HavokFour
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True, and the recent flip flop on who was to blame for holding up peace in Ukraine.
Give it a good 10 days to marinate.
Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???
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True, and the recent flip flop on who was to blame for holding up peace in Ukraine.
Give it a good 10 days to marinate.
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Now we're cooking with Canola. They publicly urge Canadians to invest domestically while the government simultaneously prioritizes trade, capital flows, and market access abroad through its own policy choices.
The issue isn’t so much personal investments, it’s the contradiction between the messaging to Canadians and the government’s economic posture.
Think politicians telling Canadians to stay home and respect covid19 mask rules - from their hotel room on vacation in Jamaica.
Are you referring to governments investing? Or politicians holding investment portfolios?
No idea. I know that these predate his entry into politics.
From the Liberal platform:
Buy Canadian
President Trump’s tariffs are fundamentally restructuring global trade and Canadian businesses are anxious about lost customers and jobs. In this time of crisis, Canadian businesses need to know that domestic demand is there. It’s time for the Government of Canada to give Canadian companies due consideration in federal procurement. Buying Canadian gives companies the confidence to build, to hire, and to stand strong in the face of this crisis.At a time when our economy is under threat, consumers want to do their part as patriotic Canadians, buying things that are truly made here. But sometimes figuring out what is a Canadian product is hard.
A Mark Carney-led government will:
- Make it easy for Canadians to Buy Canadian. Working with retailers, agricultural producers, manufacturers, food and beverage companies, and by maximizing Canada’s supply chain we will increase transparency and increase stringency in origin of product labelling so that it is simple, clear, and easy to identify what is a truly Canadian product. To help make this happen, we will provide support to help manufacturers adapt and for the Competition Bureau to enforce these new requirements.
- Deploy a made-in-Canada procurement strategy that prioritizes, whenever possible, Canadian suppliers and supply chains, and limiting bidders from foreign suppliers to bidding only on what we have agreed to in Canada’s Free Trade Agreements. We will prioritize Canadian contractors in our defence procurement, including the Canadian aerospace industry. Crown Corporations with major capital acquisitions, like VIA Rail, will also be encouraged to meet this standard.
- Buy Canadian clean by prioritizing Government of Canada purchases to be low carbon emission and when applicable, sustainability certified products and materials. This includes building materials, vehicle fleets, and other goods and services. We will support clean growth in Canada, create jobs, and support Canadian business.
- Establish Buy Canadian standards for federal infrastructure funding including maximizing Canadian steel, aluminum, and forestry products.
- Leverage government funding to prioritize and procure Canadian-built vehicles,catalyzing domestic investment to grow the Canadian auto industry.
- Bet on Canadian innovators and entrepreneurs by leveraging the government’s purchasing power to drive Canadian innovation, solving Canadian problems in new ways, and improving efficiency and service delivery, while supporting our small and medium-sized businesses.
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Canada is the best country in the world. Our sovereignty is under threat. America’s unjustified trade war is an attempt to weaken us. We will not let that happen. It’s time to build a future that makes Canada strong. We can give ourselves much more than any foreign government, including the...
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I don't see any mention of telling Canadians to buy Canadian stocks, or ditch foreign investments in order to do so.
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Uh oh. If Trump supports it we should be against it. Time to cancel the trade deal.
Trump says Canada should do trade deals with China
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The hypocrisy is in urging Canadians to keep capital at home while the government itself prioritizes foreign markets, trade deals, and external investment over domestic investment.
Politician investment portfolios can be tricky if they're publicly calling for one thing while personally doing something else. Back to do as I say not as I do.
They do. When I looked at the report he had stock in 3 Canadian companies. Easy to argue Carney personally benefits from a stronger America. Politics often comes down to optics.
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Just want for the news on the 20th.
I don't understand why you believe these are mutually exclusive?
We're a trading nation. Developing trade with other countries while encouraging "Buy Canadian" at home (especially government purchases where feasible) isn't controversial or hypocritical.
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The hypocrisy comes from emphasis and outcomes. When the government tells Canadianss to keep capital at home while its own policy choices consistently prioritize foreign market access and overseas investment over domestic capacity, the messaging stops lining up with the behaviour.
That's the reality of a being a smaller country with a smaller population.
Again, the 2 concepts aren't mutually exclusive.
Is the solution to stop encouraging "Buy Canadian", or stop securing foreign market access?
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Once government aligns their messaging with policy I'll get back to you with an answer.
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Turns out you can chew gum and walk a the same time.
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We're obviously posted to different bases.
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I have seen this pop up a few times in my SM algorithm.
I would have worded the options differently:
If Canada were to face a situation in which the USA were to use force against Canadian territory what would be your primary response:
a) Personally take up arms and defend Canada, be it uniformed or partisan, even if the outcome is uncertain; or
b) Personally avoid confrontation and attempt to maintain some personal normalcy in your life.
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The results are pretty damning either way.
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LOL - don't answer that question in any manner.
You're answer might just decide your fate if the question being asked does occur.
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Trump reverses course, supports Canada-China trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump was asked to respond to news that Prime Minister Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping came to an agreement on trade.www.ctvnews.ca
Response from Trump.
He must’ve got a call from Xi and Vlad…
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I'd like to see the responses if the question was asked under the scenario of a US President, who was a Democrat, was saying/doing similar things to Canada and the world as this current one is.
Wonder if the Conversative supporters would change their responses - just like I wonder if the Liberal/NDP supporters would.
Also interesting to see the response from the NDP supporters since a significant number of them have always wanted to defund/defang the CAF and the Police. So many 'Project Plowshares' among their faithful.
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I don't have a choice.
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Considering we've had Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Republican, and only one side has tried to go out of their way to hurt Canada, I suppose we will never find out.
I have no doubt the Conservative supporters would change their position. Again, that's damning.
They probably foolishly thought we didn't face threats in our hemisphere. Silly them.
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Trump is a RINO. Ill await judgement on his successors
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