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In keeping with Mark Carney's promise to end '70 Cents Of Every Dollar To US' defence spending model, no U.S. option was considered.

Germany’s TKMS will be awarded the lucrative contract to build 12 new submarines for Canada, beating out a bid from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean. The Globe and Mail report says Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the decision in Halifax on Monday before heading to a NATO leaders’ summit in Turkiye.

Along with procuring the submarines, Canada’s project involves paying for 30 to 50 years of maintenance. The contract, over its entire lifespan, has an estimated value of more than $100 billion.

This demand is from someone who insults Canadians every time he opens his mouth. Ramp up our boycott of US products and services!

I'm planning to buy a new kitchen appliance in the next few months, and I keep seeing people say tariffs are a reason to buy sooner rather than laterrrr..

I've come across mixed opinions..some say future inventory could end up costing more, while others think it depends on where a particular model is manufactured and how retailers price their inventoryy.. For anyone who's been appliance shopping recently, have any retailers mentioned tariffs affecting prices? Are certain brands or product categories expected to be impacted more than others??

Also, if anyone has recommendations for a reliable local appliance store, I'd love to hear them..

I'm planning to buy a new kitchen appliance in the next few months, and I keep seeing people say tariffs are a reason to buy sooner rather than later. I've come across mixed opinions. Some say future inventory could end up costing more, while others think it depends on where a particular model is manufactured and how retailers price their inventory.

For anyone who's been appliance shopping recently, have any retailers mentioned tariffs affecting prices? Are certain brands or product categories expected to be impacted more than others? Also, if anyone has recommendations for a reliable local appliance store, I'd love to hear them.

I shop in Canada a lot, recently I was at Burrard Laptops and Winners, (so many good deals in Canada) surprisingly as long as I'm there for over 48 hours I can buy 800 USD in goods tax free. I recently bought a bunch of shoes and used electronics for very cheap in Canada. I was really shocked that I was way under the limit. I didn't know the limit was so high. I definitely recommend returning to the US by bus or train as one of the border officers said "don't worry you need to buy thousands of dollars before you have to start worrying about fees",

He was incorrect legally but I feel only the land crossing by bus checkpoints would have that attitude and I'll go by the written rather than the spoken law.

800 USD is like 1,135.96 Canadian Dollars. I love buying Canadian. I feel this belongs here because I'm buying Canadian but if not I understand.

The scale of the U.S. economy means their decisions ripple outward and hit us with amplified force. Here are five major channels where U.S. policy directly affects Canada, often more intensely than domestic policy choices:

1. Inflation and Monetary Policy When the U.S. injects large amounts of liquidity into its financial system through Federal Reserve actions (money printing), quantitative easing, or capital flows into the stock market, global prices shift. Because the U.S. dollar is the world’s reserve currency, these decisions raise the cost of imports, commodities, and financing for everyone, including Canada. We end up importing U.S. inflation whether we want to or not.
2. Military Activity and Global Resource Markets U.S. foreign policy and military engagements raise global risk premiums, disrupt shipping routes, and push up oil prices. Higher energy costs feed directly into food production, transportation, and manufacturing. Conflicts also reduce the world’s supply of fertilizer and other critical inputs, driving up costs for Canadian farmers and consumers. People who were upset about the carbon tax should look closely at this shift, because the financial hit no longer supports other Canadian programs; it now enriches U.S. companies at our expense.
3. Corporate Tax Policy and Regulatory Loopholes When the U.S. lowers corporate taxes or expands loopholes, multinational companies shift profits and operations south of the border. This funnels capital toward politically connected corporations and increases the competitive pressure on Canadian firms. It’s similar to creating laws that favor organized crime while limiting enforcement — except the “gangs” are multinational corporations, and the “police” are regulators trying to maintain fair competition.
4. U.S. Consumer Spending and Canadian Jobs Canada relies heavily on exports to the U.S. When American households cut spending — whether due to inflation, interest rates, or economic uncertainty — Canadian companies sell less. Lower demand means fewer jobs, reduced profits, and a cascading slowdown across multiple sectors. This is a slippery slope that can’t be fixed by Canadian policy alone.
5. Trump announced economic warfare against Canada with the expectation that this would lead to economic collapse. You could think of this like a hostile corporate takeover and some are already discussing this in terms of draining us of our resources and making us into a slave state. Observing how the USA is treating it's own citizens should serve as a warning for us, who would then become second class citizens. Alberta separatists are spearheading this attempt to make us weak, and vulnerable to becoming second class American citizens.

In short: U.S. policy decisions don’t just affect Canada — they shape the environment we operate in. Our economy is downstream from theirs.

Today, we face an energy crisis on three levels. An affordability crisis, a security crisis, and a climate crisis. We need an energy transition that really works. The good news is that Canada has the solutions to control our own energy and our future.

To do that, we need a new approach.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro.
01:00 The current situation.
02:07 Let’s talk about energy.
03:06 How we got here.
05:32 Affordability.
06:15 Security.
08:18 Electrification.
11:55 The value of trust.
13:05 Establishing stability.
15:30 Our new plan.
15:48 Canada is worth it.

After Canada cut the tariff from 100% → 6.1% in March, the floodgates opened. I've been tracking every Chinese EV headed here and the pricing is genuinely wild:

- BYD Seagull — ~$22,000 (305 km) — cheapest new EV in Canadian history

- Chery Omoda E5 — ~$30,000 (414 km)

- BYD Dolphin — ~$35,000 (427 km)

- BYD Seal — ~$44,990 — the Model 3 rival (5-star Euro NCAP, Blade battery)

The catch: they're NOT eligible for the $5K federal rebate — only provincial ones (e.g. Quebec's $2K). BYD is opening 20 dealerships, Toronto first, around Q3 2026.

Full breakdown with specs, every brand and the dealership timeline here:

https://china-ev.ca/chinese-evs-canada

Would you actually buy one, or does "Chinese EV" still scare people off?