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This is an interesting read for anyone who is into the numbers

The new 50% tariff threat will apply to $28B of Canadian exports. That’s around 5% of our entire exports to the U.S. Mark Carney’s Carbon capture will cost Canadians more.

Keep blaming Trump and cheering on this genius boycott strategy while our cost of living skyrockets. This is all part of the master plan, folks. ELVIWS UP! KEEP THEM ELBOWS UP!!
For all who fell for a dumb slogan and sound bite, hope you’re happy.

Go ahead fact check my initial comment, I challenge Carney bootlickers to do so please. I’ve done your homework for you, reports by major banks like BMO and CIBC, verified that the targeted list of goods accounts for roughly $28 billion in annual trade value. This translates to approximately 5% to 5.5% of Canada's total exports to the United States.

I sis some deep research to answer a simple question: “Can Canada diversify its trade with other global partners enough to win this trade war with the U.S.?” Here were some of the findings from sources ranging from The Economic to Stats Canada to The Financial Post to The Wall Street Journal to The Toronto Star to CTV News, on and on.

Nobody "wins" a trade war, but Canada cannot survive economically without the United States. Believing that Canada doesn't need the U.S. is an emotionally reassuring idea, but it completely ignores fundamental economic, geographic, and logistical facts.The current trade reality shows exactly why a trade war would result in an asymmetric loss for Canada:

1. The Math is Completely One-Sided. A trade war relies heavily on leverage, and the U.S. holds almost all of it.

Canada's Dependency:
Roughly 75% to 77% of all Canadian exports go directly to the United States. If the U.S. stops buying, three-quarters of Canada's export economy collapses overnight.

The U.S. Dependency: By contrast, only about 15% of U.S. exports go to Canada.

The Reality: If trade ties break completely, the U.S. has the economic capacity to source alternative suppliers; Canada cannot replace its primary customer, even an ambitious international global outreach for new trade partners could replace that

2. Retaliation Hurts Canadian Consumers Most.
   When people talk about Canada "winning" by boycotting US products and slapping retaliatory tariffs on American goods, they are misunderstanding how tariffs actually work.

Self-Taxation: Tariffs are not paid by the foreign country; they are paid by the domestic businesses and citizens importing the goods.

The Fallout: Because the Canadian market is so reliant on American manufacturing, fresh produce, and technology, Canadian retaliatory tariffs simply make life dramatically more expensive for ordinary Canadians.

The modern "Buy Canadian" push works as a psychological and political weapon rather than an absolute economic shield: Boycotts are a weapon of attrition, meaning Canada suffers collateral damage by using them.

Provincial Revenue Holes: Pulling high-margin American products hurts Canadian balances too. For example, British Columbia’s Liquor Distribution Branch projected a $77.2 million budget shortfall heavily linked to the removal of lucrative American brands. [1]
Retail Strain: Small and medium-sized Canadian retailers often bear the operational cost of managing scrambled supply lines and dealing with consumer backlash over items that simply cannot be replaced.

3. Recent Events Prove the High Stakes
   The friction in the bilateral relationship underscores Canada’s extreme vulnerability:

The USMCA Uncertainty:
The U.S. government’s refusal to automatically renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has injected massive instability into the Canadian business sector. Canada is fighting hard to preserve this framework because the alternative—relying on standard global tariffs—would decimate Canadian GDP.

Targeted Economic Pain: Ongoing disputes—ranging from new tariffs on Canadian fresh mushrooms to steep tariffs on motor vehicles, steel, and aluminum—have already triggered industrial layoffs and slowed cross-border commercial traffic.

Desperate Diversification: Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is rushing to close alternate trade deals, such as intensifying talks with South America's Mercosur bloc. However, policymakers openly admit these are panic-driven supplements to keep the economy afloat, not replacements for the American market.

Summary:
In international trade, the smaller economy cannot "win" a war of attrition against a neighbor that is ten times its size and controls its access to global supply chains. While Canada is a resilient nation, its economic survival is fundamentally tied to its geographic and commercial integration with the United States.

Elbows down, or around your ankles while we bend over. Don’t fall for a slogan and keep hearing your fellow business owners, and our rising living costs. It’s accomplishing nothing.

🚨 CARNEY’S ABANDONMENT OF CANADIAN WORKERS: Liberals No-Show at U.S. Tariff Hearings

The Carney Liberal government sent ZERO officials to this week’s critical U.S. Trade Representative hearings on proposed 10% tariffs hitting Canadian goods.

While Mexico’s Economy Minister and Peru’s officials showed up to fight for their countries, Canada left an empty chair. A private Canadian trade lawyer, Barry Appleton, had to pay his own way to Washington to testify and defend our jobs in auto, steel, and manufacturing. He called the scene “sickening” in his Toronto Star piece.

This is the same Carney elected to “handle Trump.” Instead, we get last-minute paperwork and total absence while American companies push for barriers.

Canadian families deserve a government that shows up — not one that ghosts when it matters most.

Share if you’re fed up with this neglect.

#CarneyFail #LiberalIncompetence #StandUpForCanada