It will be a shit show until Canada and the rest of the western world work out agreements independent of the US.

Canada only put the tariff on to please the US. That ship has sailed. Canada doesn’t have an auto industry independent of the US. The US is trying to take that whole pie. Canadians still need cars and Canadian autoworkers need more reliable OEMs. Canada should get rid of the tariff on Chinese cars and focus on bringing non US based manufacturers into Canada. Preferably South Korean, Japanese and German, but buying some Chinese goodwill and hopefully improving diplomacy with them wouldn’t hurt.

There are so many reason why this is unlikely to happen. That said, the US forming an alliance with Russia seemed unlikely. Yet, here we are.

I’m just an American that lives here, but I think he knew he was past his best by date in the eye of the public. The best thing to do was to take as much heat as possible on the way out. It was better for the party to let his successor take credit for publicly appeasing decisions. Poilevre is a snake oil salesman, and his snake oil was “Trudeau is the problem” and “Axe the Tax”. Trudeau eliminated himself and let his successor take credit for axing the tax. Just good politics.

NDP needs to drop Singh. Conservatives need to drop PP.

The concern is there. Canada should let Chinese vehicles in, but should also mandate security and privacy focused specs. China should be willing to compromise to play ball in North America. There’s a path towards improved relations if both sides want it.

If only that were true in the US.

You seem to have missed the point.

Not saying he shouldn’t do it, but the US would have the power back very quickly and Trump would spin it to his supporters as an act of aggression. I don’t think most of the people who temporarily get inconvenienced would see it as a wake up call. America is too far gone. I say that as an American from Michigan that lives in Canada.

I used to own a Tesla. I like their cars. I even like the CyberTruck. No chance I buy another one as long as he is in charge. The guy is actively attacking democracy around the world.

What a terrible song.

Feel bad for those that didn’t get to see Apple in its heyday.

That song is from the movie A Hole In The Head. Frank sang a modified version as a political song, but that was a different song sang in the same tune. The actual song was a big hit at the time. Singers changing lyrics to support candidates is still a thing.

For sure. When we started to see them moving OS X towards iOS, I was hoping we would get a single OS for everything with dockable phones to run full desktop class apps. What we got is what I was hoping we’d avoid.

Same as anything else. My view is you need energy and food. Get your expenses as low as possible, get enough solar and batteries, stock up on food you can keep long term in the pantry. Trump is likely driving the world towards economic turmoil, military turmoil, or both. Personally, I feel better being able to keep my own lights on.

Just stepped down.

Definitely plenty fast for poking around. Especially with 10.6.

You’d have to get the entire union to agree. Including Hungary. Canada would have to change a bunch of stuff around when it comes to movement, currency, etc. The US would likely fight the move by putting its own NATO membership on the table. Assuming there haven’t been any Article 5 violations, then the EU would consider that a very bad deal. The list goes on.

Now, Canada and the EU increasing trade and allowing freedom of movement is not entirely impossible. I think new alliances are inevitable. I just don’t see Canada in the EU as a likely scenario.

That smile of his creeps me out.