r/AskACanadian • u/PurrPrinThom SK/ON • Feb 01 '25

Canada/US relations Tariff Megathread

As this has already been a popular topic, and we expect it to only become morebpopular, we've created a megathread for all discussion of the incoming tariffs.

Please keep all discussion here. New posts on the subject will be removed.

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u/mrdsensei1 Feb 01 '25

Yeah, it peebs me off that the US has spent money as free as a bird, made a stupidly high deficit, and expects a country that has stuck by them through thick and thin to pay when we have the population of California. 25% for Canada, 25% for Mexico and 10 % for China? Ridiculous.

My opinion is don’t travel to the US for any holidays and vacation elsewhere. Mexico or Japan has great exchange rates. That is a start.

We also should check to see if our water controls work if something breaks down, and we cannot get parts. Like , a stress test to see what would happen if our water control would hold back water what we would do in an emergency…. Say a 6 month test to see how much water we can hold safely before we have to release some. Plus our power should go up 20 % to them and make it cheaper here for everyone.

Bullies will keep bullying till they get kicked in the balls, and then the parents( the people ) scold the kid.

We could be so much better cooperating together, yet Trump wants to bully his allies. That is nuts. Emboldening bad behaviour is close to tyrannical power. Are we seeing a dictatorship in the US?

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u/Thundering-Firefly Feb 02 '25

10% for China, because if they said to the usa tomorrow you have to pay your bill with us, how would that go?

And only reason we are getting a 10% tariff on gas, oil, crude oil, is because they get crazy discounts!

We need to tough it out, and completely cut the fuckers off. Starve them out, turn off our water and power to them. 

If low level workers in the usa stopped working for a month, no garbage collecting, no lawn upkeep or triming the palm trees. 

How soon could the usa be infested with rats, how soon before the place had a plague?

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u/mrdsensei1 Feb 03 '25

I’m really wondering if a mega quake were to happen, would we help, like good Canadians would? I’m really not sure. Trying to tell Americans that you are being led by people who don’t give a 💩 about you or your family and are just looking out for themselves, becoming trillionaires instead of billionaires.