Canada could develop its own nuclear deterrent. In terms of know-how, industrial capacity and materials, all the pieces are there. It has never been necessary, however.

That might be changing.

Exactly. We’d be a territory with no voting rights.

Probably. He’s an idiot, afterall.

They have a big warehouse out near the zoo along the 401.

Someone else mentioned Structube. There’s also Article out of Vancouver.

Good news.

I recently stopped using my cashback Mastercard in favour of my plain old Interac. I did notice that when I add my Interac/Visa Debit to Samsung Wallet it only shows the Interac logo.

What happens if your card is Interac and Visa debit?

Hopefully, Canadian leaders are wise enough to take the threats to Canada’s sovereignty extremely seriously. It should be their number one priority. Just because the Dollar Menu aficionado in the White House says something that seems baffling on its surface doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be planning for the worst.

That’s how you definitely get invaded. Cover Canada in spikes before you do something like that.

One of the complaints from the ‘Make america Healthy Again’ crowd is that the FDA needs to be doing what Canada and the EU are doing in terms of food safety and consumer protection.

Trump’s regime sure is a contradictory blob of nuts and weirdos.

I’ve always thought it was shitty lettuce.

It feels like we get so many recalls of US produce in Ontario due to salmonella. Typically, it’s the salad greens like lettuce and whatnot, but it seems very frequent.

Healthy Planet has a ‘Canada only’ search option that may help.

Oh man. He’s such a stupid bitch.

He did, and the US lost about 70,000 or so jobs in steel and related industries and increased the US trade deficit further. What’s the opposite of The Midas Touch?

Trumps first term tarrifs and effects.

I read recently that the Aluminium industry will be mostly unaffected. It’s difficult to see how the US would be able to replace Canadian steel imports in the short term, especially not before the next US election. In saying that, I’ve no clue how quickly a country like the US can increase its manufacturing capacity to produce an additional 25% of their steel consumption.

Manufacturers may also be anxious to invest in an expansion like that when there’s no guarantee that the tariffs will remain in place to keep their product competitive, although there’s always the ever reliable lobbying.

If the tariffs had been applied to Canada alone, then it might have become cheaper for US businesses to import from elsewhere, but since the tariffs are a universal 25%, the playing field remains more or less unchanged for all steel imports to the US.

Over time, maybe the US will successfully build up its steel industry and replace their Canadian imports with domestic supply. Hopefully that’s more than enough time for Canada to diversify its trade relationships.

My guess is that this particular Tantrump will be inflationary for all of North America more than anything else.

That link won’t open for me. Huh. I’m using Boost, if that works as an excuse?

Also also, don’t twist yourself into knots or stress out too much. Being an informed shopper can take a little bit more effort when starting out.

I feel like co-ordinating on these things would be better. BC, ON and QC all have steel and aluminium industries to defend, and all three provinces export a decent chunk of electricity to nearby US states.

A co-ordinated surcharge on electricity would be a powerful response to the inpatient at the white house.

It’s practically impossible for the US to build up an aluminum industry that can compete with Quebec. Especially not within a presidential term.

Quebec could export tariff to the moon, and there wouldn’t be anything Camacho could do about it other than shit himself into a coma, hopefully.

“THEY CANT DO THAT”