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> How does US policy tangibly affect Canada? Outside of NAFTA, what else is there? I think this is the wrong question, because U.S policy has many interactions

> How does US policy tangibly affect Canada? Outside of NAFTA, what else is there? I think this is the wrong question, because U.S policy has many interactions with Canada (whether they're tangible or not is a valid question), but the point in my mind is how much of that is 1) Impactful enough for arbitrary Canadians, such that knowing about it would allow them to make different decisions or avoid negative outcomes 2) how many of what passes the first test makes it into news that people should be watching. Policy that impacts Canada is usually nuanced, detailed, esoteric, and you have to deliberately seek out fact-based documentation on it. If you're an importer/exporter, remote contractor, dual citizen, ya you should be doing that, but it's not likely coming from CNN or w/e.

bawolff 2y ago
Most news is stuff that is out of your control. People dont watch the news to make different decisions.
- brailsafe 2y ago
  and for that reason, I'd argue that it's not just important for Canadians to stop ingesting American news, but people in general should severely reduce even the tacit awareness of the goings on elsewhere in the world. Ignorance is bliss isn't taken far enough. I could have gone the entire last decade without knowing who the U.S president was, and I would have been probably better off, save for a few scant social situations where it would've been relevant.
parineum 2y ago
Trade is certainly a large factor which is why I mentioned NAFTA but that's just the nature of the global economy. The US also is affected by policy decisions in China. It's not like the US sending billions to Ukraine or the security of the southern border affect Canadians. No politician is proposing any sort of dramatic shift in the US' relationship with Canada. There's no need for an average Canadian to have an opinion on Trump vs. Harris aside from being dragged into a culture war by consuming US centric media.
- brailsafe 2y ago
  Exactly, I agree.

bawolff 2y ago

Most news is stuff that is out of your control. People dont watch the news to make different decisions.

brailsafe 2y ago
and for that reason, I'd argue that it's not just important for Canadians to stop ingesting American news, but people in general should severely reduce even the tacit awareness of the goings on elsewhere in the world. Ignorance is bliss isn't taken far enough. I could have gone the entire last decade without knowing who the U.S president was, and I would have been probably better off, save for a few scant social situations where it would've been relevant.

parineum 2y ago

Trade is certainly a large factor which is why I mentioned NAFTA but that's just the nature of the global economy. The US also is affected by policy decisions in China. It's not like the US sending billions to Ukraine or the security of the southern border affect Canadians. No politician is proposing any sort of dramatic shift in the US' relationship with Canada. There's no need for an average Canadian to have an opinion on Trump vs. Harris aside from being dragged into a culture war by consuming US centric media.

brailsafe 2y ago
Exactly, I agree.