Between a trade war, abuse by border services, threats of annexation, economic instability taking a dump on my retirement and cost of living. For sure. I have conferences, memories in Hawaii, family in the US and I ain’t going. I actually hope life in the US becomes more uncomfortable for the average person for a while so the ideology driving MAGA becomes persona non grata for a generation or two. I’ll vote the only way I can: my money. -a slighted Canadian.
and a whole lot of stuff coming from the US to Canada, is just transhipped made in China products,
so Canadians could do well from establishing new supply chains......aaaaand reversing that trend:)
First, it's not an example I'm replying directly to the question.
Second, as a Canadian, I'm primarily concerned with the sovereignty of my country. Given both powers are expansionist, I'll take the one that isn't personally threatening me.
As mentioned in my previous comment, given a choice to deal with a non-expansionist, free democracy, I'd much quicker patronize them.
Nor has the US. One particular person in the US has talked about that. I don't particularly see how it's justified to take it out on a country of 300 million people when the vast majority of them aren't responsible for what you object to.
The leader represents the country because the votes of the citizens put him in power. Nobody else in the US government with a similar amount of power has rejected or denied the 51st state rhetoric. This is what worries Canadians: nobody is stopping the American president. There are no checks and balances.
I’m a dual citizen. Either we will never have elections again because America is a theocratic dictatorship, or diplomatic and economic relations will be restored. It is only through gerrymandering and propaganda that the current clownshow is in power. Oh, and racism, that contributed too.
Don't forget to add wide-spectrum dissatisfaction with the economy and incompetence of the incumbent party's campaign team to your list.
Harris ran a very left-of-center campaign in the 2020 primary election, and soundbites from that were played on repeat in 2024 (some of which didn't age well and some of which were always unpopular in certain circles). That that would happen was an easily foreseeable consequence of making her the candidate. The incumbent party could have chosen a different candidate if they had made an earlier decision to not try to re-elect the president.
You can't cure the disease if you get the diagnosis wrong.
Not only in Canada but in the whole Western world.
Travel to the US, Tesla (which is very closely associated to Trump, via Musk) are already collapsing at an unprecedented speed. The only comparable period would be Covid lockdowns. The difference is that in 2020 this was expected to be somewhat temporary, even if the duration was unknown at the time, while this time is much more sentimental - it will take decades to unwind it. It's like trust - it takes a long time to build, but you can destroy it all in a second. And Trump did just that.
Between a trade war, abuse by border services, threats of annexation, economic instability taking a dump on my retirement and cost of living. For sure. I have conferences, memories in Hawaii, family in the US and I ain’t going. I actually hope life in the US becomes more uncomfortable for the average person for a while so the ideology driving MAGA becomes persona non grata for a generation or two. I’ll vote the only way I can: my money. -a slighted Canadian.
China hasn't threatened to make Canada a Chinese province so given no friendly alternative, I'd 100% buy the Chinese model.
and a whole lot of stuff coming from the US to Canada, is just transhipped made in China products, so Canadians could do well from establishing new supply chains......aaaaand reversing that trend:)
China is the Nazi Germany of our time. USA has a long long way to go before that no matter how much you hate the orange man.
Given Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang, that is possibly the worst example you could have chosen.
First, it's not an example I'm replying directly to the question.
Second, as a Canadian, I'm primarily concerned with the sovereignty of my country. Given both powers are expansionist, I'll take the one that isn't personally threatening me.
As mentioned in my previous comment, given a choice to deal with a non-expansionist, free democracy, I'd much quicker patronize them.
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I can't wrap my head around how your comment is relevant at all.
Any of those places a place in Canada?
Nor has the US. One particular person in the US has talked about that. I don't particularly see how it's justified to take it out on a country of 300 million people when the vast majority of them aren't responsible for what you object to.
The leader represents the country because the votes of the citizens put him in power. Nobody else in the US government with a similar amount of power has rejected or denied the 51st state rhetoric. This is what worries Canadians: nobody is stopping the American president. There are no checks and balances.
It's not just one guy it's THE one guy that really matters. And a majority of voters picked that guy.
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It's only the president of the United States vaguely threatening war against another country. It's not like his opinion matters or anything.
Well, I mean, China isn't currently threatening to invade Canada, so there's that.
I’m a dual citizen. Either we will never have elections again because America is a theocratic dictatorship, or diplomatic and economic relations will be restored. It is only through gerrymandering and propaganda that the current clownshow is in power. Oh, and racism, that contributed too.
Don't forget to add wide-spectrum dissatisfaction with the economy and incompetence of the incumbent party's campaign team to your list.
Harris ran a very left-of-center campaign in the 2020 primary election, and soundbites from that were played on repeat in 2024 (some of which didn't age well and some of which were always unpopular in certain circles). That that would happen was an easily foreseeable consequence of making her the candidate. The incumbent party could have chosen a different candidate if they had made an earlier decision to not try to re-elect the president.
You can't cure the disease if you get the diagnosis wrong.
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At this point, that is a pretty popular sentiment in Canada.
Not only in Canada but in the whole Western world.
Travel to the US, Tesla (which is very closely associated to Trump, via Musk) are already collapsing at an unprecedented speed. The only comparable period would be Covid lockdowns. The difference is that in 2020 this was expected to be somewhat temporary, even if the duration was unknown at the time, while this time is much more sentimental - it will take decades to unwind it. It's like trust - it takes a long time to build, but you can destroy it all in a second. And Trump did just that.
Yes, 100% absolutely.
Absolutely.
Yes.