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Lets be real here:
The tariffs against Canada are likely not going to happen. At least not until after October.
Trump and Musk are going to make threats, perhaps target isolated industries to scare Canadians, but this is solely designed to scare Canadians into voting for Pierre Pussyface.
As Americans, do any of us even know if it possible to enter a software against a commonwealth nation without entering war with them all?
Possibly, but I think now’s the time for them to strike while the irons hot.
We’re sitting here with a weak leader whose party is looking at an overwhelming loss. I think they could just flog Trudeau until the election so whenever wins feels more desperate to stem the bleeding.
With Trump and Musk you can never take them at their word.
Well won’t the American products cost way more?
Why would they? Trump's tariff would affect Canadian products being sold in the US. So Americans would have to pay more for Canadian goods with the extra money going to the US government.
The only way American products would cost more is if there's a retalitory tariff.
That said, anything that is partially made in China, and assembled or processed in the US is also going to cost more for Canadians.
We’re doing retaliatory tariffs I thought.
I’ve lost a lot of trust in American quality anyways.
The good stuff is great, but the median is product feels like it’s declined.
Literally every appliance I've replaced in my house that crapped out was embossed with a stupid "Made in Urmuricur" flag on it.
Not the seal of quality you think it is, cousins.
Because it's mostly made in sweatshops and the last pieces are put together in the US so that they can put their made in USA tag.
It's disguised chinese crap.
I am making my best effort to buy locally even if that means I'm paying more (I can afford it), but can we please help local companies to have a better presence online, and most importantly, a fucking UX that isn't fresh dog shit.
The reality is that shopping in store fucking sucks because the availability and diversity of product is terrible, and I don't want to spend an hour and a half of public transit to go see if they might have maybe, possibly the thing I need in an acceptable quality.
People will shop online because it saves a lot of time and they don't have to shuffle between 2 or 3 store.
Help small businesses to make their online experience great so that people are eager to shop there.