Posted on 03/05/2025 1:09:35 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on Monday rolled out his “Canada First” response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, borrowing Trump’s branding strategy while insisting his tariffs on Canadian goods are “unjustified.”
Part of Poilievre’s strategy includes faulting the Liberal Party of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for doing “nothing” to make Canada less dependent upon the U.S. economy, even though the threat of Trump’s tariffs was painfully clear.
“They’ve left us helpless,” Poilievre complained before debuting his own strategy, blasting the Liberals for weakening the Canadian economy with high taxes and heavy regulations that pushed Canadian businesses across the border into the United States.
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Pierre Poilievre is showing himself to be an empty suit IMO, I read something about him today that says his campaign appeal for Prime Miniter is, at least I’m not Justin Trudeau instead of a bold agenda that is radically different.
He has to appeal to nationalism to have a chance, so of course he is going to come across as Trump-is-the-enemy-of-Canada. The question is whether he will be practical enough to work with Trump if/when he becomes PM, and my guess is that he will be willing to deal, which is all Trump is looking for.
Why not just LOWER the original tariffs that Canada imposed on the USA and avoid this trade war?
I’m beginning to hate Canada and Canadian. What a bunch of whiney children
Canada is about to learn what it means to be America’s enemy.
Time to go Cowboy on these bunch of fairy ingrates.
Canada is a major supplier of fentanyl narrative as a basis for this tariff doesnt hold water: “US border authorities seized 21,889 pounds of fentanyl in the 2024 fiscal year. Of that amount, 43 pounds were seized at the Canadian border — about 0.2% —
Trump today
TRUMP TOLD TRUDEAU: FENTANYL EFFORTS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
Here is the official data ..Check January 2025... half a pound
i have seen his interviews and questions for the prime minister
he seems pretty solid
he can definitely handle the press
Canada is nothing more than a Chicom/WEF battering ram against President Trump’s counter-revolution. Canada’s economy will be destroyed but they are hoping to inflict some damage on The American economy, perhaps for the midterms. The fact that Canadians think that their government cares about them is both sad and funny. Canadians are the new Ukrainian cannon fodder.
A normal rational clear-headed Canadian politician would assess the situation and conclude that it would perhaps be best to simply find out what the U.S. wants, and come to some mutual agreement beneficial to both nations, not have a tantrum in the media.
I think Trump found the quickest way to inflict a recession.
I heard the retort from Canada is Trump imposed tariffs based on 2 ounces of fentanyl getting through.
Canada needs to drop its 25% tariffs on US goods then. Reciprocity.
I think Poilievre will be better than the son of Castro but overall Canada is such a weakling of a country. There’s no indication of rugged determination and the country that stormed D-day with America as far as the queer Quebec government is concerned.
Wonderful. This is “art of the deal” blowback being created in real time. Im seeing a bad pattern with Trump. He can pursue his “deal” but he fails to see the collateral damage among the people with which he is NOT dealing.
Like Polievres folks. That @#£% Trudeau is UP because of this. Trudeau was almost gone. Trump would have had a real human being to deal with. Now? Canadian politics is poisoned.
The deal will be done, but someone will then have to deal with the next three generations.
I think the US is eliminating the possibility of ever having a non-queer Quebec government. Eliminating the future. Everybody hates the US now.
Polievre and co are not in power. They cant negotiate - yet, and maybe, now, never. Trump has made himself so hated that that everyone HAS to yell at him.
He has, very likely, handed control to the left for a generation.
Man up, or shut up. I’m sick of you zeepers. Un- zamerica frauds.
Go post on Free Dominion, oh, that’s right you can’t because our so called “ ally” banned it. Go stuff your globalism. We have had it!
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