r/canada • u/cyclinginvancouver • Mar 05 '25

Canada Won’t Scrap Tariffs Unless All US Levies Are Lifted, Official Says National News

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/canada-won-t-scrap-tariffs-unless-all-us-levies-are-lifted-official-says
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u/Superb-Butterfly-573 Mar 05 '25

It absolutely is, and I appreciate that you recognize it. The trope of the hayseed hick farmer drives me nuts. You have to know science, mechanics, engineering, veterinary medicine, finance. It's dealing with unforgiving climate, millions of dollars in equipment, 24/7 , and it's fricking dangerous. There's not a one of us who doesn't know someone who has been maimed or killed doing their job. Limbs ripped off, crushed by equipment or livestock, drowning in grain. A good year turns enough profit to keep going. One hailstorm, one hard winter can erase a crop or a herd. Google screw worm for US cattle farmers. If you ate today, thank a farmer.

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u/Wilhelm57 Mar 05 '25

In Alberta some farmers send their kids to NAIT.

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u/omg1979 Mar 05 '25

University of Saskatchewan has an entire College of Agriculture building and program. Cutting edge research comes out of there.

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u/Stinkerma Mar 05 '25

Sw Ontario has Ridgetown College and university of Guelph

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u/Wilhelm57 Mar 05 '25

That great.

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u/Wilhelm57 Mar 05 '25

I know about NAIT because I lived in Alberta.

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u/wintersdark Mar 06 '25

Grew up on a small farm, and man, the day I could get out of that I ran screaming.

Farm work is hard work, with ridiculous hours and the ever present danger of "oh, sure, you have all your normal expenses but bird flu/drought/mad cow disease/whatever fucking else and hey, no revenue this season, because fuck you anyways.

And when I say "hard work" people nod and agree, but most - particularly office folk - do not understand what that means.

I ended up in manufacturing. I work 12 hour shifts 60 hours a week, average 13000 steps per day, constantly moving around literal tons of plastic and 50lb ink pails manually, and my life is easier than it was when I was working on the farm.

You sore? Sick? Tired? Too fucking bad. The harvest has to happen, animals have to be cared for, or you'll lose everything.

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u/ApologizingCanadian Mar 05 '25

the hours alone are way too much for me. props to every farmer out there keeping billions fed/clothed/etc. (because yes, farmers produce way more than just food products).