'Failing marriage': Canadian Border Cities Dismayed by US Trade Rift

Monday, February 03, 2025

Canadian border cities were left saddened and angered on Sunday over US President Donald Trump's move to impose steep tariffs, with the mayor of Sarnia, Ontario likening the rift to a "failing marriage."

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Canada's response to U.S. tariffs. Justin Trudeau's best speech. Canada will place 25% tariffs on $155 billion in US imports in retaliation for Trump tariffs. That is an addition to a nationwide boycott on all US products across Canada. #cdnpoli #tariffwar

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... The city of 85,000 across the border from Port Huron, Michigan is an energy hub with 26 transnational oil and gas pipelines.

Residents of both cities for more than a century helped each other out, for example, if a fire broke out. They jointly held hockey tournaments, the last one just two weeks ago.

Their economies are very integrated and personal bonds run deep, Sarnia mayor Mike Bradley told AFP.

"But it all seems to be coming to an end. And it does not appear that we're going to be able to resurrect that relationship in the future," he said. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-03 12:46 AM

Bill Johnson is as clueless as Trump.
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"The United States provided Israel considerable economic assistance from 1971 to 2007, but nearly all U.S. aid today goes to support Israel's military, the most advanced in the region. The United States has provisionally agreed via a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide Israel with $3.8 billion per year through 2028."

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I read over the last weekend that w are now shipping the 500 lb bombs again.
Israel's attacks on GAZA have caused millions of Americans to seriously ask ourselves if we can, ing good conscience, continue virtually unquestioning support for Isral as long as Netanyahoo is in charge. The latest gem from him is that he wants to deport 2 million Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan without first asking Egypt or Jordan of course. He wants to "vlean out GAZA especially the most likely locations for resprt hotels. That idea came from our own Jared Kushner who is of the "foreign pokicy for profit school of diplomacy,"