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« Reply #300 on: March 17, 2020, 04:46:46 pm »
BC 2004 one on MLW was right, Canadians are scared shitless of Trump.
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« Reply #301 on: March 17, 2020, 04:48:08 pm »
BC 2004 one on MLF was right, Canadians are scared shitless of Trump.

Being diplomatically smart isn't the same as being afraid.

Anyway, Ottawa is coming to the table with more than $25B tomorrow.  This is probably the largest economic crisis to ever inflict the world in modern times:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-coronavirus-financial-supports-1.5500045

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« Reply #302 on: March 17, 2020, 04:49:42 pm »
Being diplomatically smart isn't the same as being afraid.

Anyway, Ottawa is coming to the table with more than $25B tomorrow.  This is probably the largest economic crisis to ever inflict the world in modern times:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-coronavirus-financial-supports-1.5500045
We are so smart we will let a pandemic over run our country rather than take a chance of offending him. **** pathetic bunch of wimps.
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« Reply #303 on: March 17, 2020, 04:52:08 pm »
We are so smart we will let a pandemic over run our country rather than take a chance of offending him. **** pathetic bunch of wimps.

It's about which puts more people in danger.  There is little danger from the tourists who aren't coming here.

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« Reply #304 on: March 17, 2020, 04:54:08 pm »
BC 2004 one on MLW was right, Canadians are scared shitless of Trump.

Um, not sure it's very smart to take your lead from such a biased babbler as BC04, but I suppose there is some good reason to be concerned about an elephant such as trump so close to our border.

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« Reply #305 on: March 17, 2020, 04:58:37 pm »
Um, not sure it's very smart to take your lead from such a biased babbler as BC04, but I suppose there is some good reason to be concerned about an elephant such as trump so close to our border.

Trudeau said something Donald didn't like and Donald put tariffs on our  (and others) steel and aluminum. Now Donald says "jump" and JT says "how high".
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« Reply #306 on: March 17, 2020, 05:05:38 pm »
Trudeau said something Donald didn't like and Donald put tariffs on our  (and others) steel and aluminum. Now Donald says "jump" and JT says "how high".

Bit of a contradiction going on there. First you criticize JT for somehow hampering trade, but now criticizing him for acting to continue it.
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« Reply #307 on: March 17, 2020, 05:06:49 pm »
Bit of a contradiction going on there. First you criticize JT for somehow hampering trade, but now criticizing him for acting to continue it.

What?  One thing is clear here, only one country is allowed to control its borders and it isn't us.
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« Reply #308 on: March 17, 2020, 05:11:43 pm »
What?  One thing is clear here, only one country is allowed to control its borders and it isn't us.

You don't think Trudeau has the power to lock the gates tomorrow if he felt he needed to? He does and he said this morning he will if his medical advisors tell him it's necessary.

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« Reply #309 on: March 17, 2020, 05:33:33 pm »
You don't think Trudeau has the power to lock the gates tomorrow if he felt he needed to? He does and he said this morning he will if his medical advisors tell him it's necessary.

You guys are saying we should be afraid of the big bad orange man and not risk offending him, so the answer is yes, I don't think.
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« Reply #310 on: March 17, 2020, 05:50:56 pm »
You guys are saying we should be afraid of the big bad orange man and not risk offending him, so the answer is yes, I don't think.

I'm not saying that at all. It's a balance between trade and risk. Nothing to do with puffy face.
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« Reply #311 on: March 17, 2020, 05:53:03 pm »
You guys are saying we should be afraid of the big bad orange man and not risk offending him, so the answer is yes, I don't think.

Trump didn't shut down trade even after Trudeau was caught on camera making fun of Trump.  Who knows, maybe Trump said something this time to Trudeau, but without knowing for sure, I think it's stupid to risk Canadians out of fear of Trump *maybe* starting a trade war in the middle of a pandemic.

 
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Re: Outbreak Culture
« Reply #312 on: March 17, 2020, 05:54:25 pm »
Being diplomatically smart isn't the same as being afraid.

Anyway, Ottawa is coming to the table with more than $25B tomorrow.  This is probably the largest economic crisis to ever inflict the world in modern times:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-coronavirus-financial-supports-1.5500045

Did the PBO factor this into their GDP and deficit assessment?
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« Reply #313 on: March 17, 2020, 05:56:28 pm »
Italians were the first to shut down their borders to China, yet look where they are now.  It's true that travel bans don't work.

However, a bit part of why Italy got where it did is because 10,000 Northern Italians fled to other parts of the country and took the virus with them.  That's the part that scares me about the US border.  With their crap leadership, there are going to be a lot of Americans coming to Canada for a safe haven and making things worse for us. 

As it stands it'll be difficult.  We don't need to take care of Americans fleeing their country as well.

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« Reply #314 on: March 17, 2020, 05:58:48 pm »
Trump didn't shut down trade even after Trudeau was caught on camera making fun of Trump.  Who knows, maybe Trump said something this time to Trudeau, but without knowing for sure, I think it's stupid to risk Canadians out of fear of Trump *maybe* starting a trade war in the middle of a pandemic.

 

It's like the reaction of someone who has been abused toward their abuser. Frankly I think it is idiotic and criminal if that is the reason.
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