U.S. Annexing Canada (split fm Liberal Minority thread)

[suffolkowner]

Just read an article that stated that Trumps tariffs would add as much as forty cents to gallon of gas and possible as much as seventy cents. That would peeve off a lot of Americans.

it would make WCS the most expensive oil in the world. Are refineries going to eat that or look for alternatives. I think there will be lots looking to get an exemption for oil

 

[Halifax Tar]

If I were a premiere with closet aspirations of becoming president or governor of my province, dialling-in the meeting and posting bogeyman stories to excite the partisan base seems like the lowest effort thing to do. Just skip right past acknowledging the threats of tarifs & annexation by the Trump to declare the real bad guy is Ottawa. Then maybe further excite the separatists & Canadian MAGA by ensuring my media release includes showing greater prominence of the US flag over Canadian.
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She doesn't have the public support for succession. That may change if Ottawa sacrifices Alberta's economy, but it's not currently the case.

 

[dimsum]

Just because we have a incompetent government doesn’t mean the provinces get to step outside their lane.

This has been happening more and more recently, someone needs to strongly indicate what responsibilities both sides have and to follow them. It is the beauty of our system, clearly defined roles that unfortunately we choose to ignore for political purposes.

Federal govt being lambasted for not building enough housing (a provincial or municipal responsibility) enters the chat

 

[Halifax Tar]

Federal govt being lambasted for not building enough housing (a provincial or municipal responsibility) enters the chat

Part of that issue is our federal parties campaign on areas that are outside their lane.