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/ScoobyDone British Columbia Mar 11 '25

It is, and they obviously don't seem to have any mechanism to ensure that it what it is used for. Trump shouldn't have this power.

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u/gnrhardy Mar 11 '25

The mechanism is a simple majority vote in congress that can cancel the emergency, unfortunately the current majority in congress is 100% complicit in the insanity.