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Canada's first 'national interest' project is an oil pipeline, which means bye bye orcas and hello climate dystopia. And for what? (rachelgilmore.substack.com)
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[–] 5 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Trade with the US was bad for Canada every year prior.

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  • [–] 7 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

    It wouldn't have been if it was reliable.

    Fundamentally, trade happens when you've got something that you don't want as much as your neighbour does, but he has something that you want more than he does. The result is that each side gets something they wanted more.

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  • [–] 5 points 13 hours ago* (4 children)

    Fundamentally it was just stealing from us to make them rich. Being unreliable is good for us.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

    It made both of us richer. Spare us this Trumpian zero-sum view, it's normal for both trading partners to benefit.

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  • [–] 4 points 13 hours ago* (2 children)

    We benefited trading with the UK. The US didn't take over to benefit us. Don't act like the Canada/US (or NAFTA) wasn't the worst agreement in Canadian history.

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