Ontario Premier Doug Ford said after talking with Prime Minister Mark Carney he’s decided to pause the advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume.
That was faster than I expected.
i’m not a ford fan. however, i think the ad was brilliant: no voiceover, no commentary - just the very words of a conservative idol pissing all over dumb shit donald.
once again, trump’s overreaction has enormously elevated the visibility of the very thing he wants to cover up.
when the shithead is dead, i will be jubilant, but a a tiny piece of me will always miss how easy it is to slam dunk on this man-baby.
I won’t fucking miss him at all
Ya know, when I was younger, I never felt this. But once I hit my thirty’s, the number of people I want dead just keeps rising. I mean IV hates people before…but man, the idea of KNOWING the world will be better when they’re dead…it’s just something else man
I believe there’s an inherent sanctity to life, especially human life. But I know exactly what you mean.
Welcome brother.
Certainly not happy to be here, but glad we’re in it together if atall
I was unhappy that Dougie decided to spend our tax dollars on ads in the US, but now I’m upset he’s pulling them. Are we getting a refund for the ad slots we didn’t use?
Given that ad buys are typically paid on a net30 basis, the actual invoice for the airtime hasn’t even been written yet.
They will probably only bill for what was actually aired.
Doug Ford was a Trump fan just a few months ago. Never forget that.
Still is.
They shouldn’t submit to the demands of a propagandist who demonstrates no intention of negotiating in good faith.
On Thursday Trump posted, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs.”
Who do you believe, me or your lying eyes?
Don’t, Trump looks like a huge bitch right now and it’s really existing how much the us media is outright lying these days.
A big part of me agrees. But my job doesn’t directly depend on US exports.
Mine does, and I still think fuck them.
I guess I see basically no point negotiating because he will always do this over anything he doesn’t like, and you can’t trust a word he says or a paper he signs anyways.
Unless they’re getting a horribly one sided deal they’ll never stop attacking.
Walking on egg shells around The Mad King.
He shouldn’t.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate here. Our economy is, unfortunately, still reliant on trade with the US and this won’t change anytime soon. Carney’s goal to double non-US exports over the next decade (which is considered hard FYI) will still keep the US as our largest trading partner. This specific ad has had massive visibility in the US (ironically because Trump drew attention to it) and has largely already accomplished its goal. The threat to our economy, just to play an ad, probably isn’t worth it.
That said, we need to track every concession we’ve ever made to the United States on trade (including these newer items, such as the Digital Service Tax) and make it clear that these concessions are contingent on free trade. If we don’t maintain free trade, we’re reclaiming these concessions. These should include items from years ago like more restrictive copyright laws, longer patents on pharmaceuticals, etc. We also need a red line as to what concessions we won’t grant even if it causes an economic disaster or else Trump will keep demanding more and higher concessions (we may already have such a red line - I expect they wouldn’t publish it).
Lastly, we need to view free trade with the US as a temporary thing to keep while we disentangle our economy with theirs. We can’t have our entire economy paralyzed by uncertainty all the time, but businesses won’t invest elsewhere unless they know that trade with third nations will remain the better option even if US trade temporarily normalizes. That is something we could control, but it would require our government, with Conservative support, to announce that Canada will withdraw from / not renew CUSMA in X years, no matter how the US situation changes. The Conservative support is necessary so that businesses don’t believe CUSMA might survive depending on an election outcome.
So Doug Ford is doing standup now?
He has created a video paired with California Governor Gavin Newsome making a friendly wager on the Dodgers/Blue Jays series with both together taking shots against Tariffs:
https://xcancel.com/fordnation/status/1981843665669750995
My tinfoil. He was in cahoots with the child rapist so he could keep tensions up between us and Canada and hopefully become king of Ontario or whatever in the future.
I knew twitter was toxic, but reading the comments, holy fuck… what a dumpster fire.
Who in their right mind wants to be on that?
I assume most of them are just interference bots.
