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  • seanwon
    seanwon Posts: 591
    dignin said:
    If your ideas of how to deal with trump on the serious issue of annexation of a sovereign nation could be followed by the word “psych!”, I’m glad you aren’t in any decision-making or advisory role. 
    Yeah, no shit.

    It's revealing and not surprising how little America/Americans understand Canada/Canadians. We're taking this seriously unlike most of America who is sleepwalking into a dictatorship.

    We're not going to just rollover. 
    My best friend and his mom were born and raised in Canada. He moved next door to me when we were 9.  I have spent quite a bit of time up there throughout the years, I understand Canadians rather well. Fun place to visit. Where his family lived was rural, which I prefer. Wouldn't want to live there. 

    As far as you guys "not going to roll over," What are you going to do? You seemed to have a difficult time with some uneducated truckers....


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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    seanwon said:
    dignin said:
    If your ideas of how to deal with trump on the serious issue of annexation of a sovereign nation could be followed by the word “psych!”, I’m glad you aren’t in any decision-making or advisory role. 
    Yeah, no shit.

    It's revealing and not surprising how little America/Americans understand Canada/Canadians. We're taking this seriously unlike most of America who is sleepwalking into a dictatorship.

    We're not going to just rollover. 
    My best friend and his mom were born and raised in Canada. He moved next door to me when we were 9.  I have spent quite a bit of time up there throughout the years, I understand Canadians rather well. Fun place to visit. Where his family lived was rural, which I prefer. Wouldn't want to live there. 

    As far as you guys "not going to roll over," What are you going to do? You seemed to have a difficult time with some uneducated truckers....


    You showed your ignorance with that last sentence.
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited February 19
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    seanwon said:
    dignin said:
    If your ideas of how to deal with trump on the serious issue of annexation of a sovereign nation could be followed by the word “psych!”, I’m glad you aren’t in any decision-making or advisory role. 
    Yeah, no shit.

    It's revealing and not surprising how little America/Americans understand Canada/Canadians. We're taking this seriously unlike most of America who is sleepwalking into a dictatorship.

    We're not going to just rollover. 
    My best friend and his mom were born and raised in Canada. He moved next door to me when we were 9.  I have spent quite a bit of time up there throughout the years, I understand Canadians rather well. Fun place to visit. Where his family lived was rural, which I prefer. Wouldn't want to live there. 

    As far as you guys "not going to roll over," What are you going to do? You seemed to have a difficult time with some uneducated truckers....


    you might want to sit this one out. 

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,664
    seanwon said:
    dignin said:
    If your ideas of how to deal with trump on the serious issue of annexation of a sovereign nation could be followed by the word “psych!”, I’m glad you aren’t in any decision-making or advisory role. 
    Yeah, no shit.

    It's revealing and not surprising how little America/Americans understand Canada/Canadians. We're taking this seriously unlike most of America who is sleepwalking into a dictatorship.

    We're not going to just rollover. 
    My best friend and his mom were born and raised in Canada. He moved next door to me when we were 9.  I have spent quite a bit of time up there throughout the years, I understand Canadians rather well. Fun place to visit. Where his family lived was rural, which I prefer. Wouldn't want to live there. 

    As far as you guys "not going to roll over," What are you going to do? You seemed to have a difficult time with some uneducated truckers....



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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    edited February 19
    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,846
    If your ideas of how to deal with trump on the serious issue of annexation of a sovereign nation could be followed by the word “psych!”, I’m glad you aren’t in any decision-making or advisory role. 

    Fighting him and putting him down clearly has never worked. I was suggesting to be positive and hope that he respects his two term limit. If he doesn’t, and the courts don’t stop him, whether Canadian or Democrat, it really doesn’t matter much, he will shape North America in any image he wants.


  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,846
    Bannon is not 100% wrong. Will Canada be able to keep China and Russia out of the Arctic, without compromising security for the continent?


    “The new great game of the 21st century is going to be the Arctic. It’s already a great power struggle between the Chinese Communist Party and the Russians up there. Canada’s former most secure border, your northern provinces are now your soft underbelly,” Bannon said.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    Zod said:
    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
    The response to the truckers, wouldn’t, and shouldn’t be, equal to that of an invasion from another country. Come on. 

    It’s like saying we couldn’t handle a rat infestation because we let a few mosquitoes bother us at a bbq. 

    Trump’s tariffs will last as long as the American consumer and business sectors will tolerate it. Then he’ll back off, claiming they worked, while winning nothing in the end. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    seanwon said:
    dignin said:
    If your ideas of how to deal with trump on the serious issue of annexation of a sovereign nation could be followed by the word “psych!”, I’m glad you aren’t in any decision-making or advisory role. 
    Yeah, no shit.

    It's revealing and not surprising how little America/Americans understand Canada/Canadians. We're taking this seriously unlike most of America who is sleepwalking into a dictatorship.

    We're not going to just rollover. 
    My best friend and his mom were born and raised in Canada. He moved next door to me when we were 9.  I have spent quite a bit of time up there throughout the years, I understand Canadians rather well. Fun place to visit. Where his family lived was rural, which I prefer. Wouldn't want to live there. 

    As far as you guys "not going to roll over," What are you going to do? You seemed to have a difficult time with some uneducated truckers....


    If “I’m not racist cuz I have one black friend” were a post about Canada. 
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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Only because it just came up, one of the organizers of the “uneducated truckers” was sentenced today.

    https://torontosun.com/news/national/freedom-convoy-organizer-pat-king-given-3-month-conditional-sentence
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    Zod said:
    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
    The response to the truckers, wouldn’t, and shouldn’t be, equal to that of an invasion from another country. Come on. 

    It’s like saying we couldn’t handle a rat infestation because we let a few mosquitoes bother us at a bbq. 

    Trump’s tariffs will last as long as the American consumer and business sectors will tolerate it. Then he’ll back off, claiming they worked, while winning nothing in the end. 

    I mean we did let our version of MAGA occupy our capital city for three weeks, plus blocked our borders for a number of days.   The only thing I take offense with is that it did get handled, it just took a bit of time.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    The American poster is suggesting we can’t defend ourselves because of how the convoy was handled. Not even remotely comparable, to the point of absurdity. 
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    edited February 19
    Zod said:
    Zod said:
    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
    The response to the truckers, wouldn’t, and shouldn’t be, equal to that of an invasion from another country. Come on. 

    It’s like saying we couldn’t handle a rat infestation because we let a few mosquitoes bother us at a bbq. 

    Trump’s tariffs will last as long as the American consumer and business sectors will tolerate it. Then he’ll back off, claiming they worked, while winning nothing in the end. 

    I mean we did let our version of MAGA occupy our capital city for three weeks, plus blocked our borders for a number of days.   The only thing I take offense with is that it did get handled, it just took a bit of time.
    You are exaggerating the blocking of our border (2 border crossings for a short period of time) and the occupation of our capital (a few streets).

    At no point was our democracy in question.
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,078
    Bannon is not 100% wrong. Will Canada be able to keep China and Russia out of the Arctic, without compromising security for the continent?


    ”“The new great game of the 21st century is going to be the Arctic. It’s already a great power struggle between the Chinese Communist Party and the Russians up there. Canada’s former most secure border, your northern provinces are now your soft underbelly,” Bannon said.
    SteveO should put the risk board away and remember that Canada has two other staunch allies, nuclear powers, I might add. ‘Murica isn’t as indispensable as it thinks. Regardless, Canada and the EU now know what the Middle East has known for decades, you can’t trust the ‘Muricans.
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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    dignin said:
    Zod said:
    Zod said:
    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
    The response to the truckers, wouldn’t, and shouldn’t be, equal to that of an invasion from another country. Come on. 

    It’s like saying we couldn’t handle a rat infestation because we let a few mosquitoes bother us at a bbq. 

    Trump’s tariffs will last as long as the American consumer and business sectors will tolerate it. Then he’ll back off, claiming they worked, while winning nothing in the end. 

    I mean we did let our version of MAGA occupy our capital city for three weeks, plus blocked our borders for a number of days.   The only thing I take offense with is that it did get handled, it just took a bit of time.
    You are exaggerating the blocking of our border (2 border crossings for a short period of time) and the occupation of our capital (a few streets).

    At no point was our democracy in question.
    Completely agree.

    Sadly my take is that we can’t, in a practical sense defend ourselves, especially from our southern neighbour. Part of that is successive governments underfunding our military, but it’s more a simple equation of the numbers.

    For decades now I’ve been saying that someday Canada will wake up and be American, mainly when our resources become too tempting. I figured this was decades, if not centuries, from occurring but aren’t so sure under the current rhetoric.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,458
    Some people seem to forget those organizations called NATO and the UN. 

    Trump is not invading. 

    And to suggest he’ll do it by strong arming us, would be economical suicide. 

    Just another doge-straction. 
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  • Parksy
    Parksy Posts: 1,849
    Some people seem to forget those organizations called NATO and the UN. 

    Trump is not invading. 

    And to suggest he’ll do it by strong arming us, would be economical suicide. 

    Just another doge-straction. 
    agreed. 

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    dignin said:
    Zod said:
    Zod said:
    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
    The response to the truckers, wouldn’t, and shouldn’t be, equal to that of an invasion from another country. Come on. 

    It’s like saying we couldn’t handle a rat infestation because we let a few mosquitoes bother us at a bbq. 

    Trump’s tariffs will last as long as the American consumer and business sectors will tolerate it. Then he’ll back off, claiming they worked, while winning nothing in the end. 

    I mean we did let our version of MAGA occupy our capital city for three weeks, plus blocked our borders for a number of days.   The only thing I take offense with is that it did get handled, it just took a bit of time.
    You are exaggerating the blocking of our border (2 border crossings for a short period of time) and the occupation of our capital (a few streets).

    At no point was our democracy in question.
    Completely agree.

    Sadly my take is that we can’t, in a practical sense defend ourselves, especially from our southern neighbour. Part of that is successive governments underfunding our military, but it’s more a simple equation of the numbers.

    For decades now I’ve been saying that someday Canada will wake up and be American, mainly when our resources become too tempting. I figured this was decades, if not centuries, from occurring but aren’t so sure under the current rhetoric.
    Agreed.  That's how i've always felt.  I figured they'd be civil until they need what they have, then civility ends.  Either our resources or for northern migration when global warming had a bigger impact.  Like you I was thinking were a long ways from that point.  Didn't think it would feel this immenent.  Hopefully it doesn't happen for a long while.
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    That poster isn't wrong, we did have a problem with the uneducated truckers.  They occupied our capital and blocked our border for a period of time.  

    I do find the whole thing tough.  In a tariff war, I think we hurt a lot more than the US hurts.  I think a lot of Canadians and Americans underestimate the impact it will have on us.   It'll slow down exports to the US, which results in layoffs, which results in those people buying less, defaulting on mortgages, and we'd go into a pretty big recession.   Our government spent a lot of money during covid, and our economy is already a bit soft, so we don't have slack to absorb it.   Our government would have to try and spend their way out of it, so even if after spending a few years building infrastructure and finding new trading partners, our national debt would be considerably larger, which makes us more vulnerable, and what not.

    While were the biggest trading partner to the US, the percentages are pretty lopsided.  I think Tariff's create an inflationary problem for the U.S. (or make the current problem even worse), as they pay higher prices for the stuff the import from us, have to pay more to import from elsewhere, or spend a lot on resources to create internal capacity.      Still I think we're looking at a mega recession vs. inflation problem, so I think outcome is a bit lopsided.

    If America decided to invade and take our country.  Most of us our soft.  Our military is small and woefully underfunding.  I think we'd be like one of the first countries to get "annexed" by Germany in WWII.

    Maybe I'm pessimistic, but even when we Canadian say will give hell to the U.S. if they do wrong by us, I don't even think most Canadians realize how bad it could get.  It's why our politicians continue to wait for the U.S. to make the first move, because they don't want to bring this on us, if they don't have too.

    I suppose the question is, how likely do we think the U.S. administration is to do the tariff's .  They're inflation is already creeping back up.   If Trump throws out all these free trade agreements, it will drive up prices in the U.S., and maybe the people that voted for him, but aren't 100% die hard MAGA's revolt when the inflation starts to climb.
    The response to the truckers, wouldn’t, and shouldn’t be, equal to that of an invasion from another country. Come on. 

    It’s like saying we couldn’t handle a rat infestation because we let a few mosquitoes bother us at a bbq. 

    Trump’s tariffs will last as long as the American consumer and business sectors will tolerate it. Then he’ll back off, claiming they worked, while winning nothing in the end. 

    I mean we did let our version of MAGA occupy our capital city for three weeks, plus blocked our borders for a number of days.   The only thing I take offense with is that it did get handled, it just took a bit of time.
    You are exaggerating the blocking of our border (2 border crossings for a short period of time) and the occupation of our capital (a few streets).

    At no point was our democracy in question.
    Sorry, I missed that part of the argument.  Yaj it was an amnoyance, but you're right our demcracy wasn't at risk from it.

    It did make is all embarassed to wear Canadian Flags for a few years :(