CanadaPolitics

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40789849

A deeper look into Canada's long-standing high tariffs on certain US imports and why they don't actually apply to most current trade.

"If the countries took a true approach to reciprocating tariffs, then the US would simply copy Canada's tariff quota, which would mean that neither country would pay any more based on current trade balances"

Bethan Nodwell, Christine Loughead, and another unidentified Canadian joined neo-Nazi leader Chris Pohlhaus to discuss antisemitic conspiracy theories and dehumanize South Asian and Indigenous people.

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Nodwell is part of Diagolon’s white supremacist network and has worked as an organizer for far-right events in Canada. She enjoyed a measure of notoriety in the media after allegedly serving as a stage manager during the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” blockade protests in Ottawa.

Nodwell has been quoted by major media outlets about the protests and appeared on the podcast of Tammy Peterson, Jordan Peterson’s wife. Once one of three owners of Trinity Productions, she helped bring the far-right Member of the European Parliament, German AfD MEP Christine Anderson, to Canada on multiple speaking tours.

She also attempted to organize a tour for UK Islamophobic activist Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.

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Loughead, better known as CandianGirl, revels in her racism, wearing it like a badge of honour. She describes herself as an “uber racist” during the interview. Arrested by Chilliwack RCMP in August 2024 after posting a series of videos showing her harassing South Asian people, typically yelling slurs and expletives at them from a vehicle.

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Appearing to be a woman around middle age, [Posty's] X account is filled with praise and reposts for far-right activists in North America, Australia, and Europe. She often reposts reports of crimes committed by people who are not white, blaming Jews for their presence in the country.

During the interview with Pohlhaus, she complained that Canada had donated $5 million to the Ukrainian war effort after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s temper tantrum in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

She also added that nothing had been done to secure the Canadian border, despite the over $1 billion committed by the government to bolster border security resources, staff, and equipment.

American here. I had a passing thought while reading tariff war news and wanted to inquire. I seem to remember some stories about how there's some percentage of Canadians that are as crazy pilled as our MAGAs, flying confederate flags and such, and I was wondering, what are they up to these days? How are they taking things post Trump election and present tariff fighting? Are they also booing the american anthem at hockey games? Or are they buying Kentucky whiskey in solidarity? I find the idea of those guys so fascinating, but I have so little news sources for them. Anyone have any insight into what the chatter is like in those communities lately?

We, the undersigned, population of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to reconsider existing and future military contracts with the United States of America, especially the acquisition of new F-35s.

Petition by Charlie Angus

CBC and other outlets are discussing how the trade war is impacting aluminum cans. This highlights the perverse way we’ve structured our economy and how the trade war — while disruptive and causing short-term harm — will help drive longer term structural improvements.

On first glance it could be seen as unexpected that American levies on Canadian-made aluminium could impact our own beer cans. Pretty weird, right?

But no. We export the raw Canadian aluminum to the US, and then re-import it here. This makes sense for the companies involved— they can take advantage of the abysmal worker and environmental protections in the US and lower tax rates to maximize profit. And Canadians buy the beer anyhow; most (including me) not even knowing that it’s happening.

This system allows Americans and American companies to reap much of the value, despite not actually being strictly necessary. Their “value-add” is entirely from being awful, yet it works because of the structure of international trade.

So this system is really good for the US business interests, but is really bad for Canada. In order to boost our economy we lower the price of our dollar — making us poorer, our imports more expensive— in order to subsidize the exports of raw materials. And many of these raw materials are not renewable — once they are gone they are gone forever.

With the trade war we have a new opportunity. We can process our raw materials here. Yes, it may be a bit more expensive because we have labour laws and make our companies pay taxes and try not to ruin the environment quite as much.

But that’s okay — because the price is going up regardless. Deciding to make this structural change was a difficult pill to swallow because there will be people negatively impacted and this can be bad politics. But an idiot with no understanding of economics made this choice for us— a painful experience but also a blessing in disguise.

So yeah let’s process our own aluminum, our own oil, our own lumber. Process it here; capture the value here for Canadian businesses paying Canadian taxes and hiring skilled Canadian workers.

This will be a difficult period of adjustment, there will be hard times ahead. But someday soon those beer cans will be made in Canada. And on that day, we win.

https://archive.is/TKm42

Former central banker will succeed PM Trudeau

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40252574

Link to article.

While the federal government is prorogued and most of the country focuses on the ongoing trade disputes with the USA, one group is preparing itself to make its voice heard ahead of the possible upcoming federal election.

As anti-trans bills continue to be rolled out across the United States, the LGBTQ+ community in Canada is gearing up to make sure that something similar does not happen in Canada.

A Queer Mass Organizing Call connected to the group Momentum Canada has been posted all over social media.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40141703

Green Party of Canada🟢 on Bluesky

The Green Party of Canada is calling on progressive Canadian parties to set aside partisan differences and unite in addressing the issues that matter most to Canadians. We're ready to discuss building a more democratic future, let's make it happen. #CommonGround

[Elizabeth May] Hey it's Elizabeth May. Co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. Here with Jonathan Pedneault, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada.

We've just come from a press conference where we have made a public challenge to the other leaders of the parties that call themselves progressives.

If you want to cooperate before the next election, we're ready. We wanna sit down and talk about it.

We need to give Canadians a parliament that speaks to your values and your concerns.

[Jonathan Pedneault] The answer to what's happening in the US is not less democracy, it's more democracy.

We've been asking for electoral reform for so many years. Trudeau let us down, but quite frankly, this election we need to collaborate strong progressive voices, and more democracy in Ottawa would do us wonders.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40140742

Fair Vote Canada on Bluesky

What’s more chilling than Trump’s presidency? The fact that we use the same system that just handed him total control.

First-past-the-post fuels a hyper-partisan two-party system.

If we want to protect democracy in Canada, we need proportional representation.

#cdnpoli

Cult MTL on Bluesky

As the Conservatives blow a 30-point lead in the polls, we remind you that Canada’s mainstream media still chooses not to fact-check Pierre Poilievre.

“Poilievre has benefitted immensely from legacy media’s inability to challenge conservative bullies.”

John Michael McGrath on Bluesky

INBOX: the Supreme Court of Canada will next Friday release its judgement in the case of Ontario v. Working Families, on whether Ford govt's campaign finance rules and the notwithstanding clause was properly invoked.

Attorney General of Ontario v. Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Canada case number: 40725.

Case summaries are prepared by the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada (Law Branch). Please note that summaries are not provided to the Judges of the Court. They are placed on the Court file and website for information purposes only.

This case concerns the third party spending limits most recently added to the Election Finances Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.7 (“EFA”), in 2021, and whether they infringe the informational component of the right to vote (i.e., a citizen’s right to exercise their vote in an informed manner), which is protected by s. 3 of the Charter.