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[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

Right, so here's an article interviewing Gavin Newsom, one of the rumored potential democrat presidential candidates, which notes:

During his tenure, former Democratic U.S. president Joe Biden expanded on protectionist trade policies from Trump’s first term in office, by keeping most of Trump’s tariffs on China and even announced new ones.

When asked directly by Kapelos whether Canadians can expect tariffs to be reversed under Democratic leadership, Newsom said he “can’t guarantee that but I can guarantee you nothing like this.”

So my comment that dems are supporting tariff type moves, is supported by historical actions of Biden (expanding Trump's first term tariffs), and Newsom's statement that he couldn't officially say he'd roll back any tariffs (he wants to keep the option open to just leave them in place / collect that revenue).

The main threat to Canada is the USA. China and Russia, while threats, aren't generally imperialistic threats to Canada, in part due to distance -- they'd disrupt the functioning of the country if they could, but something like land invasions/border redrawing are typically reserved for regional neighbours (ex. Ukraine, Taiwan, Tibet). Arguing that we need the USA's protection, is like a bully telling their victims they need to pay a protection racket. Western provinces weren't thinking of joining the USA -- Alberta, ONE western province, had a vote recently on whether they wanted to have a vote about leaving Canada (NOT a vote about joining the USA), and that vote resulted in a resounding "FUCK OFF, WE'RE CANADIAN".

If either of us are off base, I think it's you.