Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk' To : Rob Mccart From : Kurt Weiske Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 09:38:02 -=> Rob Mccart wrote to AARON THOMAS <=- RM> This is true. It should almost be a single service with enforcers from RM> both countries.. Just as a sidebar, today they found 4 illegal RM> immigrants who had entered into Canada (Quebec) from the USA, 2 adults RM> and 2 kids who were on the verge of freezing to death when found, RM> literally just huddled together waiting to die. A lot of people have no RM> idea what to expect up here since the vast majority of immigrants, RM> legal or not, come from much warmer climates. The Fentanyl numbers coming in from Canada make it seem like a red herring, though - can anyone confirm? It sounds like Fentanyl is a 2-way street between the US and Canada - we intercepted 43 pounds coming into the US last year, Canada intercepted 11 pounds coming into Canada *from* the US. There are much better solutions that tarriffs. Continued cooperation, perhaps? AT>It's my understanding that Canada's liberal party is loyal to China, and part > being loyal to China means to not interfere with China's opium/precursor al >to American junkies. RM> We definitely do some business with China but we couldn't be further RM> away from 'loyal' to them. We often condition sales on them improving RM> human rights and a number of times they have tried to influence our RM> elections so our relationship with them is very precarious. AT> RM> No border as long as ours can be sealed tight, but we do try, and I > RM> will grant that it needed some upgrades which we are doing now. AT>The rivers should make it somewhat easier. The St. Lawrence River is signific >ly deeper and wider compared to the Rio Grande. Onlya very athletic person o > be able to swim all the way across the St. Lawrence. RM> Yes, although the St Lawrence and the great lakes only make up a small RM> portion of our border, about 1/3 of the border between our countries, RM> and much of the rest of it is just forest or farmland, difficult to RM> control without building a wall, but fortunately not ll that popular RM> as an area to cross the border.. RM> Trust me.. the person that will hurt the USA more than anyone RM> else is your president. Tariffs are nothing but a tax on you, RM> as well as us, and he is damaging both of our economies. AT>I just don't see the damage yet. I see all the alarms and warnings, but ust >damage. Kinda like global warming: it don't feel very hot yet. RM> No, actual damage isn't obvious yet other than thousands of Canadians RM> so angry that they will not be spending their tourist dollars in RM> the USA this year and people looking where their groceries come from RM> and buying Canadian now, even if it costs more. RM> But we are still just dealing with threats and the tariffs keep getting RM> postponed, most likely because of huge corporations and government RM> leaders in your country trying to stop them. RM> If the 25% across the board tariffs come in they estimate it will RM> cost Canada more than a million jobs and the estimate is 1.9 million RM> American jobs plus higher prices on almost everything. The numbers RM> they came up with here is annually in Canada we will spend an extra RM> $1900 or so on purchases and about $1300 for the average American, RM> and the average car price there is expected to go up by between RM> $3000 and $12,000 depending on model. They seem to suggest $6000 RM> as an average. RM> Economic damage is estimated at over $240 Billion but, an interesting RM> thing that's cropped up, we are working at removing trade barriers RM> between out Provinces and the estimate is that that will generate RM> roughly $200 Billion in added business, which of course would be RM> mostly for things we currently buy from the USA. RM> Some sources say that the tariffs will be on more than a $Trillion RM> of your imports. If the tariffs are at 25%, that will put an extra RM> $250 Billion into your government coffers.. I wonder how much of RM> that will trickle down to the average working person, especially RM> the ones who lose their job over it? RM> What Trump seems to want to do might eventually benefit your RM> country, but there would be a lot of pain for possibly decades RM> and it's likely that your next president will undo most of it. RM> The saddest thing is, not only have our countries been good friends RM> for many decades but we could always rely on good quality products RM> compared to buying from especially Asia. Not sure about Europe.. RM> --- RM> * SLMR Rob * What we have here is a failure to communicate RM> * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/1) .