The quiet threat to Canadian unity isn’t Quebec — it’s Alberta
The quiet threat to Canadian unity isn’t Quebec — it’s Alberta
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/27/the-quiet-threat-to-canadian-unity-isnt-quebec-its-alberta-00311719
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The quiet threat to Canadian unity isn’t Quebec — it’s Alberta
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/27/the-quiet-threat-to-canadian-unity-isnt-quebec-its-alberta-00311719
“San Antonio sends almost half its exports to Canada, which makes the Texas trade hub one of the most vulnerable U.S. cities in the tariff war.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg says one in five jobs in his state is exposed by President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime — “300,000 jobs immediately on the block.””
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/san-antonio-mayor-canada-tariffs-00280571
“Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will impose “carefully calibrated and targeted counter tariffs” on the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
Carney said Canada will counter with 25 percent tariffs on all vehicles imported from the United States that are not compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and on the non-Canadian content of USMCA-compliant vehicles from the United States.
But Carney said that unlike Trump’s tariffs, Canada’s countermeasures will not affect auto parts “because we know the benefits of our integrated production system.” All other previously announced Canadian countermeasures to Trump’s previous threats will remain, Carney said.
Carney said Trump’s global reciprocal tariffs have ended 80 years of American global economic leadership that started after World War II.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/canada-auto-tariffs-00269041
“The “Buy Canadian” movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/buy-canadian-grows-more-us-100455086.html
“Canada’s traditional relationship with the United States is over, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday in response to President Donald Trump’s potentially crippling auto tariffs.”
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” “The old relationship we had with the United States, based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over,” Carney said on Parliament Hill after breaking from the federal campaign trail on Wednesday night in the face of Trump’s latest threats.
“We must fundamentally reimagine our economy. We will need to ensure that Canada can succeed in a drastically different world.”
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“Ford said he also spoke to Carney and they agreed Canada would follow through on its full tariff retaliation, if necessary. Ottawa has said it would be ready to respond with up to C$155 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products.”
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“Mexico, Canada and South Korea have duty-free access to the U.S. auto market under the terms of free trade agreements that Trump renegotiated during his first term in office.”
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“The United States imported $214 billion worth of passenger cars in 2024, according to U.S. Commerce Department data. Trump said the U.S. would start collecting the new duties on cars and light trucks on April 3”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/carney-says-tariffs-force-new-era-for-canada-u-s-ties-00254857
Trump is ruining our relationships with Canada and Greenland. Countries don’t like it when you say you’re gonna annex them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78LIqJG4wxE
“What Lutnick is talking about is central planning, plain and simple. It’s also just silly. How much of America’s aluminum supply should come from Canada if not 60 percent? Is 50 percent the right amount? Is it 17.54 percent? Lutnick doesn’t know—because no one does—because that’s a question without an answer.
Clearly, however, the Trump administration wants the figure to be lower. New 25 percent tariffs on aluminum imports might accomplish that, but at significant cost to American consumers and businesses, whose only offense is buying aluminum from sources located within a country that is a close American ally and the signatory of a trade deal that the current president negotiated just five years ago.”
https://reason.com/2025/03/14/howard-lutnick-doesnt-get-to-decide-what-you-buy/
Canadians are angry at Americans thanks to Trump.
Trump may have permanently weakened U.S.-Canadian relations. Why should Canada ever trust the United States again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6PZ1rCe_s
“The draft rule, which is set to take effect April 11, expands requirements for registration and fingerprinting of foreign nationals who cross the US-Canada land border and stay in the US longer for more than a month. Affected people would have to create an account with US Citizenship and Immigration Services and schedule an appointment for fingerprinting as part of a background check.
The change could impact scores of Canadian snowbirds — retirees who spend winter months in warmer US states — who may now need to either register with the US government or face penalties.
Other forms, including a common I-94 travel document, are accepted in lieu of the registration, according to the notice. That document is routinely issued to non-immigrant visitors to the US who arrive by air or sea.
The move comes as Trump looks to crack down on migration and as he stokes a spiraling trade war with Canada. He’s threatened widespread tariffs on Canada, and on Tuesday moved to double forthcoming steel and aluminum levies on the country. Canada is the top source of US aluminum imports.
It’s unclear if the post to the Federal Register was meant as an additional provocation in that dispute. The Department of Homeland Security announced last month their plans to “fully enforce” the Immigration and Nationality Act as part of a push to “track illegal aliens and compel them to leave the country voluntarily.””
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-require-registration-canadian-visitors-165129738.html
An immediate impact of tariffs is increased prices. Paying more means less money for other purchases and investments. Less purchases and investments means a smaller economy than there otherwise would be. A smaller economy means less wealth and jobs for most people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNMksYweWU