In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
From that article,
"He [Carney] announced a $6-billion purchase of over-the-horizon radar systems from Australia in March as part of the government’s ongoing NORAD modernization project.’
A NORAD radar.
From Australia.
That just HAS to sent the Americans a message about Carney’s thinking towards the Americans.
Don’t give us another chance until we grow up.
-US citizen
Have you not grown up, or is it the opposite - dementia has set in?
We never grew up. Look at our healthcare situation.
This motivates me more in my boycott.
Exactly, because it shows our efforts are working.
You have to earn the second chance, yanks. And given the size of the betrayal, you got to work hard, very hard, to earn it.
Actually, US senators are in a position to do something that would actually go some way toward repairing relations with Canada - they can (with the House’s cooperation) remove the profoundly mentally ill, immensely dangerous and brazenly corrupt demagogue Trump from office.
Nothing short of that is going to accomplish much of anything though. As long as that psychopath is in office, incrementally turning the presidency into a dictatorship from which to pursue his literally insane agenda, nobody will or should trust the US for anything.
A profound apology would also help.
I was actually just thinking about that, sort of.
The childish and sort of pathetic nature of the whole thing led me to visualize a hardass middle-aged mom dragging Trump up to Canada by the ear and standing him in front of everyone and saying, “Donnie has something he wants to say to you all, don’t you Donnie (pinch)”
In a way, that’s exactly what that manbaby needs.
“We still love you as much as ever” said senator Tim Kaine.
And we love you as much as ever - but it has never been as much as you think.
Canada and Canadians have always harboured a quiet, seething resentment towards the US - even as our snowbirds have flown south in the winter and we’ve greedily bought crap on Amazon. As proud as we are of Canadian musicians hitting the big time, we’re slightly bitter that we spend more time listening to American content.
I think it’s fair to say that we’ve always - at least in my 50+ years of awareness - felt the pressure of living next door to a ten-ton behemoth that fills our every waking moment just by merely leaking across the border.
And now the dam has broken. Trump has made things so unbearable that we finally have the resolve to break free. It’s going to be tough, it’s going to hurt for a number of years, we’re going to suffer financially in the short-mid term, but I’m confident that we’re going to do it. We will not allow ANY country or trading partner to control our destiny as much as the US has done since 1959.
So thanks for the love, but I’m afraid we’re still getting out of this toxic relationship.
“Bookings of Canadians to come to Virginia Beach are down significantly, and colleagues of mine in other states are saying the same thing about tourism,” Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told Stephenson. “So we’re definitely seeing it.
I will never visit the United States again. You have the gestapo snatching people off the streets now. A large percentage of your population approves of what is happening, while not requiring the propaganda to reach or hold that conclusion.
“We were aware, because we all have great friends in Canada, that there was a lot of anxiety about, well, gosh, what do Americans think of us?” he said in explaining what spurred the senators’ visit. “The five of us wanted to come to say, ‘Look, we love Canada.'”
The anxiety that you’re referencing is a direct result of your country unilaterally choosing to betray us. Not that guy Donald Trump, but you. You enabled all of this, and you have absolutely no idea how to walk any of this back. You’re under the impression that you can fix this in an election cycle.
An unambiguous apology and groveling would help.
It wouldn’t hurt.
I’m fine with some governor expressing concern with harm to their local economy, as that’s literally their job.
But this is geopolitics, and they’re clearly out of their element when trying to grasp the stakes.
Americans do not even TRY to understand Canadians.
A large percentage of your population approves of what is happening, while not requiring the propaganda to reach or hold that conclusion.
I agree with everything else here, but propaganda absolutely plays a role in the current fascist movement in the States. The Venn diagram of Trump supporters and people who watch Fox News is probably pretty close to a circle.
To be clear, propaganda matters.
I’m saying that there’s a segment of the fascist populace that is utterly aware of what is real, what is bullshit, and are quite content with the presence of said bullshit, as long as it maintains the current reality.
Maybe if a friendly Congressperson offers to be an escort through customs.
Until we stop electing sociopaths, we don’t deserve a second chance from anybody. Canadians know that, unlike the fools who elected you.
Senators, all you’re doing is further insulting a previously close ally. The best thing you can do is shut up.
I’m a fan of balkanization. That’d fix a lot of problems quickly, albeit for a limited number of states and at the cost of making things worse for other states.
Is it really a cost if those states want to make things worse for themselves? They all have the same ability to choose sensible economic policies, they just seem to want morons in charge.
That’s the same dilemma I face as a parent. Do I swoop in to save my toddler from themselves or do I let them learn the consequences of their actions by getting hurt?
Republic of California.
Republic of New England.
Independent Hawaii.
I read this in the voice of professor farnsworth from futurama.
The best thing senators can do is vote to convict Trump’s impeachment.
I don’t know if that is a good idea for us. Even if in two years they take back congress and the senate, the next two years after that they could put in another pack of lunatics fascists. I think we should continue with our diversifying strategy and put much more effort into CETA and CPTPP.
It is their entire adversarial culture that needs to change. The Americans HAVE to have an enemy, even if they change a friend into an enemy.
Maybe try again once the Trump Regime is gone…Trump And all of his sycophants.
No fucking country in their right mind would give us another chance until then
Lol, this is like the vampire, after you said no, asking, “come on, please let me in? I promise I’ll be good.”
As for Mr. Trump’s threats of annexation? “We don’t even want them to be the 51st state,” Mr. Cramer said with a laugh. But unable to resist, he added: “We want Alberta to be the 51st state. And then we have two Republican senators.”
Fuck these guys. They’re the usual entitled American idiots, blundering around in foreign countries without understanding them.
What a completely tactless piece of trash thing to say.
No.
Suck it republican maga traitors. You’re trump’s slaves and everyone knows it.
