I can’t imagine you doubted Carney’s version versus the US trade negotiators’ version! Lutnick, acting on Trump’s instructions, made a deal impossible. There might have been a deal if Trump hadn’t gotten greedy.
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Cooke thinks we are rational voters like Canadians.
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Wishful thinking that the EU gets a spine?
Unlikely as they have to have a collective spine.
Lack of spine is one issue, but I still think the bigger issue is a mistake many have made - assuming that logic, reason, common sense, the truth, etc will apply to Trump. Or that he even cares about the appearance of these.
So they lied.
I was listening or reading some business reporter’s report on the trade talks falling apart and he said that it matched what happened in other trade deals.
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I recall this was a disaster the last time we did it and permanently alienated many Albertans. It is even riskier now with the October plebiscite in Alberta.
CUSMA forbids export taxes but given how Trump ignores it maybe that is not by itself a reason not to.
Despite Trump admitting yesterday that he had requested last minute changes to the proposed US-Canada trade deal, the chief US negotiator, Jamieson Greer, was doing the Canadian media rounds yesterday insisting that the Canadians were lying about last minute US changes and that the items they were referencing were not requested by the US.
The chief Canadian negotiator, Dominic Leblanc, thanked him for the clarification and said that, if that is case, than trade discussions can resume with the offensive US provisions withdrawn. Nicely played Leblanc.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dominic-leblanc-greer-culture-language-9.7322393
US considering banning some Canadian imports.
Canadian companies like Chapmans are thriving in the Canadian marketplace. If tariffs don’t go away, I expect US companies to start setting up small production facilities in Canada to sell to the local market: the way it was before “free trade” deals. Each country will just serve its domestic market.
"Chapman’s vows no price increase
Canadian ice cream manufacturer Chapman’s has promised to not increase prices for almost two years amid the ongoing trade war with the U.S.
In a social media post Wednesday, Chapman’s vowed to keep prices as they are until March 2028.
“We will continue to support our employees with a living wage and provide our customers with the best product for the best price, using only 100% Canadian dairy,” the ice cream maker said.
Chapman’s called Trump’s tariffs “unjustified” and said it stands with the Canadian government and all provinces.
The company said it’s also on track to convert 70 per cent of its American ingredients by mid-2027.
Chapman’s ended the post with a strong call for Canadians to “buy” and “support” Canadian."
Chapmans is about as Canadian as terry fox.
Their facility burned down years ago, they had business interruption insurance so their employees got paid while they rebuilt. That went a long way to endearing them to the public
iirc they also offered their facilities to store vaccines during COVID.
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Although Ontario-based, Chapman ice cream is widely available in BC. I buy theirs or BC producers. The US ice cream makers are losing market share here.
Trump can change as many place names in Canada as he wants. It is an impotent gesture and just encourages Canadian consumers to spurn US goods.
I wasn’t even aware that US ice cream was available, or that anyone would buy it. My spouse is ice cream crazy, and they only eat regional brands (not chapmans, I guess that’s poor people ice cream).
In Canada? Maybe not available, and maybe Canadians wouldn’t buy it. You’d have to know. Like Ben &Jerry’s? Haageenn Daazs (made at Dreyer’s plants)?
I generally buy ice cream at places that make ice cream on-site. Handel’s probably gets the ingredients pre-mixed, but it appears to be churned at my local joint. B-R is an exception to this, as I get a pretty good deal on it. They do not have their own plants anymore. Thanks Dunkin’.
However, B-R ice cream in Canada is made in Canada. Profits go to Dunkin’.
I kind of think this could help Canada in terms of jobs where stuff gets shipped here from the US rather than having a distribution centre here. If the tariffs are screwing things up, perhaps its cheaper to have the distribution centre here and ship the product directly here rather than via the US.
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Trump strangles red states with ‘triple whammy’ as GOP struggles - Alternet.org
Trumps Canadian Trade War might help turn the Senate Blue. Not blue enough to overcome a filibuster, get impeachment conviction or over ride a veto, but maybe Blue enough to limit the damage Trump can do in his final 2 years.
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Just has to be enough to make some R senators be more afraid of losing in the general in 28 and 30 than be primaried.
The Republican party could grow some spine and hold dumbass in check, and if they realize not doing so is hurting them they may actually do it.
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I was curious and just scrolled through Loblaw’s website.
The offerings are very similar to what I’m used to seeing in the US, but…
…with “prepared in Canada” noted.
If both products are made in Canada, I now tend to choose the one whose owner is also HQ’ed in Canada. Most ice cream sold in Canada is made in Canada but ownership is quite varied.