IT’S WELL & GOOD TO BE TOUGH TODAY – BUT WHERE WERE THEY YESTERDAY?
You Know Where I Stood With The Oval Office Zelenskyy Press Debacle. Nothing Has Changed.
It’s Interesting that After Three Years of War Between Russia (The Aggressor) And Ukraine, that Europe Finally Woke-Up and is Threatening to Put European Troops on the Ground in Ukraine – Plus Sending More Weapons & Cash To Zelenskyy’s Folly.
What Bothers Me Even More, because I Really Don’t Care What Europe Decides to Do with their Blood & Treasure . . . Is How Trudeau – The Lamest Of Lame Duck Leaders – Who will be Replaced Before the End of this March by Another Federal Liberal, is Currently Busy at European Meetings in London, which is Run by a Near Communist British Government – To Discuss Europe’s Strategy Between Europe, Ukraine & Russia.
WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF TRUDEAU TO BE THERE?
Is Trudeau Going to Ante-Up Money on Behalf of Canada for the European Ukraine Misadventure, when Canada Can’t Even Afford to Pay Even Half of Canada’s Signed Commitment . . . To Pay 2% Of Canada’s GDP To NATO?
And Why Was Trudeau Feted At The Royal Palace With King Charles, When it’s Supposed to be Such a Big Deal to be Sitting with the King . . . Especially After King Charles Made this Big Deal through British Prime Minister Starmer, who Invited President Trump to a State Dinner with the King . . . It Doesn’t Seem So Special All Of A Sudden.
As Sad As This Is For Me To Say . . . Because of Liberal Policies, Canada, which Used to Punch Militarily Far Above our Weight, Now Has What Can Only be Described as a Ragtag Military – Lacking Manpower (Soldiers), a Combat Navy and a Modern Fully Equipped 4th Generation Airforce.
Is Trudeau Going To Pledge Canadian Troops On The Ground In Ukraine?
POILIEVRE IS NOT THE PM BEFORE WINNING THE PMO:
A Whole Bunch Of Canadians . . . And Believe It Or – Even Americans, are Suggesting that Canada’s National Conservative Party Leader – Poilievre, Should Surreptitiously Make a Deal with President Trump Today, to Alleviate Canada from the Trump Tariffs . . . To Be Ready Before Poilievre Becomes Prime Minister Of Canada.
1 – There Will Be A National Election I Assume By Sometime In May (2025), Unless NDP (Communist Party) Leader Jagmeet Singh Craps Out on his Promise to Force a Non-Confidence Vote by the End of March, which Would Trigger an Immediate Federal Election . . . To Be Held Within Less Than Two Months, Which Would Bring Us Close To Mid-May 2025.
2 – There is No Guarantee that the Federal Conservatives will Win the Coming Election . . . Not Even With A Minority Government.
3 – As of Today, Even though Pierre Poilievre is the Leader of the Loyal Canadian Opposition, in Real Terms, Poilievre is Little More than just a Member of Parliament (MP) . . . With No Authority Or Constitutional Right To Negotiate Anything With A Foreign Power In The Name Of Canada.
4 – I Have No Idea What The Canadian Law Is To Prevent Anyone Who Is Not The Prime Minister Of Canada from Negotiating in the Name of Canada, which I Assume there is . . . But I Can Guarantee You This, as Much as I Want Pierre Poilievre to win the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) . . . if I Knew that Poilievre Participated in this Kind of Political Skullduggery . . . I Would Write Disparagingly About Him & Cast My Vote Elsewhere.
We’ve Had More Than Enough With Politicians Who Do What They Shouldn’t.
THE BIG DAY HAS ARRIVED . . . THE 25% TARIFFS ARE UPON US:
This Is A Mess That If Not Stopped Soon . . . Will Be A Catastrophe For The Ages.
I Support Virtually Everything Trump Is Doing To Reset America. Trump Is 100% Right . . . America Has Become Politically & Socially Bloated & Corrupt, and the Only Way to Undo What Took Generations of Bad Policies to Fix . . . Would Be Like Ripping A Bandage Off A Wound.
No One In The Public Service Deserves To Be Granted A Job Or Perks For Life. That’s Just Not How Life in the Real-World Works. And that Includes People in the Judiciary. And No One Working for Someone Other than Themselves – Are Not 100% Answerable To The People They Work-For . . . Including Civil Service Workers Who Work For The Public.
YOU TELL ME . . . WHO’S GOING TO BE THE WINNER? – NOT YOU . . . NOT ME:
Trump Tariffs Canada . . . Canada Counters.
Canada’s Cost Of Living Goes-Up, America’s Cost Of Living Goes-Up. Trump Moves the American Auto Industry from Canada (Mostly Ontario) to the United States of America, European/Asian Auto-Makers Will Move-In . . . And Canadian Purchasers Will Buy “Foreign” Made Cars.
And What Happens to the Pricing of the Massive Auto-Parts Industry in Canada, that Manufactures a Plethora of Parts for Auto Assembly Plants in America?
CANADA IS TALKING ABOUT PLACING AN EXPORT TAX ON OIL & GAS:
Trump Tariffs Canadian Oil & Gas, Canada Raises The Price Of Oil, Gas & Electricity To America.
American Tourists Get Pissed-Off At Canada. Canadian Tourists Get Pissed-Off At America . . . Billions of Dollars in Cross Border Tourism is Lost – Who’s The Winner In That?
The Amount of Fentanyl from Canada (According To Homeland Security) is Minuscule Compared to the Bigger Picture . . . Same for the Number of Illegal Immigrants Entering the United States of America through the Canadian Border.
Here Is A Canadian Statistic About Fentanyl Vis A Vis Canada To The United States Of America,
I Don’t Believe All This Hardship Is Because Of Canada’s Border Issue, which Canada has Already Committed to Addressing with More than a Billion Dollars in Cash, which is a Lot of Additional Money for Canada, and a Heavily Increased Border Patrol . . . With Just A 40-Million Person Population – Already In Deep Debt.
ANNE & I ARE NOT ABOUT TO BOYCOTT ANYTHING:
As Foolhardy As I Think These Tariffs Are Against Canada . . . I Don’t Know the Whole Picture, because it Has to be an Awful Lot More than Just “Some” Drugs & “Some” Immigrants Crossing the Border from Canada Into the United States of America.
And Until we Know the Whole Story, I will Look at our Trans-National Relationship as Business as Usual. But One Way or Another, for the Good of Both Countries . . . This Potential Crisis Will Have To Come To A Head – Much Sooner Rather Than Later . . . Before It Really Becomes Out Of Control.
IS IT ALL ABOUT ANNEXING CANADA TO BECOME AMERICA’S 51st STATE?
If It’s Not Really About Fentanyl Or Illegal Immigration . . . What Then Is It All About?
Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov
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I don’t know the why of these tariffs. I can only surmise that something or some plan is going on of which we are not privy to.
Part of it is what you said… border security. And part of it is that Canada has gone global under Trudeau. Canada stands between the U.S. and the Arctic, which is now being grabbed by mostly Russia and China. And that compromises U.S. security as well as access to resources.
I think you will find CANADIAN gas, oil, and electricity are exempt from the US tariffs. I highly recommend all readers to join the FREE 6 days a week blog called Coffee & Covid written by Jeff Childers. If you can find a copy, start with Jan 24, 2025, President Trump’s first day in office and read all of them till today then see if its worth you time. It comes with a wicked/fun sense of humor and outstanding analysis. And I read Mr. Galganov a very strong and honest man.
The tariffs are a means to an end. The tariffs, I believe, are a means to eventually have an economic union with America. And possibly have a common currency. Frankly, I am not proud to be a Canadian. The English community and its institutions are being eliminated in Quebec. The Canadian constitution is useless as it virtually permits all these attacks. The federal government does nothing, the opposition says nothing. 51st state is more appealing.
The average Canadian would stare in stunned disbelief if you were to tell him that our second closest neighbour is Russia. Ask him to look at a map of the world as seen from the north pole and unless he has the mental capacity of a gnat he will instanty understand. Trump is clever enough to realize that a globalist-leaning Canada represents a clear and present danger to his beloved USA. I would not play poker with this man.
Fully agree with Luigi. These Tariffs will raise the prices in both here and the U.S. of A. The R.C.N. does not have the Ships to patrol our Seas, The R.C.A.F. has old outdated Aircraft is short in numbers. The Army under mand and again old outdated ordernace. GOOD OLD TRUDEAU LOL
Canada has a “tariff” on US business producers. It’s called our 70 cents Cdn. $. This artificially subsidizes Cdn. products by giving a discount to any US purchaser of Cdn. goods of over 40% to an in US $ purchaser of US produced goods. Trump’s counter tariffs of 25% on Canada export products only offsets a part of the 40% discrepancy. If the Cdn. $ = the US $, there might be no need for US tariff on Canada export goods. Why is the Cdn. $ only worth 70 cents US?
Peter Goldring is correct. US is already buying at a 40% discount because of our Canadian Peso. So the 25% tariff isn’t going to hurt the US much at all. In 2011, I bought a brand new Motorhome in the US, and our $ was at par. Now look where it is. The reason is simple. Investors are sceptical about investing in Canada because of our woke Liberal government, especially their hysteria about Climate Change. If Liberals get back in, our $ will go even lower. Carney is a Climate Cult Apostle!
To agree with Luigi , is to think Canada has no future. Pretty assanine , so move. We’ve been lost in a liberal fog for the last 10 years. Furthermore , we are now being pissed on by one man , whose is obviously on quite the power trip. Canadians have been America’s best customers and friends for years , helping to contribute to your prosperity and ours. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are now at stake on both sides of the border. For what ? Fentanyl ? My ass.
In all honesty, Trump has disappointed me on the tariffs. The early executive orders, the creation of DOGE and reforming the the DOJ all make sense and what the average American voted for. The question everyone is asking – WHY the tariffs? What’s the strategy? If draw a parallel to the history of 1930, the great depression started with the Smoot-Holly tariffs in an earnest attempt to “protect” the American economy. We know how that worked…
I’m 89YO so not much of a future but would take up arms (if the idiot Trudeau) would allow it, to stop the sale of Canada.
Fred Dimmick, God Bless You, Sir! I wish you many more years of life and to be happy and to be healthy. Thank you for loving our Country: “OH CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE”
Trudeau just wants to be relevant—not happening-ever. I am waiting until we know more about what is behind US tariffs on Canadian goods. Pierre Poilievre MUST be voted in as Canada’s PM. Two countries with no leadership is the problem. Now Ford is threatening to stop electricity to American homes. Zelenskyy acts as a spoiled, brainless twit. He was there to sign a critical minerals rights document. If Americans are digging in Ukraine, you can count on US security there. Trump wants peace!!
Howard, I am of the belief that AMERICANS and CANADIANS truly like each other and we are FAMILY. Is Donald Trump or Doug Ford (Premier of Ontario) turning us into a DYSFUNCTIIONAL FAMILY? Two wrongs don’t make a right. Ontario cutting off electricity to New York + Michigan + Minnesota rubs me the wrong way. I love Canada but fighting with the United States should be discouraged. I would love Poilievre to go to Washington, sit down with Trump and TALK. We Can Work Things Out.
I believe in Donald J Trump. I refuse to believe he would destroy we Canadians, I don’t have the answers but pray Trump does have a positive vision as we know the leader of Canada has done nothing but make life worse for us.
Pres. Trump speaks before Congress tonight & hopefully will include the situation between the U.S. & its two neighbors, Canada and Mexico, & what the reason & purpose of the tariffs might be. I feel it would be beneficial if Canada’s election for a new Prime Minister was sooner rather than later.
Canada can do a lot of things to get on Trump’s good side. One is to alter its approach to China. Like Mexico, place tariffs on Chinese goods. Reduce Canada’s reliance on China for different kinds of investments. Increase defense spending to a significant degree. The border issue is an opening move in a game of chess.
Actually all the border drugs and blah blah are a smoke screen. Trump’s MAGA. Trump has basically said “ if you want to sell your products in America, you need to manufacture them here. So the tariffs are targeting these manufacturers to give in and move their operations to states like Kentucky that are offering huge loans, tax free, etc to relocate. I saw this on a Canadian program. So Trump is trying to isolate America unto itself. There will Be No free trade
America would be foolish to “absorb” Canada as a new state. Too much of a headache (ie Quebec) and the maritime population is aged out and thus nothing but financial liability. It only makes sense if the USA would “absorb” certain states such as Alberta and Saskatchewan. Woke and Broke British Columbia which will be cleaved off if Alberta and Sask leave but is not a desirable “state”. Relax Canada. Focus on Israel and its importance to both our countries as it protects us from the barbar
Fantastic editorial! All I can say is that Justin Trudeau & his minions have destroy the Canada we KNEW…How about we take our country BACK find out what Trump is looking for in a Neighbour & Canada. Vote Pierre Poilievre in as our PM then work with Trump. Kick China, Iran, Palestinian terrorist out of Canada. Stop the drugs, money laundering, illegals immigrants, illegal weapons & so on! Canada has been taken over by Trudeau’s Laurentian oligarchs…We Will Own Nothing & Be Happy…SERF’S!!
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