Canada

[impulse]

3 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Yes, it is. He has prorogued Parliament to prevent the opposition parties from having a voice, or voting him out of office. 

 

And only one new refinery built in the last 40 years. We refine less than a third of the oil we produce.

 

Let's see.  Canada produces 4.6 MBOPD, refines 1.7 MBOPD and has the capability to export 0.89 MBOPD from their left coast.  Up until recently, mostly to California.  Now some to China.

 

The rest, they sell to the USA.  They don't have the infrastructure to sell to anyone else.  Thank the Greenies for that.  So they'd have to find a new home for 2 MBOPD, or they'll be swimming in their own oil in a few weeks.  I'm wondering where Trudeau thinks they'll store it?

 

Sources:

 

Canada's crude oil has an increasingly significant role in U.S. refineries - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 

TCI Energy Brief: Early TMX Pipeline Expansion Data Reveals China’s Emerging Role as a Significant Buyer of Canadian Crude, Offering Some Diversification From the U.S. Market | The China Institute

 

[Jingthing]

Look, Trump does have the power to devastate Canada. Even possibly weaken it to a failed state where his disgusting goal of hostile annexation could be possible.

But why would the USA want to do that to Canada!?!

That's evil and insane and Trump is a total psychopath for trying. 

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Look, Trump does have the power to devastate Canada. Even possibly weaken it to a failed state where his disgusting goal of hostile annexation could be possible.

But why would the USA want to do that to Canada!?!

That's evil and insane and Trump is a total psychopath for trying. 

That's hilarious. If you were good looking you might've been able to get a job on CNN. 

[kwonitoy]

9 hours ago, jaideedave said:

Good point.The Cdn government are their own worst enemy. They quashed the Trans Canada pipeline from coast to coast. They won't allow any more refineries or NGV plants. Canada has huge O&G reserves and are landlocked and unable to ship it. All in the name of CO2 Carbon...the Carbon tax on everything is another handcuff.

They did it to themselves. Canada has so many natural resources the should be richer than Dubai.

 

 

The Trans Canada Pipeline system involves more than 40,000 kms of large diameter pipe.

I've spent my lifetime working on it

Map doesn't include the newly completed Trans Mountain to Vancouver

 

Quebec stopped Energy East

 

[kwonitoy]

[riclag]

On 2/2/2025 at 9:35 PM, theblether said:

I've got to be honest, I'm a bit confused about Trump's attitude to Canada. He can't seriously expect them to become the 51st state so there must be something else at play - any guesses? 

 

Setting that to the side, I can see why he got annoyed re illegal immigration from Canada - Mexicans worked out they could fly there and enter overland as mentioned on this link. 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-tariffs-immigration-canada-b2653974.html

 

 

Put your Trust in  Trump ,he’s on Offense for a change!

 

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, riclag said:

Put your Trust in  Trump ,he’s on Offense for a change!

 

He's offensive as usual.

[merck]

18 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Those of us who support the fight of Ukrainians for their sovereignty can't be encouraged by Trump's attempt to annex Canada. The Kremlin propagandists are eating it up. 

So, you support the right of UA to defend its borders but are against Trump stopping the invasion in the south from Mexico?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, merck said:

So, you support the right of UA to defend its borders but are against Trump stopping the invasion in the south from Mexico?

I was talking about Trump's threats to annex Greenland and Canada. 

 

[theblether]

3 hours ago, riclag said:

Put your Trust in  Trump ,he’s on Offense for a change!

 

 

He's just suspended the Mexico tariff for a month in exchange for 10 000 Mex troops being sent to secure the border. 

[Jingthing]

3 hours ago, riclag said:

Put your Trust in  Trump ,he’s on Offense for a change!

 

I wouldn't trust Trump to babysit a ferret.

 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

On 2/2/2025 at 11:48 AM, kwonitoy said:

It's kind of funny because we Canadian are pretty laid back and we do a lot of squabbling amongst ourselves but this latest effort has united the country 100%

 

Booing the star spangled banner is just incredibly bad manners.

 

Shame on Canadians for stooping so low.

 

Take the high road you idiots. Boo with your wallets. Buy stuff made in Canada.

 

Idiots!

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

19 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Trudeau tried to get a call through to Trump for days leading to this action to TALK about what kinds of agreements could be done to prevent this escalation. Trump wouldn't take his calls. He also said explicitly in a presser that he didn't want to talk. 

 

Why would he want to speak to Trudes?

 

Mr Trump thinks of Mr Trudeau as "very weak and very dishonest."

 

The Liberal Party of Canada has been a disaster for average working Canadians since 2015. Too focused on putting tampons into men's washrooms and pronouns instead of considering consequences of overimmigration and limited affordable housing supply, esp in the bigger cities.

[theshu25]

53 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I wouldn't trust Trump to babysit a ferret.

 

Would not trust the scumbag full stop. Pure evil and conniving grifting conman.

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

13 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

And also paves the way for a WEF clone like Carney to take over.

 

That scenario could be the final nail in the coffin for Canada. Another globalist takes over. I heard a universal basic income would not be off the table, especially if the tariffs are destructive for long.

 

The Liberal Party had 10 yrs to grow and diversify Canada's wealth but instead obsessed about pronouns and menstruation for men.

[Agusts]

It will be chaos as usual..., nothing new...! 

[Cryingdick]

Sounds like an agreement has been reached for now. Canada will take measures to secure its border and fight cartels and terrorists. We have the safest borders in history without one tariff being implemented. China could be more difficult but Mexico and Canada were easy. You mess with Canadian oil and they have nowhere else to ship it to as nobody can refine it. If they want to push the issue they will lose bigly.

[theblether]

And - Canada folded. 

 

This thread now reads like a comedy skit. Our brigade of left wing nutters will be enraged that Trump won again. 

[Jingthing]

Trump caved.

 

[save the frogs]

I watched this political analysis on Youtube about 2 years ago.

This guy has already predicted that Canada will break up.

Maybe only parts of Canada will join the US?

British Columbia is 40% Asian and may be more allied to China than the US? 

Complex politics, and a lot of it is over my head.

But some people predicted it long before Trump opened his fat trap. 

 

 

[kwonitoy]

Trump folds like a cheap tent when confronted 

 

So, it was agreed we appoint a fentanyl czar,

Someone to look after the 44 lbs that were intercepted at the border

Maybe I'll apply, a good work from home gig.

 

Something about American banks being allowed into Canada.

American banks were always allowed into Canada IF they followed our banking regulations, which they chose not to. They are a lot tighter than the us.

We didn't have the Mortgage Ponzi scheme in Canada that crashed the world in 2008 because that kind of security in not allowed

 

[save the frogs]

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[gargamon]

The big orange wuss again shows he's all smoke with no bullets. 

[impulse]

53 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Trump caved.

 

That's how you know you're dealing with a Master.  Takes the win and still the other guys feel good about it.

 

[Hummin]

36 minutes ago, kwonitoy said:

Trump folds like a cheap tent when confronted 

 

So, it was agreed we appoint a fentanyl czar,

Someone to look after the 44 lbs that were intercepted at the border

Maybe I'll apply, a good work from home gig.

 

Something about American banks being allowed into Canada.

American banks were always allowed into Canada IF they followed our banking regulations, which they chose not to. They are a lot tighter than the us.

We didn't have the Mortgage Ponzi scheme in Canada that crashed the world in 2008 because that kind of security in not allowed

 

How much cocain comes through Usa to Canada? 

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

How much cocain comes through Usa to Canada? 

And if you google, hm

 

 

 

 

[scottiejohn]

11 hours ago, John Drake said:

nobody in America is raising prices on them

There have been no price increases due to  tariffs as the tariffs have not been applied yet!

They were meant to come into force tonight US time but they have been suspended for 30 days!

[EVENKEEL]

 

10 minutes ago, Hummin said:

And if you google, hm

 

 

 

 

Maybe now that the reins have been taken off ICE the US can better combat the Cartels.

[Hummin]

17 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

 

Maybe now that the reins have been taken off ICE the US can better combat the Cartels.

Again, the war on drugs have been ongoing since 1971, what will change now? 

 

Illegal drugs has a marked in Usa, and some corrupt high ranked officials making a fortune out of it. 

 

Can it be stopped? 

 

How many more have to be imprisoned in Usa to make a difference? 

 

 

[impulse]

6 hours ago, theblether said:

 

He's just suspended the Mexico tariff for a month in exchange for 10 000 Mex troops being sent to secure the border. 

 

See Mexico?  Was that so hard?

 

(Channeling my dear, departed Mom there...)