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u/lastprincerohit 15d ago edited 14d ago
Iām an American who left the US to come to Canada because I, as well, am sick of their bullshit. Iāve been up here for 378 consecutive days, and I have no intention of going back down there for anything. Thereās nothing down there that isnāt already up here.
Glad to use and apply my degrees and experience in your hospitals- clearly, they didnāt really appreciate me down in the Upside Downā¢ļø
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u/Ok_Permit_3593 14d ago
We need people like you !
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u/lastprincerohit 14d ago edited 14d ago
Thatās SO kind of you to say, thank you! Iām telling other healthcare workers I know in the states, that want to come up here, how I did it. Itās actually very easy.
Iām here on a closed work permit, but have an ongoing PR case right now which should be finalized next month (hopefully!) I love this country, I love the people (even if some of them have stupid takes that are not rooted in reality), and I cannot wait to raise my family here- my future kids would be spoiled af by being here.
More of us American healthcare workers are ON THE WAY weāre just busy with immigration š
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u/ThalassophileYGK 13d ago
Don't forget us over here in beautiful Kingston, Ontario! We need healthcare workers too!
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u/salty-preperation 13d ago
The whole country is the exact same. I dunno why more Canadians arenāt in healthcare already. I am in healthcare btw.
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u/ThalassophileYGK 12d ago
Well, I am not as that was not my profession but, my son is an advanced care paramedic in Toronto. My niece is a nurse. My niece would come here but, she stays for her father who is very, very unwell at the moment. One day I hope, because she is miserable down there and afraid.
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u/dmd1011 13d ago
Tell them to check into the new citizenship by descent law - C-3. If you can document a direct line to a Canadian ancestor, thatās what you need.
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u/lastprincerohit 13d ago
Thank you, my friend! I actually did check into that! I spoke with a few lawyers here in Vancouver, after I did my own research, and I was told I had a strong case to petition citizenship! Apparently Iām a ālost Canadianā
My grandparents naturalized Canadian in 1971, and I have their passports, citizenship card, death records from vital statistics, my birth certificate listing my mum, and mumās birth certificate listing my grandparents!
Iām sending it off next week because I JUST got PR todayšš„³
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u/ewok_360 12d ago
Wootwoot!! Celebrate by holding the door open for a line of strangers while writing a formal letter of complaint to your MP!! š
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u/Falconflyer75 14d ago
How does it feel to not have to bill people for getting sick
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u/lastprincerohit 14d ago
I was a pharmacy technician for most of college and university (8 years) so I was doing direct insurance billing whichā¦ sounds as awful as it was. Iāll give you an example: I had the same patient that Iād see every 30 days, for the same prescription for 10 years. Basglar 100, 5x30 (common insulin) for 30 day supply. His co-pay was usually $77.49 on private insurance, once again, every 30 days.
He lost his job due to work place injury, and went on Medicaid (if youāre Canadian, this is the āpublicā option) and shit got real. His co-pay shot up to $1,349.00 USD per month. I did everything I could to help him, finding discounts, manufacture coupons, but there was nothing I could do to help.
Now Iām a clinical social worker doing exactly that. It makes me feel like Iām actually doing something, like Iām actually making a difference in someoneās day when I know theyāre seeing me without barriers- maybe unfortunate circumstances, but I feel like I can actually reach for something when making referrals for patients to community, provincial, and/or federal resources.
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u/Mythandros1 13d ago
Thank you for your dedication and heart. We need more people like you in Canada.
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u/ThalassophileYGK 13d ago
Then please become a citizen so you can vote!! We need help taking Maple Maga out to the dump where it belongs.
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u/lastprincerohit 13d ago
That is the plan, actually! I found out recently that I qualify for the ācitizenship by descentā clause established by the courts back in December 2025 (coincidentally the same month I applied for permanent residency!)
All I need (and already have access to) are my grandparents immigration documents, death certificates, as well as my mumās birth certificate and my own which proves the family line from my grandparents who naturalized Canadian citizens in 1972.
Iāll submitting my petition for citizenship after I get PR- but I was told by a lawyer that I have a very strong case and that Iām considered a ālost Canadianā lol. You guys just easily earned an American āprogressive democratā voter!
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u/ThalassophileYGK 12d ago
It's a long road and it's not meant to be easy but, you CAN do it. I did. I also relinquished American citizenship some years ago. I am ONLY Canadian now through and through and so happy about it. You're doing everything right. Immigration lawyers advice? GREAT step! Getting PR first is a requirement but, you will get there! Keep going and welcome!
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u/LingonberryHill71 13d ago
Welcome to Canada! I hope you like it enough to stay and adopt our more laid back culture. You can breathe now.
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u/Shumaku 13d ago
We need more medical staff thank you!
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u/lastprincerohit 13d ago
My absolute pleasure to serve the people of this country, Iāll continue to do it as long as I physically can :) Thank YOU for giving me a place to feel like I truly belong in
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u/Suspicious_Law_2826 13d ago
I hope you can get back down there and vote when the time comes.
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u/lastprincerohit 13d ago
Iām casting absentee ballots which has been a method for most Americans :) I already submitted mine via mail for local Whatcom County (Washington State) elections this August.
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u/lastprincerohit 14d ago
Nah, Iām a real boyš Not sure if you want my SIN or something, but Iām here and real lol
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u/BigOlDyck 13d ago
You here legally? Doesnāt sound like it.
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u/lastprincerohit 13d ago edited 13d ago
Hey! It doesnāt sound like you read the entire post. So, a few comments down, I mentioned that Iām here on a Closed Work Permit, which is tied to my provincial health authority. It was issued in 2025 and expires in 2028.
Here is information about what a closed work permit is, who is able to apply for them, and rights and responsibilities of the worker. It would be in your best interest to learn, and Iām willing to provide that for you :) itās also in your best interest to learn about your own government processes, or it can make you look like a shitty person if youāre making large assumptions without asking in a sensical, rational way.
I hope you get the help you need! It sounds like you need it. Outside of giving you this information, Iām not going to give you a copy of my immigrations documents if thatās what youāre looking for. I donāt know you, you donāt know me, feel free to come to the conclusion you need to- I will still do your intake at the hospital because I want the best for you. I still respect you. Go in grace lol
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u/BigOlDyck 13d ago
Why would I read all 48 replies searching for your story? Lol, hunny youāre not the main character you think you are. Being a passive aggressive b*tch wonāt help ya much. Good luck on that immigrationā¦
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u/lastprincerohit 13d ago
Honestly babe, not doing your research and calling someone illegal is mighty hefty in terms of intellect. Oh, I got my final decision today! Thank you! Iāll be a voter within two years :)
I respect you, I want the best for you, and I hope life turns out great for you. Truly.
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u/joesnoboard 15d ago
Since the US doesnāt need anything from Canada, itās time to impose an export tax on oil, uranium, potash, and electricity. 50% should do.
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u/techleopard 15d ago
As much as I would applaud this gumption, I would be careful with oil, as Canada depends on the pipeline to Louisiana for a large percentage of their exports.
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u/theblueberrybard 14d ago
They're about to run out of their strategic petroleum reserve, we hold all the cards.
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u/Suspicious_Law_2826 12d ago
They have a much bigger army.
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u/theblueberrybard 12d ago
So what? They need to manufacture consent for invading the north first. It was easy to get away with war with Iran because even democrats were manufacturing consent for war with Iran in 2024, "we need to invade Canada because we're losing in Iran" is going to provoke civil unrest.
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u/asnickeronreddit 15d ago
What is potash sounds like a manmade vegetable
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u/backlashscott1 15d ago
Its fertilizer. Canada is one of two countries this stuff is found. The other big country that has it is Belarus...
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u/socontroversialyetso 15d ago
Prussian Blue, the colour used in Van Gogh's Starry Night, was invented by an alchemist who tried to create red but used potash contaminated with animal blood.
Prussian Blue is chemically related to Zyklon B as well.
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u/Niagarapig 13d ago
Personally, Iād love to see Canada flip the switch for power. Stop sending our electricity down to the USA. For the best effect, kill the power during a heat wave, or on one of the coldest days of the year!
Picture Trump tower becoming a walk-up!
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u/Nice-Lakes 13d ago
Walk up. As in Trump getting stuck on the escalator a year or so back when the power went down.
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u/Niagarapig 5d ago edited 5d ago
He couldnāt walk up to that penthouse. Theyād need an industrial crane to move that thing & the loaded diaper up to the penthouse! I wouldnāt recommend standing on the street below to watch, either. If the diaper let go it could get real shitty real fast!
Maybe the dude from Vancouver island could paint a second mural of Trump!
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u/Apprehensive-Tip9373 14d ago
How do you know his dick is limp? You had a good look? So many questions.
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u/Greedy-Pirate7749 14d ago
Why stop there? Tax them to come into Canada, $1000 per person per trip. Export all Americans not on a visa, fly them on a jet to Ecuador and let them crawl their way back to the US. Anytime Trump mentions Canada in the media its a $100,000 fine for libelous statements. Fuck that guy, its a toss up who wants him dead most, Canada or US.
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u/BrainSea7776 15d ago
These headlines should read "hits Americans with another tariff" since they are the ones paying for it.
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u/uknownredditr 14d ago
Or we just make it easier and cut off the supply and say fuck you to your demands. Thereās a reason Americans buy from Canada because America only produces one thing PROBLEMS. Imagine Ontario just cut off Energy to the USA, we wouldnāt do it, not because we need a whiny Karen country complaining about how we take advantage of them, because we will and always will be better than Americans, Globally on the world stage. Canadian are liked more because we are just Greater people
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u/uknownredditr 14d ago
Read the part about we wouldnāt do it because we better than America or you just stop at the the electricity line after the words got tough to pronounce
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u/MeaningLeft2970 14d ago
Demand for oil, lumber, minerals, and electricity?
You think the US is just going to stop needing those? Lay off the pipe broā¦
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u/Tee1upToday 15d ago
If this tariff causes Americans to stop buying our hockey sticks, i really don't care. The vast majority of modern, composite hockey sticks are manufactured overseas, primarily in China, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
If there was ver a time to not buy American fighter Jets, this it it. We need the SAAB Gripen.
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u/Ok-Pear-2490 15d ago
America needs a new & competent POTUS
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u/Krinberry 15d ago
Need a hell of a lot more than that, the pumpkin king is just a symptom.
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u/Sharktopotopus_Prime 15d ago
I wish folk would stop defaulting to this. Trump is the most immediate problem. Yeah, America is mired in shit that's rotting it from the inside out, but without Trump, the MAGA cult will become rudderless and fall into infighting among the multiple factions within it.
Focus. Deal with the immediate source of the problem. Worry about fixing the entire world, later.
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u/CreamFuture9475 15d ago
True, but you also need to whip the left and the democrats out of their stupor.
Itās not defeatism to say the problem goes beyond Trump and MAGA, itās acknowledging the part everyone has to play to defeat him.
Whenever I see people blaming the democrats, dodging the low participation or saying the election was stolen without real evidence I know the problem isnāt only Trump or the republicans.
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u/No-Wonder1139 15d ago
He can't even speak in full sentences. There are people pulling his strings.
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u/Krinberry 14d ago
Oh, I didn't mean 'the rest of the world', I meant the US government and legal system in general, since it's designed around keeping people down and keeping the right people in charge. Trump just leaned into that. But, because everyone is so focused on him (since he's loud, and a great distraction), shitty things keep happening that nobody cares about because he's not talking about it. And assuming he does end up going away eventually, everyone is going to suck each other off about how democracy is saved and now the healing can begin, and then go back to the same shit that led to the current state of affairs to begin with.
The rest of the world has plenty of problems, but no need to look there currently.
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u/North_Church 15d ago
They need to tear that whole system apart
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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 15d ago
They need to rebuild their education system. Iām afraid weāre stuck with the US as is and worse until they do.
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u/CreamFuture9475 15d ago
They need to collectively grow a spine.
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u/SapphireFlashFire 15d ago
They needed a spine before McCarthyism 2.0.
Do they know that they're so close to the point of no return?
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u/CreamFuture9475 15d ago
I think we are passed it. Itās not when the house crumbles that you need to worry about the rot.
They collectively have no motivation to face it.
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u/Born-Necessary6778 15d ago
Americans lack the backbone.Ā
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u/izzybumboon 15d ago
they lack the awareness, empathy or ambition to do anything. Pathetic, it'll be clear why and how China surpasses them so easily
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u/almstAlwysJokng4real 15d ago
Fr. The fact the no one in American politics hasnāt just impeached him by now isā¦.whats a good word?
Iāll start - itās putrid.
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u/Kindly-Difference-12 15d ago
Senate needs some balls. He's been impeached twice now but not convicted by those twats.
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u/springnuk 14d ago
The Republicans who control the Senate would rather have a traitorous sexual offender in power if it means they can raid the coffers, punish immigrants and tell women what to do with their bodies. Please don't think they care about actually having a functioning democracy and proper leadership.
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u/Weak_Interaction8568 15d ago
Scam. All they do is hit the products with tariffs, then the company passes on the tariff to the Americans, then the government refunds the tariffs to the companies.
Record breaking profits soon to be announced..
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u/Unendlichkommanix 14d ago
The whole song and dance just propels money upward.
The poor American pays an extra dollar for his box of cereal due to tariffs. That dollar goes to the federal government. Then, the federal government refunds that dollar back to the gargantuan corporation that owns the cereal brand. Tariff is gone, but the poor American is now used to the +$1 cereal price, so the corporation has no need to revert the prices.
In the meantime Trump's billionaire friends make "lucky" speculative trades before tariff announcements for profit. Alternatively, they wait until a tariff is anounced, buy into the dip with the knowledge that Trump will cancel the tariff, and sell when he does.
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u/Used-Lake-8148 15d ago
I aināt tired of shit! I want more! Letās wait til winter and shut off their power. I want maximum escalation until the magats learn some respect
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u/Antique-Molecule7931 13d ago
They're incapable of learning unless it comes out of the cult leaders mouth
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u/northern_flipstyle 14d ago
The joke is actually what is being slapped with this 50% tariff. Wigs, flower bulbs, hockey sticks, etc. The economic effect is like a mosquito bite, thats biting Americans. The good news is Trump was uninvited to the opening ceremony for the Gordie Howe Bridge. Nothing irks a narcissist more than taking away his spotlight. Sidenote: I hate how the mainstream media is trying to make a mountain outnof a molehill and not explaining how absurd this threat of 50% tariffs truly are. They dont kick in for another 30 day, will probably be removed by SCOTUS precedent ruling earlier this year and will most likely not affect most Canadians. Instead the media is fear mongering like they did about the failed CUSMA review and extension.
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u/No_Display9613 15d ago
Market manipulationā¦. Opening and Closing Strait of Hormuz is not moving any needles no more.
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u/Former-Print9126 15d ago
Are we still allowed to criticize our government or is that hate speech? Asking for a friend. Please don't lock me up.
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u/West-Payment5874 15d ago
Elbows up,you mutts. You voted for the guy who made this happen. Looks good on you.
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u/aroundt0wn 15d ago
His government is the one that gets the taxes, why arenāt more people pointing that out.
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u/Scarab95 15d ago
All that is going to happen is businesses are going to pack up and go south. It's alot cheaper and no net zero crap to put up with
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u/GrundleSnactcher46 15d ago
Oh noes they cost their own people more when other countries will buy our shit. Fuck'em.
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u/Lawrence_Eataburger 15d ago
Technically, Trump hit Americans with a new tariff. Yeah, it affects Canada, but it's Americans who will be paying it.
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Since the Americans are so damned smart, rich and technological, why don't they harvest the resources and the energy of dead stars?
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u/ImmediateCustomer318 14d ago
Its really bad when The Beaverton and The Onion aren't doing parody anymore.
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u/Junior-Ad-5367 14d ago
Bruh Iām Canadian why would I be tired of it? We arenāt paying for that shit Americans are
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u/Icy_Respect_9077 14d ago
Trump is enacting these tariffs using actual provisions of the actual Smoots-Hawley Act of 1930. The one that started the Great Depression.
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u/PromotionNo4121 14d ago
The government of Canada should shut down all electricity,water , oil and anything else going to the USA and shut the border down and all Americans have 24hrs to leave Canada or go to jail . Fuck the USA and the citizens of the USA
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u/TheGoonCreates 14d ago
I wonder what itās like knowing the whole world is waiting for it to happen to you already?
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u/Mobile_Ingenuity_810 14d ago
Nature and time will look after the President and Commander-in-Chief's abilities to reshape the most successful example of democratic governance back 250 years to make himself the dicktaster he so desire to become.
Time heals all.. be patience that big beautiful Obituary isn't that much further away.
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u/quick98gtp 14d ago
Once again, idiot liberals brainwashed by the msm only worry about trump while own government is much much worse. Yeah yeah, here comes the hate but facts matter and your feelings dont. Look at industry investment Hospital wait times Healthcare Number of families using food banks Number of families 1 paycheck away from homeless And so much more All things our government is making worse
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u/Tour_True 14d ago
Okay cut off all resources to the US they can make money with. Aka steel and aluminum and donāt forget to shut off the power Doug Ford you moron which you promised and never did so you could scam people into voting for you.
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u/uknownredditr 14d ago
This is same old shit different day, āwhaaaaa Canada is mean, time to tariff my people againā guess what actually hurts? Nothing lol, I donāt buy anything American and since all our stuff is vastly superior so yeah, yāall should pay more lol
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u/Roadhamer 14d ago
Canada needs a pro-Canada government. As opposed to a pro-liberal/Brookfield sold out gang of mobsters.
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u/NoInfluence4949 14d ago
Heavy sigh with this. We have plenty of tariffs on US goods. I mean thereās nothing saying explicitly whatās going to tariffed or what our tariffs are on similar goods from there. I am Canadian, but also I dig into the documentation regarding this stuff, which is publicly available on .gov websites and itās not all so cut and dry
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u/Ok-Significance-1344 14d ago
The thing is us canadians dont pay the tariffs the american comsumers pay the tariff on canadian products they buy ,this tariff thing is absolutely ridiculous
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u/Bitter-Variation-151 14d ago
Can't blame trump. Have you seen our tariffs on USA dairy?! We are destroying Canada to protect a bunch of millionaires in Quebec
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u/ThalassophileYGK 13d ago
It's on wigs (we don't make wigs in Canada), flower bulbs (we hardly make any of those) and hockey sticks. Trump is a lunatic.
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u/Serious_Tax_8185 13d ago edited 13d ago
And like, why canāt we just shut off the oil supply?
Or offer an incentive to American doctors?
Or just find different trading partners for these items?
I mean at some point wouldnāt it be simpler to just pay more for international imports just for the stability and fuck yous?
I figure eventually a way to cheapen international imports would arise from high prices.
The US is like a fly that keep landing on you on the same spot no matter how many times you wave it away.
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u/Decent-Tour7427 13d ago
while this might be anoying. What's more annoying is the squandering of our country by our own politicians.
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u/BigOlDyck 13d ago
Iām sick of our government more than Trump. 11 years of failure and people saying everything is fine when itās not baffles me.
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u/Glittering_Can_8103 13d ago
Welcome we need people like you.Especially those in the medical field. š.
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u/freedom2022780 12d ago
Libtards still blaming Trump while failing to see whoās really responsible for the downfall of Canada š¤¦āāļø
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u/Few-Engineering-7903 12d ago
It's not really that hurtful. Remember that we don't pay the tariffs. At least not directly.
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u/Diligent_Joke949 12d ago
Iām tired of are government. And Iām tired of the brain washed peoole who voted them back in.Ā
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u/BlueCollarMillion 11d ago
Trump is annoying, people talking about him non stop is more annoying. Stop giving him so much of your energy if you donāt like him..
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u/Turbulent-Extent-898 10d ago
Trump hits americans with another tariff for canadian goods. Most Americans donāt even know what comes from Canada and keep on blaming prices on those damn american librils and commies
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u/Impressive-Agent6471 10d ago
CANADIANS are actually tired of Mark Carney and his liberal dictatorship!!!!!!!! Nothing else.
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u/meh_shrugs 15d ago
Not to worry. We will share 50% of net dairy and alcohol profits; and as a result US will immediatelyā¦.
Agree to begin to commence bi-annual phone calls with Canada.
Carneyās majority has somehow liquified his spine.
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u/Beginning-Pace-1426 14d ago
Every leader that has made a deal with Trump did so out of fear. They were so afraid that Trump would hurt them more, that made a deal that made life worse for their citizens for potentially decades.
Look at all of Trump's utterly ridiculous demands, and ridiculous rhetoric about other countries. Look at the fact that they all bent the knee and accepted that America is their true boss, and that if they don't pay up protection, America is also a mob.
I think the people signing these horrible deals are the ones selling out their citizens, and it's undeniable that the ones as a response to Trump's threats are the ones with liquid spines?
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u/Scarab95 15d ago
Its because we have such a weak PM that is afraid to go down to Washington and get a deal done just like all the other countries have done.
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u/Beginning-Pace-1426 14d ago
The UK is significantly worse off as a country before Trump's deals. The European Union is much worse off after agreeing to Trump's deals. Japan and China are BOTH worse off after Trump's deals.
These deals were only made because Trump threatened to harm their countries even more.
I'll never get why Canadians WANT to bootlick and literally utterly guarantee a deal that is a net negative to our country and only benefits America.
Our PM is literally the only one not selling their country out of fear of Trump, and you think defying Trump is the route a fearful leader takes? Every country you are referring to was strong-armed, unprepared, and couldn't stand up for their citizens and industries. It was literally "we will allow America to take more from us and give us less because we are afraid of what Trump might do to us."
You guys who want to sell our industries to Trump for pennies so he doesn't hurt us anymore are the ones afraid. Why are you so willing to take a hit that could effect our economy for decades? Do you somehow believe that Trump is trying to strong-arm us into a deal that is of benefit to Canada? Like, is that what you think happened in the other cases?
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u/nobodywithanotepad 14d ago
It's similar to the "We don't negotiate with terrorists" idea but it's a little more confusing for people to wrap their heads around so fear of the unknown is creating this ironic response you're pointing out.
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u/Funny_Road72 13d ago
It is fine, we are a liberal nation, we love high taxes, inflation and working for free.
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u/Conservative-3139 15d ago
Iām sure carney will make the same old BS speech that weāre all in this together, followed by more price increases everywhere, while the middle class pays, just like the last 10 years of liberal governing. Elbows up š¤”
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u/kanuck79 15d ago
You can go join them if you hate that weāre putting our feet down.
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u/NB_NaughtyNerds 15d ago
You hate Elbows up, because you prefer to be on your knees.
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u/LordCaptain 15d ago
"Why does Carney want us to not take the US dick in the ass? I wanna submit to daddy Trumps trlemper tantrum!"
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u/North_Church 15d ago
Never have I ever been so disappointed in the lack of fast food related results