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@ericcbarnes @jaysurge213 @TalbotLionel2 We have and have had free trade with 51 countries for a while now. Including all EU nations. Japan, Australia, etc. Which countries has Carney been "developing trade ties" with? Other than allowing 49000 cheap EV's from China in order for them to drop SOME tarrifs.

@jaysurge213 @smalltownFlyboy @TalbotLionel2 True, which is why Carney is developing trade ties with other countries. You don’t fix over 75 years of these policies over night.

So, according to Robert Fife, Canada’s problems only started once Trump was elected. Before that, when Biden was president, everything was nice and dandy in Canada. Now let’s check with AI to see if our friend Mr. Fife is right: "Canada's economy experienced its worst performance on record in 2020 with real GDP shrinking by 5.4%. March and Q2 2020 saw the steepest monthly and quarterly declines since 1961. Additionally, 2020-2024 saw the sharpest five-year decline in GDP per capita since the Great Depression. This period is noted for the worst five-year decline in standard of living (GDP per capita) since the 1930s. During this period, Canada fell to the 3rd-lowest spot among 30 developed OECD countries, with GDP per capita falling from 80.4% of the U.S. level in 2012 to 72.3% by 2022." Now for the “coup de grâce”: Who was president of the United States of America between 2020 and 2024? Answer: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. I’ll be very polite and will only say, Mr. Fife, you’re full of bologna. x.com/sarobertsonca/…

@ericcbarnes @jaysurge213 @TalbotLionel2 By that, do you mean that Trump is/was correct when he says other countries were profiting off the USA's back? Were these countries using the USA to prop up their own economies?

@smalltownFlyboy @jaysurge213 @TalbotLionel2 Not just Canada’s. The collapse of the global economy.

@Setup1148493 @marissenmark Boomers are between 60 and 80 years old today. The number of boomers dying off will reduce every year after 2030. With MAID in Canada it may have already peaked lol.

@marissenmark You’re not comparing the same debt. You should put up OECD numbers on productivity of Canada versus the other nations. Ours has lagged for ten years. Investment in Canada dropping hard. Once the baby boomers die off Canada has a chance.

And here’s government debt per capita US vs Canada.

@ericcbarnes @jaysurge213 @TalbotLionel2 The president of another country is responsible for the disaster of an economy in Canada? Tell me how and why he is responsible for our economy. Our economy was in freefall before Trump. It would still be in a freefall without Trump. Close to 90% of our trade is not tarrifed.

@jaysurge213 @TalbotLionel2 Those were earlier decisions. He’s still at fault for his completely inane policies.

@BenReynen @DonaldBestCA Embellished how?

@smalltownFlyboy @DonaldBestCA Yes much like the Rosa parks story it was embellished to create an emotional appeal to the students. The teachers probably also were told the story was true so it’s not ‘that’ insidious, but the people who orchestrated the lie definitely did it for a reason.

Canadians shouldn't forget First Nations cannibalism, human sacrifices, and inter-tribal genocides. Stone-age savagery happening for millennia until Europeans stopped those cultural practices. We have a Lake Huron, but no Hurons. Who ate the Hurons? Who ate Jean de Brébeuf? Look it up! Remember how Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant kept slaves including Sophia Pooley - his pretty little 12 year old Black slave girl who looked after his special personal needs. Just one of Brant’s slaves. Learn how the famous Chapel of the Mohawks was built by Brant's slaves. @GeoffRuss3 has the correct idea... If we are going to talk history - let’s tell it all.

@BenReynen @DonaldBestCA The railroad story was a lie?

@DonaldBestCA They used to teach Canadian kids in school that the Underground Railroad lead to Canada and the black slaves came here to be free from slavery. They used to teach we weren’t slavers, the railroad story was a lie, but Canadians didn’t have some massive slave problem.

@Mbutt19 @KirkLubimov The Pacifica is also selling like hot cakes from a unionized plant.

@smalltownFlyboy @KirkLubimov I cant speak on that. All I know crv and especially civic are selling like hot cakes

Canada thinks China will come do auto manufacturing in Canada just like the American and other companies do. They won't and have no interest. They especially have no interest in tying their operations to Unions. This is a dark factory in Ningbo, China. It makes about 300,000 cars a year and employs 1,600 humans who are there for robots' maintenance and quality control. That's about half to one third less employees needed for comparable auto plant production with a different skill set employees. Canada is betting its economy on obsolete operations.

@Mbutt19 @KirkLubimov 80% of Rav4's produced are exported. 49000 is 25% of all BEV's sold in Canada in 2024. 2025 sales are less. It's 2.5?% of all autos sold in canada. Honda sold 125000 cars in Canada. Toyota sold 230000 cars. Just under 50% of Honda sales and approx 25% of Toyota sales.

@smalltownFlyboy @KirkLubimov 49000 is like 2 percent of total car sales in Canada lmao. I work at a Honda/Toyota part supplier. Honda Plant 1 and 2 running 9 hour afternoons and every Saturday. Toyota Rav 4 1600 a day. Running 6 days a week.

@Mbutt19 @KirkLubimov The plan was 240000 BEV's per year. China cars would take 1/5th of that production. Honda currently does not sell a BEV model in Canada.

@smalltownFlyboy @KirkLubimov Honda went too hard on the EV , plus with tariffs , so yes thats not ideal but crv and civic production remains strong

@Mbutt19 @KirkLubimov Toyota sales are down, boosted only by strong EV sales. Canada is allowing 49000 Chinese made EVs per year soon. Honda just suspended investing in Canada. Windsor assembly just added the 3rd shift back. Define running strong.

@KirkLubimov You do realize toyota and Honda both operate non union right? Both of them are running insane strong right now. You dont have to adhere to a union

@prof_brunt @LoveMy7Wood What is non-essential? To you a boat is non-essential. To others, it may be vitally essential. Good luck with getting serious about taxes, HST is on that boat. The more expensive the boat, the more taxes paid. Let's get serious about tax reform before we fn add more tax. Ffs.

@smalltownFlyboy @LoveMy7Wood Okay, let's be serious here for a sec. Taxes are a real necessity for social order, yes there needs to be accountability, but what is the most effective & fair way to tax people? I think nonessential consumption taxes are the most equitable. The more nonessential the higher a tax

How the socialist mind works: I was telling my socialist cousin about how another cousin of mine wants to buy a motorboat but balked at the price because of the weakness of the Canadian dollar and the Federal government’s luxury tax. She said, “good.” I said by not buying the boat the salesperson will not make any money, the selling company will not make any money, the parts companies won’t make any money, the workers who build boats won’t make any money, the transport companies won’t make any money and the various levels of government won’t collect any taxes, never mind the luxury tax. Her answer remained, “good, it’s a luxury item and it needs to be taxed extra.” And they are the people who want government run everything.

@prof_brunt @LoveMy7Wood The example says he "balked" at the extra costs, not because he couldn't afford the boat. Bad example or good example of someone being money conscious because of poor govt decisions.

@LoveMy7Wood If you are concerned by the tax and the exchange you couldn't afford the boat in the first place, this is a laughable example.

@diannew314159 @CBSSacramento "As of April 2026, reports indicate that Los Angeles remains the smoggiest city in the U.S. for the 25th time in 26 years according to the American Lung Association's 2025 "State of the Air" report."

Californians, be careful about believing CBS News, it's owned by Larry Ellison who's a rightwing creep who's trying to help Repubs take over Calif and ruin it. Yes, gas costs more in Calif, but I remember when the air was so toxic from pollution it made your eyes sting and hurt your lungs to breath.

For years, California leaders accused oil companies of price gouging at the pump, but a state investigation found no evidence of that. Instead, a CBS News California investigation found what's really driving the highest gas prices in the U.S. cbsloc.al/3PPOHwW

@alexanderupert @mobinfiltrator Ontario's population is 16 million. Quebec's population is 9 million. That's just over half of Canada's population. You think every person is gonna use it. Lol. Fn idiotic. Critical thinking tells me you're not thinking at all but instead spewing propaganda bull.

@smalltownFlyboy @mobinfiltrator There's absolutely no chance that people living in suburbs and rural areas of those centre woule EVER entertain the idea of driving to those cities to use that train. It's almost as if "critical thinking" switch gets turned off for some people🤡

I see everyone arguing about the High speed rail. And most of those arguments ignore facts and are clearly partisan. They’re selling high-speed rail as a $60–90B project. Bullshit! 90% of megaprojects go over budget. California HSR? Quoted $33B, actually $120B+. UK HSR? Billions over and still climbing. Toronto LRT? Years late, billions over. This is going cost $2,500–$4,000 per Canadian. And who will use it? Primarily a corridor between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City. Now the part they forget to mention. Even optimistic projections show 40–60 years to see a return. That’s assuming strong ridership, no major overruns, no delays. Reality? Most high-speed rail systems never make the money back invested and require ongoing public subsidies. So we’re borrowing tens of billions… to build something a portion of the country uses… that will never pay for itself… and in all likelihood cost 100s of millions a year to operate. This is not a smart investment. Someone stands to make a lot of money from this and it’s not everyday Canadians.

@alexanderupert @mobinfiltrator Toronto, Laval, Trois Rivieres, Ottawa, Montreal, and Peterborough have a combined population of under 10 million. Less than one quarter of Canada's population. It's anything but a national project. Do some fn research. Good luck in life.

@smalltownFlyboy @mobinfiltrator Nearly half the population lives on that corridor so yeah - national

@alexanderupert @mobinfiltrator National? Toronto to Quebec is national? I'm illogical? Spend $100 billion + on a project that will not only lose $ but burden future generations with MORE debt! And I'm illogical? Canada needs national projects to generate wealth for Canadians, not debt. But I'm illogical. Fml

@smalltownFlyboy @mobinfiltrator You’re evaluating a national rail project like it’s a lemonade stand. HSR isn’t supposed to “pay itself back.” The benefits are economy-wide -productivity -mobility -development -environment By your logic, every highway in Canada is a bad investment.

@alexanderupert @mobinfiltrator According to google, HSR in Canada "COULD" cover operating costs and generate $27 billion in economic benefits...in 60 fn years. So, if it stays at the lowest budget, it will take 120+ years to pay back. How the f**k is that economically viable? Lol. Good luck in life.

@smalltownFlyboy @mobinfiltrator Québec City–Ottawa–Toronto sits squarely in the “globally viable HSR” category, comparable to many European corridors that already justify high‑speed rail, even if it is not as dense as continental Europe’s very core. It's economically viable according to experts

@alexanderupert @mobinfiltrator We are not China or Europe. Comparing HSR there and in Canada tells me you have zero understanding of economics. NIMBY ism it is not. Could care less what Alberta does, I would only care if federal dollars were spent on 200km of tracks for $90 billion there. Ffs.

@smalltownFlyboy @mobinfiltrator That's because you don't understand economics nor the impact it had in China and Europe - soon Africa. It's happening - might want to focus on applying your NIMBYism to Alberta who wants the same between Calgary and Edmonton...Oh, no criticism there - what a surprise 😇

@alexanderupert @mobinfiltrator The HSR will cost canadians billions of dollars for generations to come. Fixed it for you.

@smalltownFlyboy @mobinfiltrator The HSR will benefit Canadians for generations to come

@coryn70 @James49479600 @cgy_guy @Coffey4Canada2 Feds don't collect royalties. Only taxes, etc.

@James49479600 @smalltownFlyboy @cgy_guy @Coffey4Canada2 295 million is merely the royalties the feds collect. Federal taxes and tmx revenues are over 5 billion per year. If you further include the Net contributions from AB to federal coffers, the number rises to well over 20 billion per year. Actual subsidies are typically about 1B