Dude, I'm an American and I'd have told the US to fuck off. That list is insane.

But you Albertans love Trump and pine to be the 51st state. All of Trump's ass kissers are elected in Alberta.

I keep reading comments like this and getting more convinced La Riposte is going to work.

Just launched the website today, it's not going to sell anything, ask for anything. Just encourage people to learn French across Canada as a national effort standing up to MAGA. And amplify via the media/word of mouth. Graffiti. Everything.

Nothing but upsides, costs pretty much nothing to be involved, I think the national temperature is hot enough right now.

I keep getting comments removed with the link and the site is pretty bare but la dash riposte dot ca will be the site. But it's going to be a crowdsourced thing I'm hoping.

Nah, that list isn't what you give a state.

It's the list of demands you'd give a colony.

You cant. He makes the most absurd demands knowing that no reasonable country could agree, and goes to his idiotic base and says "see!" And gladly gobble down his lies

You don't. You pretend the demands are a joke, and ask for the real demands. If they persist, you walk out of the negotiation.

You go point by point and say you could drop the demand but they have to give something in return, what are the real things you want. So they end up with giving a lot more by even agreeing to start from this list. It's not negotiating in good faith but just bullying someone in agreeing to unfavorable terms.

Canada passed a law allowing cabinet to authorize use of banned pesticides a couple months ago, so it's not like we're doing great in that area anyway.

I know a lot of those were reasons given at the announcement or shortly after. Given statements made in the past, id believe the rest of them

I’m hoping that this is fake. And it’s too late for me to look it up right now anyways. I’m tired. I gotta get sleep.

Bubba's pole... allegedly

3 is still restricting Canada so it is still insane.

4 and 5 are trying to increase US exports, therefore not strange for trade deals.

Not just Canadian good will. Trump et. al. trashed our (America's) reputation and credibility worldwide during his first administration. Under President Biden, we spent 4 years rebuilding relationships and trust with our allies, at least to the extent they could be rebuilt after the shitshow that was 2016-2020. Now he's trashed it again, worse than before, and this time I fear the damage is permanent. Even if we manage to elect a sane president in 2028, the world is finding out that they can't depend on us not to elect someone who will undo everything on a whim. Eventually they're going to get tired of us going off our meds every few years and make a clean break.

They don't want people buying products cheaper in Canada then bringing them home.