Re: last minute sabatoge of trade talkes

On 8/22/2026 10:28 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:20:08 +0100, Julian <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 22/08/2026 17:46, Tara wrote:
>>> On Aug 22, 2026 at 12:30:16?PM EDT, "dart200"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/22/26 7:51 AM, Julian wrote:
>>>>> On 22/08/2026 14:39, Tara wrote:
>>>>>> Tara <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For any Americans here who may be interested, we pretty well had a trade
>>>>>>> DEAL until just before the deadline last night when the Americans
>>>>>>> came in
>>>>>>> with more demands - unrealistic demands that Canada could not accept.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are retaliating - dollar for dollar.
>>>>>>> 50% tariffs now. Both ways.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To all the Americans who voted for this President and his
>>>>>> administration  -
>>>>>> and continue to support him - i hope there is a hell and you rot in it.
>>>>> Chill, he's nearly done and hoping for something better is
>>>>> thinking most wishful. After a few years of your neighbour
>>>>> being run by the DSA you'll probably miss the loon.
>>>>
>>>> what exactly would the DSA do that might impact canada even???
>>>
>>>     good point. Good question.
>>
>> If the DSA manages to destroy the US economy it'll have a huge
>> effect on Canada with massive markets lost, floods of economic
>> migrants and political asylum seekers. Time to build a wall. :)
> 
> Scare tactic.  They are not anywhere near having that kind of power,
> even if your "destroy us economy" accusation were possible in any
> case.  The affect they can have is that they could split the dem vote
> and thus prevent the deems from taking control of congress.  You
> should be delighted.  But, still, you cannot leave your contempt
> behind.
 >
The reality:

Canada is in debt.

The federal government's net debt alone has surpassed $1 trillion, and 
combined federal and provincial government debt is projected to reach 
approximately $2.4 trillion