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Comment by digianarchist

12 days ago

Absolutely. Canada for example should not be shipping lumber and oil to the United States for further refinement. It should be processed domestically.

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franktankbank  12 days ago

Canada and the US are long time allies and should be able to benefit from eachother without much hesitation. China is an adversary, big difference in posture.

  • krapp  12 days ago

    Canada and the US are no longer allies.

    • ben_w  12 days ago

      Unfortunately it's impossible to tell if they are de facto allies, because on the one hand they very much still are de jure still allies, and on the other all the stuff Trump is saying and doing.

    • Der_Einzige  8 days ago

      It’s either allies or you get invaded by us. You have no nukes. This isn’t the Micheal Moore fantasy of “Canadian bacon” where it’s all some funny post 90s joke: Trump hates Canadians and will use military force to annex them if he perceives that it will go well.

      I fully, 100% expect this to happen, at least to Greenland and a real chance of this happening to Canada.

knowaveragejoe  12 days ago

Why would that be better? Comparative advantage is real.

  • digianarchist  12 days ago

    1. Jobs.

    2. Profits.

    3. Refined products can be exported to countries that don't have refinement capabilities. Not just the US and China. This gives Canada better trade leverage.

    4. Security. A big one that's emerged in the last few weeks.

    I don't see either Poilievre or Carney talking about this which is disappointing but not unexpected.