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Good. I hope provinces extend this to all critical exports, including potash, nickle, uranium and oil. The US deserves to suffer for this trade war. You guys

Good. I hope provinces extend this to all critical exports, including potash, nickle, uranium and oil. The US deserves to suffer for this trade war. You guys elected this dictator from Temu, you should bleed as much as he's going to make Canada bleed.

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bryanlarsen 2y ago
Potash, Uranium & Oil are from Saskatchewan & Alberta. Those provinces won't put on an export tax because that would be "unfair" to those two deeply conservative provinces. There are a lot of MAGA supporters in those two provinces.
- chollida1 2y ago
  Tariffs are put on at the federal level, not the provincial level, but your misunderstanding is very common. The US themselves are tariffing potash at 25% from Canada coming into the US. In Canada > Section 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867 gives Parliament exclusive jurisdiction over “the regulation of trade and commerce.”
  - bryanlarsen 2y ago
    The province of Ontario is in the headline of this article.
    - chollida1 2y ago
      Ah, I see our disconnect. You are talking about export taxes and I am talking about the federal government.
      - bryanlarsen 2y ago
        You still might be right. Ontario might be able to adjust electricity export prices because it's a highly regulated provincially regulated market. Alberta might not be able to unilaterally add an "export tax" to oil the same way. OTOH, if Alberta asked for one, the federal government would comply.
        bryanlarsen 2y ago
        And that looks like it applies here as well. Today's announcement was a joint announcement between the provincial and federal government.
  - wasabi991011 2y ago
    However Trudeau has repeatedly emphasized working closely with the Premiers to ensure that tariffs aren't discriminatory against some provinces and favouring others. It seems to imply that despite his legal power, the federal government would not impose those tariffs as it would come at the cost of Canadian unity.
- carbine 2y ago
  Not anymore. Conservatives in Western Canada are just as anti-Trump as Liberals now.

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bryanlarsen 2y ago

Potash, Uranium & Oil are from Saskatchewan & Alberta. Those provinces won't put on an export tax because that would be "unfair" to those two deeply conservative provinces. There are a lot of MAGA supporters in those two provinces.

chollida1 2y ago
Tariffs are put on at the federal level, not the provincial level, but your misunderstanding is very common. The US themselves are tariffing potash at 25% from Canada coming into the US. In Canada > Section 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867 gives Parliament exclusive jurisdiction over “the regulation of trade and commerce.”
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  The province of Ontario is in the headline of this article.
  - chollida1 2y ago
    Ah, I see our disconnect. You are talking about export taxes and I am talking about the federal government.
    - bryanlarsen 2y ago
      You still might be right. Ontario might be able to adjust electricity export prices because it's a highly regulated provincially regulated market. Alberta might not be able to unilaterally add an "export tax" to oil the same way. OTOH, if Alberta asked for one, the federal government would comply.
      - bryanlarsen 2y ago
        And that looks like it applies here as well. Today's announcement was a joint announcement between the provincial and federal government.
- wasabi991011 2y ago
  However Trudeau has repeatedly emphasized working closely with the Premiers to ensure that tariffs aren't discriminatory against some provinces and favouring others. It seems to imply that despite his legal power, the federal government would not impose those tariffs as it would come at the cost of Canadian unity.
carbine 2y ago
Not anymore. Conservatives in Western Canada are just as anti-Trump as Liberals now.