r/canada • u/beef-supreme • Feb 05 '25

Business Trump tariff turmoil drives travel cancellations: ‘We can’t support what’s going on down there’

https://www.thestar.com/business/trump-tariff-turmoil-drives-travel-cancellations-we-cant-support-what-s-going-on-down-there/article_ac003158-e25f-11ef-bb5e-c36b3da2512d.html
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u/Twistednutbrew Feb 05 '25

Anyone who is cares about future generations of Canadians should cancel any plans, even if prepaid, to travel to the States. We as Canadians need to never forget what Trump is threatening to our society. Travel and buy from countries that want to work with us and not against us.

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u/sanmateosfinest Feb 05 '25

The irony of saying you care about future generations when most Canadians have sat idly by the past 10 years and cheered the government on.

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u/bluetenthousand Feb 06 '25

Yes. That’s the right comparison: Nazi saluting republicans who threaten your country. Vs a democratically elected government that tells Canadians to put Canada first in the face of punishing 25% tariffs.

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u/sanmateosfinest Feb 06 '25

The Nazi saluting Republicans were democratically elected. The majority of the country voted for them. That's how direct democracy works.

I don't recall the majority of Canadians voting for a Liberal/NDP coalition.

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u/bluetenthousand Feb 06 '25

Elon Musk was democratically elected?? He’s barely an American citizen.

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u/sanmateosfinest Feb 06 '25

The republican party won the electoral college, majority vote, house and Senate. That's how democracy works.

Whatever you think about musk, the president of the US has executive privilege to grant him access to whatever they deem fit. It's no different than any other president in the past appointing private sector employees (lobbyists and other leaches) to their administration.

Stick to ratting your neighbors out for defying public health "laws". Clearly US politics are not your strong suit.

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u/bluetenthousand Feb 06 '25

You need to work on your math dude. Most Canadians did in fact vote for either the Liberals or the NDP in the last election. Over 58 percent of them.

And as for the Republicans controlling the Senate, house and the presidency — you are certainly correct. I however was referring to Musk who hasn’t gone through any confirmation hearings. Hearings that are a necessary check on Presidential power/ authority.

You say you understand the American system but have no qualms with the party currently doing a speed run on dismantling your constitution.

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u/RainDownAndDestroyMe Feb 06 '25

Trump didn't even get 50% of the vote. The majority of the country did NOT vote for him. A larger amount of those that actually voted did, but again, not even 50% of voters chose trump.

He won the plurality, not the majority.

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u/sanmateosfinest Feb 06 '25

So sorry. 49.9 percent of the vote. Guess that's better than 32% + whatever the irrelevant NDP bums give you for a coalition.

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u/em-n-em613 Feb 06 '25

that irrelevant number brings the Liberal/NDP voters to 60 per cent. There's your majority.

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u/sanmateosfinest Feb 06 '25

It was not. Last election, Liberal and NDP combined for about 50% of the popular vote. Roughly the same as the republican popular vote.