Posted on 03/04/2025 11:04:10 AM PST by DFG
WORLD — With new trade policies officially going into effect, officials warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Donald Trump's Canadian tariffs were expected to have a devastating impact on the curling broom industry.
"America's economy may not recover from this devastating blow to the sport of curling," said economist and political strategist John Deleck. "What Trump is doing with these tariffs may very well cause the country to collapse."
The American people have reportedly begun stockpiling curling brooms ahead of a perceived decline in supply as a result of the tariffs. Leading curling broom resellers say they will have to reduce their inventory because of the tariffs, and have already begun raising prices to account for the lower supply.
Professional curlers have begun developing alternatives to curling brooms such as curling sticks and curling spoons. But it's not expected that any substitutes will be approved by the International Olympic Committee. As a result, American curlers would be unable to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
"Trump will come to regret this recklessness," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "Americans will suffer terribly as a result."
At publishing time, the Canadian economists had also warned America that Trump's tariffs would also affect the price of dry, tasteless doughnuts from Tim Hortons.
They’re still mad at the transition to electric curling brooms. Gotta move with the times, fellas...
Holy crap! There is such a thing, and they want $1500 for it.
Thank you for that.
This means war! That’s after I’m done watching paint dry in the kitchen.
My wife lived in the hamlet of Claremont, Alberta when we married. All the place had was an old grain elevator, a convenience store/post office, and a curling rink.
Surely there was a regular outdoor hockey rink.
This should be in the Bee.
Oh, it IS in the Bee?
This should be in a mainstream news feed.
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I’ll never drink Molson again!!!
Lol I post The Bee articles frequently. Gotta love The Bee.
Oh, the hugh manatee!
I onlly went there in the late spring (May, June). I didn’t see a hockey rink. A pond probably sufficed for hockey and skating.
Horror show.
American Tim’s stuff (even in New York) is greatly inferior to the Canadian Tim’s stuff. Although after being disappointed two or three times, I stopped bothering with the southern Tim’s.
Tim Horton’s used to have great donuts.
Haven’t had one in years.
All the years purchasing stuff, I can’t recall a single item purchased that was ‘made in canada’.
All the place had was an old grain elevator,
a convenience store/post office, and a curling rink.
A real backwater from nowhere.
Grande Prairie is nearby. A 20 minute drive gets you to Walmart. It is a backwater, nonetheless, unless it boomed from oil sales. I just looked. The population boomed from 1,000 to 5,000. There might be more there, now.
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