Sheldon, not sure if you are aware of Sam Cooper's work uncovering the communist regime (and others) here in Canada that apparently disrupted the election in 2019 . He reports issues found at a CSIS level and our former head of CSIS (David Vigneault) left Canada in July of this year to go to the states in a US security firm called Strider Technologies. He knows and knew of the saturation in our government of these foreign entities not in alignment with the sovereignty of Canada and couldn't get anywhere with the information , like many, maybe for safety(? ) had to go to the states to report what has been going on here . I think Trump is fully aware of our captured government and is trying to make a point for the people who are asleep when it comes to what we are "allowed" to know ,and certainly over the covid debacle in my opinion ,it was masterful deception and not about health reasons.
I love how everyone is freaking out over the tariff's, it is an awesome idea. Because just maybe we will get a safer border at Canada and US. It is great to see the Trump Syndrome freaking out....Trump is just another shill, controlled like the rest of them. Maybe it will help bring manufacturing back to Canada. Any Canadian company that calls themselves Canadian but have their goods produced in China or somewhere else is not Canadian......Peace and love to everyone, more peace and more love is what this world needs.
When you wrote: "It’s still cheaper to buy from Canada," surely you didn't mean that 70+25=95 which is less than 100 did you? That's not how relative currency valuations work. The reason our dollar is only worth US$0.70 roughly is because it's a smaller unit of measurement in real terms which the markets adjust to in real time. TRM beat me to the 9/11 comment.
Also, since when is it the source's problem when a bordering country has an issue with immigration? When you go to the US border from Canada, you don't deal with Canada Customs & Immigration, you deal with US Customs & Immigration.
25% on a 70 cent dollar makes it 87.5 cents...that's how percentages work, Bob. Believe what you want on 9/11. There were 2 terrorist pilots that flew planes into the Twin Towers, feel free to dispute this...whoever or whatever you believe to be the cause, 2 is a lot smaller than 1,200 - this is indisputable.
Obviously our current government is a complete trainwreck in so many different ways, but immigration is ultimately 100% the responsibility of the target country. It's their say whether it's allowed or not, irrespective of what the source country says, wants or vouches for. Of course, between friendly countries, it's expected that the granting of passports is done with a reasonable amount of precaution which could lead to a trusted relationship developing, but once that process has been shown to be inadequate, the trust is lost and in the interest of self-preservation, the onus is on the target country to be responsible to at the very least, "trust but verify."
I tried to respond to your first reply separately, but some glitch prevents it so here it is:
I don't think we're talking about the same thing. When a US importer imports an item from Canada that costs US$1.00 which is then subject to a 25% tariff, he pays US$0.25 to the US Treasury for the privilege. Presumably, prior to the tariff, the importer was importing because the item was competitively priced vs. the similar item manufactured locally, for example representing a 1-2% discount. The tariff has now made it uneconomic to the tune of 23-24%. Maybe I don't understand what you were trying to say.
There were likely at least hundreds involved in 9/11 and the inconsistencies rendering the multiple self-contradictory "official stories" number into the thousands. High school physics alone renders the "official stories" impossible.
Canada has special visa free travel to the US which means our citizens don’t get the same scrutiny as citizens from other countries get at the US border.
😂 If Canada is a terrorist safe haven, which it is, Trump has every right to secure the border to prevent terrorist infiltration. If we won’t keep them out of Canada we have a problem.
This will strike a blow to Chinese drug gang payoffs to Liberal Party elites in Parliament, the Senate and those who are on the Chinese payroll as "political consultants". Will Trudeau respond by strengthening Canada's ties to China and the USA responds by instituting visa requirements for Canadians?
If you still think 9/11 was orchestrated by a handful of brown people I'm seriously disappointed. You've a long way to go, Sheldon, but I still love everything you're trying to do.
Tariffs are all well and good but how will they apply them to the illegal drugs crossing? It’s not like they’re hauled in trucks or regular cargo shipments, usually.
Trump isn't serious. I mean, he will do the tariffs and grandstand, but this is all purely performative. Merely 0.07 % of America's "imported" illegal fentanyl comes from Canada (a whole 53 pounds in the last 12 months). Migrants have ticked up, but we're still an incredibly minor contributor to that issue—a fake issue, by the way, given how much tax money America raises off of migrants, and how much they need those people to do the low-wage jobs Americans don't want to do. Texas, for example, is freaking as much of the irreplaceable trades building their homes will be deported if Trump has his way.
We have a far worse problem with illegal crap coming up here from the USA than the other way around. But we'd never dream of causing a recession to do something about it. Better to just talk it out.
Trump is a purely performative animal. He'll jump and pout, and will get something out of it he would of gotten anyway had he just asked, and perhaps even lose more than he gains, but will declare victory anyway. World leaders, including ours, know this. We'll feed the old man his Pablum, give him fake compliments, and will wait out the two years until he's a lame duck without congressional backing.
Sheldon, not sure if you are aware of Sam Cooper's work uncovering the communist regime (and others) here in Canada that apparently disrupted the election in 2019 . He reports issues found at a CSIS level and our former head of CSIS (David Vigneault) left Canada in July of this year to go to the states in a US security firm called Strider Technologies. He knows and knew of the saturation in our government of these foreign entities not in alignment with the sovereignty of Canada and couldn't get anywhere with the information , like many, maybe for safety(? ) had to go to the states to report what has been going on here . I think Trump is fully aware of our captured government and is trying to make a point for the people who are asleep when it comes to what we are "allowed" to know ,and certainly over the covid debacle in my opinion ,it was masterful deception and not about health reasons.
Don't tell me you actually accept the government's 9/11 story. PUUULLEEEAAASSSEEE
I love how everyone is freaking out over the tariff's, it is an awesome idea. Because just maybe we will get a safer border at Canada and US. It is great to see the Trump Syndrome freaking out....Trump is just another shill, controlled like the rest of them. Maybe it will help bring manufacturing back to Canada. Any Canadian company that calls themselves Canadian but have their goods produced in China or somewhere else is not Canadian......Peace and love to everyone, more peace and more love is what this world needs.
When you wrote: "It’s still cheaper to buy from Canada," surely you didn't mean that 70+25=95 which is less than 100 did you? That's not how relative currency valuations work. The reason our dollar is only worth US$0.70 roughly is because it's a smaller unit of measurement in real terms which the markets adjust to in real time. TRM beat me to the 9/11 comment.
Also, since when is it the source's problem when a bordering country has an issue with immigration? When you go to the US border from Canada, you don't deal with Canada Customs & Immigration, you deal with US Customs & Immigration.
25% on a 70 cent dollar makes it 87.5 cents...that's how percentages work, Bob. Believe what you want on 9/11. There were 2 terrorist pilots that flew planes into the Twin Towers, feel free to dispute this...whoever or whatever you believe to be the cause, 2 is a lot smaller than 1,200 - this is indisputable.
We just issued a passport to a Human Trafficker, that had his passport taken away. How is this a US Problem?
Sounds like something we ought not have done and have no idea how many more of these have been done, do we?
Obviously our current government is a complete trainwreck in so many different ways, but immigration is ultimately 100% the responsibility of the target country. It's their say whether it's allowed or not, irrespective of what the source country says, wants or vouches for. Of course, between friendly countries, it's expected that the granting of passports is done with a reasonable amount of precaution which could lead to a trusted relationship developing, but once that process has been shown to be inadequate, the trust is lost and in the interest of self-preservation, the onus is on the target country to be responsible to at the very least, "trust but verify."
I tried to respond to your first reply separately, but some glitch prevents it so here it is:
I don't think we're talking about the same thing. When a US importer imports an item from Canada that costs US$1.00 which is then subject to a 25% tariff, he pays US$0.25 to the US Treasury for the privilege. Presumably, prior to the tariff, the importer was importing because the item was competitively priced vs. the similar item manufactured locally, for example representing a 1-2% discount. The tariff has now made it uneconomic to the tune of 23-24%. Maybe I don't understand what you were trying to say.
There were likely at least hundreds involved in 9/11 and the inconsistencies rendering the multiple self-contradictory "official stories" number into the thousands. High school physics alone renders the "official stories" impossible.
Canada has special visa free travel to the US which means our citizens don’t get the same scrutiny as citizens from other countries get at the US border.
Yes, and that's a US agency that approves this type of travel (ESTA.)
That special VISA free travel could END if Canada doesn’t get control of its own border and rescind the passports of known terrorists and deport them.
😂 If Canada is a terrorist safe haven, which it is, Trump has every right to secure the border to prevent terrorist infiltration. If we won’t keep them out of Canada we have a problem.
This will strike a blow to Chinese drug gang payoffs to Liberal Party elites in Parliament, the Senate and those who are on the Chinese payroll as "political consultants". Will Trudeau respond by strengthening Canada's ties to China and the USA responds by instituting visa requirements for Canadians?
If you still think 9/11 was orchestrated by a handful of brown people I'm seriously disappointed. You've a long way to go, Sheldon, but I still love everything you're trying to do.
My actual thoughts on this are moot, aren't they?
The information that I've posted is what the Majority of Americans are accepting...
Tariffs are all well and good but how will they apply them to the illegal drugs crossing? It’s not like they’re hauled in trucks or regular cargo shipments, usually.
Trump isn't serious. I mean, he will do the tariffs and grandstand, but this is all purely performative. Merely 0.07 % of America's "imported" illegal fentanyl comes from Canada (a whole 53 pounds in the last 12 months). Migrants have ticked up, but we're still an incredibly minor contributor to that issue—a fake issue, by the way, given how much tax money America raises off of migrants, and how much they need those people to do the low-wage jobs Americans don't want to do. Texas, for example, is freaking as much of the irreplaceable trades building their homes will be deported if Trump has his way.
We have a far worse problem with illegal crap coming up here from the USA than the other way around. But we'd never dream of causing a recession to do something about it. Better to just talk it out.
Trump is a purely performative animal. He'll jump and pout, and will get something out of it he would of gotten anyway had he just asked, and perhaps even lose more than he gains, but will declare victory anyway. World leaders, including ours, know this. We'll feed the old man his Pablum, give him fake compliments, and will wait out the two years until he's a lame duck without congressional backing.
350 Organized crime groups...Canada a source & transit country for Fentanyl...
https://x.com/mindingottawa/status/1859586221053268392
It's not what they found...it's about what they didn't find.