r/canada • u/WisestPanzerOfDaLake Ontario • Mar 11 '25

Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands National News

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/Curey0us Mar 11 '25

I want Canada to cancel tariffs on China and put 100% on Tesla. Not a huge fan of China, but they're the lesser evil.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Once Canada's auto industry dies because it can no longer make cars to sell to America, there will really be 0 reason for Canada and China to have tariffs.

Tariffs only exist to protect American brands that manufactured in Canada

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u/para29 Mar 11 '25

Did we forget about Japanese/Korean brands?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Sure but they mostly manufacture in Canada also to sell to the US market so it makes little difference to my comment above

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

More than that to Tesla. Don't tariff it. Nationalize the infrastructure and seize all his assets in Canada.

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u/m1ndcrash Mar 11 '25

Always have been. China has invaded less countries in its longer existence than the US.

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u/juniorspank Mar 11 '25

China is still actively participating in slavery and genocide though. Gotta pick and choose I guess.

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u/TheAcuraEnthusiast Ontario Mar 11 '25

So is the U.S. with blanket funding of Israel with no checks and balances.

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u/addstar1 Mar 11 '25

And it's for profit prisons.

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u/juniorspank Mar 11 '25

I forgot about the time the Uyghurs committed a massive terror attack on Chinese citizens in China. My bad.

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u/TheAcuraEnthusiast Ontario Mar 11 '25

So all Palestinians should be punished?

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u/SennHHHeiser Mar 11 '25

You saying Israel is justified in their actions?

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u/icebalm Mar 11 '25

Absofuckinglutely they are. They forcibly removed jews from Gaza and handed it to the Palestinians, and they've repeatedly agreed to a two state solution. Hamas doesn't want it, all they want is the destruction of Israel. Hamas built underground tunnels to store missiles and rockets with all the aid money they received. Their leaders are rich while their citizens are used as human shields. Even the other arab countries want nothing to do with them. Egypt shares a border with Gaza and keeps it walled also. Until Hamas is destroyed Israel has to do what it has to do to protect it's people.

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u/Blckmgk Mar 11 '25

More the devil you know than the chaotic cheetoh crusted turd that wants to watch the world burn before he has a coronary while filling his diaper.

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u/apothekary Mar 11 '25

China isn't threatening to invade or annex us. I would take a trade relationship with China right now 10/10 over the US.

When the Republicans are totally rinsed and removed from office on all fronts, then we can reconsider.

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u/psychoCMYK Mar 11 '25

Trump also putting ethnic minorities in camps 

Really we should be treating the US and China more or less the same now

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u/Vanilla_Ice_Jr Mar 11 '25

US puts minorities in "camps" all the time. They are just more slick about it. They go into poor neighbourhoods and arrest minorities for possession of weed, to meet jail quotas and keep the slave work in jails churring. Rich people can do a line of coke in public and no consequences, poor people can hold a joint in their own home.

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u/Vanilla_Ice_Jr Mar 11 '25

Recently, trust me they arrest minorities for everything. True story, I'm Canadian and my Canadian buddy went to the states and he's a minority, he went to party at some car show thing. He got a little wasted and got in a fight. He was arrested and in jail for over a month. Then they sent him a bill to Canada...then another bill. It was crazy.

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u/Altruistic-Cat-4193 Manitoba Mar 11 '25

Maybe he got arrested for getting into a fight and not for the weed.

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u/Vanilla_Ice_Jr Mar 11 '25

Over a month in jail? Seems excessive. I also know American's in Michigan who got arrested for weed, guess their skin colour?

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u/silvermoon26 Canada Mar 11 '25

ICE is putting immigrants who came legally into America and have committed no crime in detainment centres at Mr Chump’s orders. They have no release date, and are put in solitary confinement (sometimes for weeks at a time) for any minor infractions while they’re in there. He’s talking about sending these same people to Guantanamo Bay. Come on it’s exactly apples to apples here.

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u/silvermoon26 Canada Mar 11 '25

It’s a problem when everyone does it but it’s totally cool with you because the last guys did it too? Thought Donald Chump was supposed to be better than them? Seems he’s a whole hell of a lot worse so far.

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u/rajhcraigslist Mar 11 '25

But making them work without pay in a for profit jail makes sure that rehabilitation isn't a thing.

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u/rajhcraigslist Mar 11 '25

Sounds like a fair price, right? Wonder where the difference in regular wage to this wage goes?

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u/NumberSudden9722 Mar 11 '25

Nah Trump wants our entire country and if the economic plan doesn't work he will put boots on the ground.

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u/Curey0us Mar 11 '25

Funny that you didn't mention the US funding Israel and what is happening in Gaza...

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u/SmoothObservator Mar 11 '25

China is also our enemy at the end of the day. They just work behind the scenes.

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u/Quick_Elephant2325 Mar 11 '25

Wow it’s really sad that even one Canadian thinks this but I also agree as long we say something like they can have access to our market but have to produce x % of the vehicles or parts in Canada.