Summary
Canada is preparing to retaliate against Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, which could trigger the largest trade war between the nations in decades.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised counter-tariffs worth $37 billion, with potential for further measures, depending on Trump’s final order.
Canadian officials warn the tariffs could harm both economies, disrupting key sectors like automotive, energy, and agriculture.
Labor leaders expressed concerns over job losses and urged collaboration. Canada hopes to avoid tariffs by highlighting their mutual economic impact to U.S. lawmakers.
You realise Britain survived both world wars because of Canada right?
Canada exited that era with the second largest navy in the world.
Canada fought hard enough in Korea that the Chinese feared Canadian soldiers.
Canada was one of the first Nations to enter the war in the middle east with the US. Sending tens of thousands of soldiers from the years 2001-2016.
Canada currently operates Leopard 2a6 MBTs, F16s, f35s and possesses what is largely considered one of the most defensible and inhospitable geographies. Has several shipping yards in northern territories that would be untouchable by ground offensives and a population of small town hicks that hate Americans.
Canada has a standing army of 100k soldiers largely trained in small party tactics, ambushing and booby trapping.
It won’t be pretty, I’ll tell you that. But you think Canadians or any other nation allied with Canada would stand for American aggression?
EDIT: Meant to write F-18. Wrote F-16 instead. Point still stands. Canada has a small yet capable military when we need it.
This is actually pretty mind-blowing as a U.Statesian (lol).
I mean how we’re neighbors and yet we just DON’T get any news about Canada. Like, at all.
And yeah I have no doubt the Canadian forces have done a ton in the world, but are they just really humble about it and don’t go stomping around in front of the global camera network all day or what? Do they spend most of their time embedding with allies maybe?
You just don’t hear about it. Canada’s just quietly there being chill…except for all that anti-vax-trucker nonsense and various whining about Trudeau, of course.
If it’s just a matter of humility as policy. Respect. Lol
We don’t have F-16s, we have F-18s. We’re also still waiting for our F-35s.
Typo on the F-16. Meant to write F-18.
As for F-35s we have a few lent to us at this time for training with 40(?) more on the way.
Perhaps you should cancel the F-35 order and purchase the aircraft from Dassault, Saab or Eurofighter GmbH.
So… About that. We were going to do that.
The government fast tracked the order of 80 F-35s because they fit our needs perfectly. There were complaints and lawsuits.
We cancelled the project (that we helped start with the US), lost like 100bn, did our contract hunting then settled on half the amount of F-35s for nearly double the cost.
All because we broke contract and lost our early purchase deal.