don’t blame The President for any of the malfunction within Canada’s economy.
Related:
https://archive.is/DuZGe
Whatever. It doesn’t address my point.
the only part of Canaduh that the president might be interested is ABSK.
and they wont have/want to ‘join’ ANYONE once the divorce is finalized.
all the yanks have to do is wait until Liberalism causes the ROC national valuation ‘pennies on the dollar’ snapped up bargoon basement!!
(PQ tres heureux since now there NO CanaDUH to be part of. win-win fer them)
p.s. an economy that CAN be ‘stripped bare’ is obviously NOT being properly managed now is it? and WHO is it (nudge nudge wink wink) over certainly the last decade have seemingly deliberately rendered us in that state (pun intended)?
” . . . Trump is trying to strip the Canadian economy bare in an apparent attempt to force its annexation.”
Trump indicated to Trudeau that he had some serious border concerns. Trudeau repeatedly made fun of him publicly and spurned any cooperation.
So then Trump set up taxes – charged to us, the USA citizens – when we brought in Canadian products over that same border.
Do y’all know what a “petard” is?
The State of Canada today had and has nothing to do with Trump, it’s 10 years of Liberals acting on behalf of the WEF. If we had in place pipelines, LNG ports qnd rare earth extraction/processing as we need, Trump’s tariffs would be insignificant.
Let me rephrase that for you: “I blame all failings in the Canadian economy on Trump and have created a bizarre fantasy that, because I am obsessed with annexation, he must be too. That’s a lunatic fixation for me.” I think that expresses your meaning rather more clearly.
“…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
Yes, how dare Canada do anything other than just lay on the pavement and get kicked in the teeth?
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.
Canada’s automotive – Libs are going with a 100% EV mandate by ’35 even though it will kill the Canadian industry but it is Trump’s fault.
Tariffs on lumber but rounds go through. Ban rounds export and starve the US mills and lumber supply and let Trump deal with the problem.
Steel, aluminum? Stop importing Chinese steel and stamping it packaged in Canada.
Fertilizer? It was Lib policy to reduce fertilizer emissions but now it is Trump’s fault.
Set up temporary marketing boards and set export prices to the US.
Trump is a real problem but we have to get our own house in order.
Carney’s policies are a bigger problem than Trump – prove me wrong.
Agree with what you’re saying here…
https://archive.is/DuZGe
I doubt the ability of Canada’s auto workers to retrain as being somewhat productive just as much as I doubt the Canadian postal worker’s ability to retrain as something useful.
“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.
That is what I am wondering: how much of the decline in US travel is due to canuckistani being unable to afford travel to the US anymore. I suspect it is many. I myself, have had cuts to my pay due to trade issues. I do not have a passport anymore due to expiry and don’t want to hold a canuckistani ‘stupid card’.
Just a few points here, first the “51st state” rhetoric was originally aimed at Trudeau for the slights and insults he directed towards Trump while Trump was in and out of office. And Trudeau got far less than he deserved. Second, Trump will put America first. It’s what he was hired by the American people to do and if the rest of the word suffers that’s just life, get over it. Third, I don’t think Trump wants to annex Canada, it would be more advantageous for the US to have a vassal with almost no rights than a bunch of new states with equal rights. Fourth, Trump is a bully by nature, that’s part of the reason he can get things done. He will strong arm, threaten, and cajole the best deal he can for the US from Canada, it’s up to us to stand up to him.
One last point, Canada as a number of trade agreements with Britain, the EU, and the Far East. We should be working hard and capitalizing on those agreements so that, when the worst happens, we don’t end up as “Puerto Rico” without a passport.
when Donald Trump ordered those ginormous bombs down the throat of the Iranian nuke bunker, he postponed WW III by oh, say, 20-30 years.
good enuff fer me. one less way l check out. and yes, hes an obnoxious crass rude hardass which is squarely because as a high level very successful developer he has to be, and because he is, thats why his success. its irrational to think he can ‘switch it off’ to be a demure euphemism diplomacy spewing politiSHUN.
l do perceive his successes on the world stage are directly attributable to this.
Except that Trumo is still making those statements.
And Canada will never be able to fully replace American trade with other trade. It’s simply not possible.
You mean, those statements keep resounding endlessly through your obsessed head and you blame Trump. Why you wallow in such idiocy is beyond me. But, over to you, Wallow Ballou…
Here are a few reasons:
1. The EU has tons of non tariff trade protections that make exporting there difficult.
2. The EU is comprised of broke socialist shithole like Canada with no frigging money to buy anything anyway.
3. The only things we have to export to the far east are agriculture and energy, can’t do energy cause…..climate.
Boomers believe whatever the liberals/fake news tell them. Right now the fake news is telling them that if you go to the US you’ll be arrested, raped and deported after spending months in a tiny cage being fed chicken bones. The truth is every ginned up fake news story about some denial of entry or detainment involves criminality, attempts at entering for work without a permit etc and there’s no unusual enforcement at the legal crossings.