Angered By Trump Tariffs, Canadians Say #BoycottUSA
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Source: Newsweek
OTTAWA Kelly Knight Crafts first Fourth of July party as the new U.S. ambassador to Canada will be a decidedly lower-key event Wednesday night than recent Independence Day parties at the American embassy in Ottawa.
The guest list has reportedly shrunk to about 1,000 invitees, or about one-quarter of the attendees who flocked to the marquee summertime event of Ottawas diplomatic community under former ambassador and Obama-appointee Bruce Heyman.
Even some VIPs invited wont be there this year, including Ottawas usually sociable mayor, Jim Watson, who says he is skipping this years soiree because he is tired, like a lot of other Canadians, of the constant chirping and attacks of the president, whether its against the prime minister, against our steel workers, aluminum, cars, dairy products.
I think it sends a symbolic signal that Im not interested in supporting an administration that is constantly attacking our economy....
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/angered-by-trump-tariffs-canadians-say-supernumberboycottusa/ar-AAzAeoY?li=BBnbcA1
The tweets have not been restricted to Canada. But the biggest backlash against the Trump administration has come from the Canadian government when it imposed tit-for-tat tariffs against U.S. steel and aluminum, along with 79 other products from pizza to ketchup valued at $12.6 billion, which Ottawa estimates is the value of 2017 Canadian exports affected by the U.S. measures. Canadas tariffs took effect, with symbolic timing, on the countrys July 1 birthday, Canada Day.
sandensea
(21,526 posts)Thanks a lot, Cheeto.
appalachiablue
(41,047 posts)sandensea
(21,526 posts)But then, it's so easy with this merry bunch of morons.
appalachiablue
(41,047 posts)with more than half of adults college educated. Canada also has a national Medicare for all health system since the early 1960s thanks to beloved politician Tommy Douglas; it maintains a 35% unionization rate, is the No. 1 Middle Class in the world, and more.
Real special how we've managed to create friction with this friendly, respected neighbor nation...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kuttner-canada-trade_us_5b2fe8d7e4b0040e27443961
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142099157
July 1, CANADA DAY, Prime Minister Trudeau greets Canadians in Leamington. ~ HAPPY 151st BIRTHDAY, CANADA!
sandensea
(21,526 posts)My parents almost moved to Canada in '84, for work-related reasons.
Darn it!
Squinch
(50,773 posts)sheshe2
(83,319 posts)nwduke
(341 posts)sucks up to Putin, Kim Jong Un, Duerte, Jinping, and Erdogan! The heros of this imbeciles wanna be dictator! Sorry Canada! Hopefully we can begin to turn this around in November!
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)They are mostly targeting products which are produced by companies that are pro-tRump.