Comments by "Geoff Lepper" (@geofflepper3207) on "The Globe and Mail" channel.

Sounds like by "lefty" you mean being in touch with reality and basing one's statements on evidence, logic and proper economic analysis.
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Name a single time that a member of Trudeau's government said that Canada's oil is not Canada's oil? Seems that you are just making up a nonsense claim about the government being inconsistent in its comments regarding Canada's oil.
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@RetroCaptain You have the delusion that there were no Liberal governments in Canada until 1967? That's quite amusing. You should try googling Laurier, MacKenzie King and Pearson. You have the delusion that Conservative governments have consistently opposed close economic ties with the United States? That's quite amusing. You should try googling Conservative Brian Mulroney's free trade deal. You know - the free trade deal with the United States and Mexico that Liberal leader John Turner said should be torn up. Why is it that right wing people are incapable of ever saying anything remotely connected to reality?
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@RetroCaptain Canada was never self sufficient. Like other far right, nationalistic people you're living a fantasy based on a delusion regarding a past that never existed outside your fantasies.
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Whether the approach of the Canadian leader or the approach of the Mexican leader works out best it's very clear that you haven't the faintest understanding of the challenges of dealing with a United States led by an unhinged, senile, thin skinned, loose cannon bully such as Trump. Imagine that your next door neighbour was an unhinged, senile, quick to anger, volatile, unpredictable man who kept powerful guns at his home. Would you meet his aggression with your own aggression as you suggest you would or would you respond with diplomacy?
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The head of the aluminum manufacturers association said that Canadian aluminum producers would likely start selling significantly more aluminum to Europe which needs more aluminum due to sanctions on Russia. Though it could be complicated as he said that aluminum normally crosses the border with the United States a few times during production.
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@neolithictransitrevolution427 I question whether this project will ever go ahead. However, if it does then I would prefer that it go straight towards Montreal with a stop in Kingston (and possibly in Oshawa and/or Scarborough). Montreal has three times the population of Ottawa and the corridor from Kingston to Quebec City including Montreal no doubt has four times the population of Ottawa. The focus should be on getting people from Toronto to Montreal and to the Kingston to Quebec City corridor as quickly as possible. Kingston has over 200,000 people now and it would be a sensible place to create a connection to a future high speed rail line from this line to Ottawa for people traveling from Toronto to Ottawa. Current trains travel from Montreal to Ottawa in just two hours so there doesn't seem to be any particular rush to build a high speed line from Montreal to Ottawa. Though I guess some people would love to be able to do that trip in just one hour. I am skeptical of people who rant about the Ottawa elites but in this case I do wonder if federal politicians who support this are thinking about how fast they will be able to get to Ottawa with this line running through Ottawa. Though by the time this project would be finished its very unlikely that any of them would still be in office in Parliament.
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@Iban-Underground I know the idea of basing statements on facts and evidence and logic is very confusing for you devout members of the MAGA cult that worships the constantly crying toddler clown grifter insurrectionists. You should just sit out during this discussion and during any adult discussion.
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U.S. importers won't pay a higher price but they will pay Trump's tariff. It's an American tax charged to Americans. Canadians aren't going to pay it. Americans need that Canadian oil so they will have no choice but to pay the tariff.
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Biden is protectionist but not remotely as much as is Trump. Trump wants to start a major trade war with every country on Earth. That's insane and is just the sort of thing that led to the great depression.
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No. Trump is far more protectionist than Biden. Trump wants to start a massive trade war with every country in the world.
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MAGA cult sheep are very gullible and not very bright and believe every lie Trump tells no matter how ridiculous the lie and how many times he has lied. Only Trump sheep would believe Trump when he tells them he's going to charge them a huge tax on imported goods and that that tax on them is going to save them money.
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The experts disagree with you and say that the regions of the United States that rely on imported oil from Canada will see massive increases in gasoline prices if the tariffs are implemented. I'm going to go with what the experts say and not with what a random person online says. The United States can't magically and suddenly make new oil refineries pop into existence to refine American produced oil to replace Canadian oil.
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Yes, it would be disastrous for the Canadian automobile industry but you are delusional if you think that the incredibly integrated production systems in Canada and the United States can be easily and quickly separated. Right now parts cross the border on average 8 times during production. The American automobile industry simply isn't set up to operate independently of Canada. And every year lots of Americans buy new cars. Makes sense as every year lots of cars reach the end of their lifetimes. Plus the American population keeps increasing. And even already existing cars regularly need parts for maintenance and repair. The idea that American car owners could go a decade or so with no new cars and no replacement parts while the American car industry disentangled itself from the Canadian and Mexican car industries is completely ludicrous.
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Do you understand that Canada can't arrest people who are legally in Canada and can't just arrest people simply because they go close to the American border? Otherwise massive numbers of people would be arrested in Niagara Falls and other places along the border every day. Apparently you don't. Do you understand that unlike North Korea Canada is not a prison and that there are no laws against people leaving Canada? Apparently not. Do you understand that people who are legally in Canada and then illegally enter the United States are breaking American laws while in the United States and that it is the responsibility of the United States to enforce American laws on American territory? Apparently not. Do you understand that huge numbers of migrants cross the other way from the United States to Canada? Apparently not. Do you understand how incredibly long the border is and how remote are some parts of the border? Apparently not. Do you understand how ridiculous you sound suggesting that it's possible to completely stop anyone from crossing the border illegally? Apparently not. Even the very short, incredibly fortified, highly manned Berlin Wall couldn't stop all escape attempts from East Germany. It's not really a good idea to put out posts regarding a subject about which you clearly know absolutely nothing.
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