Prime Minister Mark Carney said negotiations were progressing until Ontario’s anti-tariff ad aired. Two sources with knowledge of the talks said the Americans had warned Canadians “for months” that the Ontario premier’s comments were troubling to the Trump administration.

  • Yardy Sardley@lemmy.ca
    11·
    12 hours ago

    I pretty much despise Doug Ford and everything he’s ever done politically, but his opinions on Tump are actually exquisite. As Canada’s most preeminent asshole, he’s final|y discovered a way to use his abilities for good and I fully support him in this capacity. That Reagan ad was chef’s kiss. Keep it up, Doug!

    Meanwhile, Carney continues to waste his effort trying to negotiate with a cheat and a liar. Trump has proven time and time again that he is incapable of upholding his end of the bargain. I appreciate the Canadian values Carney is espousing by de-escalating the conflict and showing an astounding level of patience and charity towards someone who doesn’t deserve it, but it’s completely lost on Trump. He’s irredeemable.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 hours ago

    How about that 51st state guy, eh? How’s that for rhetoric?

    Fucking pissbabies.

  • WizardGed@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    14 hours ago

    Warning Opinions/rant incoming:

    If they think that Doug Ford (DoFo) is going to start being nice and quiet by refusing to negotiate or that he is going to suffer in the polls because of this they’ve misread the situation. If anything this just hardens everyone’s resolve that Trump will be petty about even minor grievances and therefore we should accelerate our move away from the USA and look more to the other big guys in the room. If trump is as petty and as much of a “pain” to deal with as china or India but with the only benefit being distance then maybe we need to start setting things up to deal with them more and work on cutting the US out of our dealings with Mexico.

    If the US wants to try and kill the auto sector and lumber industry in Canada. lets make them priorities and make the transit of those resources to ports a priority. if pipelines are such a no go for BC then lets expand rail west. rail can be used for lumber, auto, crops and oil. There seems to be more appetite for a pipeline east especially if it replaces the oil pipeline that goes south through the US and the great lakes and instead goes around it through the prairie’s and Ontario. Ontario has Break Bulk ports and many cities that would love to build them if they are given capital and an opportunity to be the next trans mountain project of the east.

    maybe also time to look for some other company to buy the Brampton, Oshawa and Ingersoll plants. maybe some EV manufacturers in china want to assemble there or maybe some low cost smaller cheaper vehicles from India could be made there.

    The US thinks they have us pinned down (mostly because they do at the moment) lets make that not the case in the future so we can still do business without involving them. That will hurt far more than any commercial can.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      3·
      11 hours ago

      we need to start setting things up to deal with them more and work on cutting the US out of our dealings with Mexico.

      That’s exactly what Carney is doing. I watched a few of his statements while attending ASEAN and he repeatedly used the unpredictability of the US as justification for why a renewed relationships with everyone else are needed. He made that point bidirectionally because those countries are also on the receiving end of Trump’s bullshit.