Morning:

• Snooze my alarm at least 3 times.
• Finally wake up, check for notifications and end up scrolling for 15 minutes.
• try to get out of bed but instead snuggle my dog for as long as possible or until she needs to be let outside.
• drink whatever water I have leftover on my bedside table
• get up finally, pee, brush my teeth, wash my face, put on deodorant, do my hair & get dressed
• make a coffee
• leave for work. (If I don’t work, skip steps one and two, and postpone some of step 4 for later)

Evening:

• pour a glass of water for the middle of the night when I get thirsty.
• let the dog out to pee.
• go pee, brush my teeth, wash my face, get undressed.
• grab a handful of kibbles and give my dog brushes while giving her snacks.
• put in lip balm and hand lotion.
• play all the wordle games before midnight
• scroll for a while until I decide I’m tired.
• turn off the light.
• put on an audiobook for 15 minutes and hope I’m asleep before then.

I don’t know any personally, or if I do I haven’t asked them about it, but there was a guy on a CBC/npr call in show a few weeks back who thought becoming the 51st state would be great, because he can’t currently get healthcare for his kids.

Um…

So delusional as ever, I’d say.

I’d visit Greece before the US even without a trade war!

I haven’t watched any movies on GEM yet (my smart tv is too old and doesn’t support it) but scrolling through to see what’s available, it looks like there’s lots of good stuff!

Here’s a few I’ve watched in the past.

• ROOM(based on the book by Emma Donoghue) heart wrenching. Definitely some trigger warnings but very good. Highly recommend the book too
• Snowpiercer (based on a Graphic Novel) post apocalyptic dark and twisty sci-fi. The tv show is better imo, but the movie is still good.
• The Holiday classic early 2000s feel good rom-com
• Atanarjuat: the Fast Runner. The first movie to be completely written, acted, directed in the Inuktitut language, and
• Napoleon Dynamite I think you could call it a cult classic, and definitely hugely influential at the time.
• The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, what more need I say.

I am loving her firm, no nonsense attitude.

Interesting… I was under the impression. That NFLD/LAB weren’t participating because it could hurt small local breweries, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

I do understand the concern over job losses, especially since people are already being layed-off due to tariffs.

Oh, Good to know! I thought they were headquartered in London England.

I’ve never been a fan of Ford, but I do appreciate this new side of him.

The photo is hilarious and iconic, and the CBC article is worth the read.

PP is sounding very bitter over Carney’s success.

Some Canadian independent media to look at instead of the postmedia shills:

• CBC
• The Globe and Mail
• The Winnipeg Free Press
• The Narwhal
• The Tyee
• SRC/Radio Canada (Français)
• Ground News
• Le Devoir(Français)
• La Presse(Français)

Other non US news:

• Reuters (UK)
• Al Jazeera (Middle East)
• The Guardian (UK)

Right? “Oh if you’re boycotting visiting the US than why did so many of you visit last year before the boycott started, huh?”

On the plus side you have White Spot, which we don’t have anywhere else(afaik)!

Fantastic, thanks again! Looks like I’ve got some reading to do.

Oh that does look very useful, thank you!

Thanks for your reply! That makes a lot of sense to me.

Astounding that Ontario buys that much US liquor, and reducing that market will certainly have an impact on the US economy!

As an aside, other than oranges I won’t miss any of those items, and I know there are alternative options for oranges!

Thank you for the response! I haven’t seen a lot of specifics about the Canadian tariffs, but maybe I just haven’t been looking in the right places. It makes a lot of sense to target particular items which have Canadian alternatives, and to put pressure on Red states as u/IslandLife mentioned below.

Edit: I was wondering why the word “Teriff” didn’t look right. Apparently my phone decided that was the proper way to spell Tariff.

Just so I’m clear, if/when Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian goods entering the US, Canada plans reciprocate with equal Teriffs on US goods entering Canada?

I/we know and understand that teriffs are basically an import tax, paid to the government by the companies which are bringing the product in, and generally that cost is passed down to consumers in the form of a higher price tag on goods.

Is the end goal here is to bolster our own economy by making US goods prohibitively expensive for Canadian citizens to buy, in turn making Canadians more likely to purchase Canadian goods (which is what we are trying to do anyway)?

What is stopping this from hurting out economy the same way it will likely hurt the US economy?

I feel like I need a stronger understanding of the situation.