You know, as a Canadian, I can’t help but look at Doug Ford / Ontario’s approach here, and shake my head a bit. Like Trump’s a dumbass baby dictator fascist for the response, sure – But Doug Ford / Ontario put out an anti-tariff ad, which touches on some of the legit reasons tariffs aren’t great.
The ad specifically notes the risk of retaliation and trade wars. The full speech, which obv would get pulled into this sort of ad conversation, also includes notes about the increased reliance on artificial govt mechanisms to protect industry, which also reduce innovation within industries – they become reliant on govt protection via trade, rather than innovation, as their vehicle to success.
So… how bout them Electric Vehicles from China, Mr Doug Ford and Ontario? Doug’s busy lobbying hard to maintain these 100% tariffs, to protect an industry dominated by US companies (there are no “Canadian” car companies, just offshore production areas for American companies, located in Ontario). The tariffs demanded by Doug Ford, have encouraged a lack of innovation / advancement in the automotive area (there are numerous examples of western car makers admitting they lost on this front, without clear plans to try and regain ground!), and it’s also lead to increase trade war / retaliations from China in their Canola ban (hurting the prairies, in exchange for bolstering US company profits? Seems like a shit trade off). Like, the ‘risks’ noted by Reagan, that Ford and Crowd want people to pay attention to … are already being realized, due to Ford being pro-tariff on the auto industry. If they really think tariffs are bad, they should be consistent in their actions…
Trump’s a dope. We all knew that already. Throwing a fit is basically on brand for that man baby. But Doug Ford / Ontario are hypocritical fucktards for this sort of advertising.
Doug is a fucktard for supporting Trump and even calling himself MAGA before 2025, but the real fucktards are the Ontario voters who love him.
Keep the ad going. Let him keep throwing temper tantrums and raising the tariffs to 100% and completely wreck the US economy. I’m fine with that
I agree, we have got to stop bending to his will. I’m tired of being subject to the USA’s policy in Canada.
Same but I’m in the US
American here. Please keep the ad going, please do whatever you can to wreck the US economy. Most of us are already fucked, but the elites are still happy to ride it out. I want them to hurt too and I want my country to do better for its people.
Ford should have used this video instead. It explains why tariffs made the great depression much worse.
Me too
They already made their point. The ads don’t really have to continue.
Want to hit the US where it hurts? Stop buying US branded cars. They’re shuttering their plant here and putting many people out of work.
Buy Toyota and Honda’s that are made here in Ontario, or buy other imports from Europe and Asia.
If Canadians do what we did with travel, but apply it to US cars, they’ll be in a world of hurt.
You can end the sentence at “Stop buying US”.
Yes right, but most people might not know that other non U.S. branded cars are also made in the U.S.
https://www.jalopnik.com/1905913/where-are-subarus-made-who-makes-them/
So when you go to the dealership, ask which cars are produced locally here in Canada. If none, ask which cars are not made in America.
Pick the either locally built car or the true imported car not manufactured on US soil.
Right. I meant we need to stop buying anything American. That’s what’s going to hurt. Definitely vehicles as they are big ticket items. However, lots of small repeat items are going to hit them too (think groceries, toiletries etc).
No car is made in Canada with Canadian parts, that’s not how it works.
Toyotas and Hondas are assembled in Ontario, with a lot of US made parts, but even Toyota and Honda are backing down on CDN production because we only assembled cars here for the US market.
If Canadians do what we did with travel, but apply it to US cars, they’ll be in a world of hurt.
(And whiskey/spirits, but you guys have already done a great job there)
Seriously, you’re 100% right. The more you fine folks of the north stop buying our shit, the more pain you’ll inflict. And our corpos need pain inflicted. If I could suggest, avoiding products from our red states would mean even more than blue states, but that’s a minor distinction at this point.
I wish it was easier for you and the EU to move away from big tech, because that would really start getting attention more than anything else.
Yeah big tech is by faaar the most important thing to boycott, but its also the hardest and least realistic for the average person to stop using.
Dear Canada,
Keep doing whatever you can to hurt the US economy. We need to hit rock fucking bottom so people will wake up.
Or they won’t and we’ll experience a much needed collapse.
Either way is good with me.
He’s a whiny little bitch
This is the guy that is worshipped by “snowflake” haters. The most easily offended cunt on the planet.
It’s always projection. They are, themselves, the biggest snowflakes.
