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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 day ago

If Trump wants a trade war, make the rich pay for it

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If Trump wants a trade war, make the rich pay for it

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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 day ago
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Mark Carney belatedly came around to the position of Avi Lewis, Wab Kinew, and organized labour: no trade deal was better than a bad deal
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  • saltesc@lemmy.world
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    No, they make money out of it. Didn’t you see how they handled tarrif.refunds?

  • MrSulu@lemmy.ml
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    As with Medieval Europe, the Royalty, Lords and Landowners will claim poverty whilst the poorest will pay and suffer unimaginably.

  • Ivan Overdrive@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Canada needs to start manufacturing drones (and artillery) in the far north, as far from the southern border we can logistically get away with.

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      We don’t have the facilities to manufacture drones, the flight controllers, motors, and carbon fiber would all need to be imported.

      Canada needs to start manufacturing full stop, once we have some manufacturing independence from the USA and China “trade war” will not be the threat that it is now.

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      Yup, look to Iran and Ukraine.

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    What killed the negotiations was the stupidity, greed, and arrogance of Trump and his top advisors

    It seems to me that they could not possibly have made these demands without the expectation that we’d walk away.

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      Golly gee, it’s almost like they never really wanted to make a proper deal at all…

    • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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      Heyyyy someone is paying attention.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    That would be money flowing the wrong direction. Not gonna happen with the billionaires in control.

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      I’d say those billionaires are ripe enough. Time to bring in the harvest.

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        Overripe. Best thing to do with them now is make billionaire juice.

        • rbos@lemmy.ca
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          Stick em in the freezer for billionaire bread later.

  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
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    Liberals: “No. We’re going to cut funding for healthcare, schools, infrastructure and environmental protection and give all the taxpayer money to wealthy corporations so they can survive in these difficult times.”

    • pedz@lemmy.ca
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      What? Most of what you mentioned is funded by the provinces. Health and education are among the biggest parts of a province’s budget. And AFAIK none of the four most populated provinces currently have a liberal government.

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        So the federal government does nothing? They don’t enact any policies? They don’t give money to provinces for specific programs? Why do we even have a federal government? What do they even do?

        /s

        Where do you think provincial governments get money from? It’s not just provincial taxes, but also federal taxes with wealth redistribution. Why do you think Alberta wants to separate so bad?

        The federal governments enacts policies that have to be followed by the provinces. They provide funding for specific programs. Whether it’s healthcare, education, infrastructure, etc. If they decide to cut funding for these things to instead use it as subsidies to help Canadian businesses “stay afloat” (read : earn a little less profits) they can. And the provinces will just have less money to fund everything else.

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          You’re wrong and now you’re throwing a hissy fit .

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      Hey hey hey now - i made a comment critiquing Carney’s government policies and was down voted to oblivion and had the most idiotic replies ever.

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        I’m a left leaning person that has no love for neo-liberal governments, but if you are to criticize, just make sure that it’s a legitimate complaint. The person you reply to can criticize Carney, but he should be correct in doing so. Education, health, and AFAIK even environment, is all provincial responsibilities. There may be transfers for all of those from the federal government, but it’s all managed by the provinces. So how can Carney and the federal liberals can say they’re going to cut funding for healthcare and education when they’re not funding it in the first place?

        Unless you provide a specific source saying they will cut those transfers, this is inaccurate and is indeed worth downvoting.

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          https://thenarwhal.ca/carney-canada-net-zero-committee/

          https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trudeau-carbon-emissions-climate-change-9.7254619

          https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/carneys-energy-transition-plan-runs-against-tides-history

          https://thehub.ca/2026/05/28/carneys-climate-policy-is-splitting-the-left-heres-what-it-means-for-the-liberals-conservatives-and-ndp/

          https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalDefenceCanada/posts/-one-year-into-pm-mark-carneys-government-canadas-environmental-progress-is-bein/1555879383253979/

          https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/stop-pm-carney-gutting-canadas-environmental-laws

          https://greencentralbanking.com/2026/03/18/mark-carneys-leadership-criticised-as-disappointment-on-climate/

          And to show an unbiased opinion here is a news release from the Prime Minister’s office:

          https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/03/31/prime-minister-carney-launches-new-nature-strategy-protect-canadas

          • pedz@lemmy.ca
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            I agree with the environment but where are the parts about health and education?

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              Jesus. Can you not Google “Carney education policy” and “Carney health policy” on your own?

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                You sound like someone I know that exclusively reads Post Media and listens to talk radio. Read the constitution act, sections 91 and 92. You can just use an LLM because reading content of substance could be difficult for you.

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                  Ahhhh another one. 👋🏻

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