I edited the title to match the article as the original one wasn’t as accurate as I’d like.
They’re desperate to search for anyone else other than themselves to blame for the worsening affordability with their upcoming mid-term elections. Republicans can’t say anything negative about their great leader Trump.
Texas Republican August Pfluger praised Trump for bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. and pinned blame for the trade war on Ottawa.
“It’s a war that is perpetuated by Canada,” Pfluger told CBC News. “The Canadians need to get reasonable. They’ve taken advantage of the United States for a long time.”
We have an existing signed CUSMA deal that America unilaterally broke by imposing tariffs on our steel and aluminum. Canada responded in various ways including most provinces banning the sale of their alcohol. Complying with the existing agreement is not “taking advantage of the USA”.
The USA escalated again on Aug 21 so there will be “dollar for dollar” increases in our tariffs for their products coming up on Sep 8.
As usual, the Republicans operate by lying about basic facts, and it works because they’ve ensured their supporters are ignorant of basic facts.
The US has been breaking it and NAFTA for over two decades with softwood tariffs.
It is time to make them bleed money.
Existing signed CUSMA agreement that Trump negotiated and signed off on lmao what. The fuk
Thing is, they could unban it tomorrow, none of us are buying US alcohol anytime soon.
USA alcohol is still available in Saskatchewan and they report a 40% decline in sales by volume:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-american-liquor-sales-down-2026-9.7306544
There will be a larger decline soon as they will be imposing a provincial 50% tax on USA alcohol starting Sept. 8:
