Canadian Conservatives Trash Trump Tariffs While Borrowing Country First Branding

Breitbart ^ | 03/05/2025 | John Hayward

[blueplum]

from 2022, this list of Canadian tariffs on US goods, in just the first two pages of a few thousand, shows multiple instances of 100 or more percent tariffs.
https://wits.worldbank.org/tariff/trains/en/country/CAN/partner/USA/product/all

their current list shows just about anything one might consume as now having 25% tariffs, from bread to yogurt:
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/02/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-25-per-cent-tariffs-effective-february-4-2025.html

[blueplum]

I doubt one in one thousand Canadians are aware of how severely Canada has tariffed US goods for decades. Trump has brought that into the light and opened up curiosity and discussion amongst the non-hysterics. A 25% tariff on the US side is nothing in comparison to what we are burdened with. In fact, the tariffs will end up working to our advantage, causing Canada to lower their historic tariffs to more equitable levels.

Trump is way far ahead of your knee-jerk reaction.

[buwaya]

“I doubt one in one thousand Canadians are aware of how severely Canada has tariffed US goods”

And what messaging was there to sell this point? Zip.
He made his first impression as an unaccountable injustice, and you don’t get another chance.

You can argue till you are blue in the face afterwards.