Ontario, Nova Scotia premiers say they won’t follow Alberta in buying U.S. alcohol again
www.theglobeandmail.com
The provinces want to maintain pressure on the Trump administration to lift tariffs on Canadian imports
    • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      1 个月前

      Doubtful on this one. Keeping the ban in place lets him play up the “belligerent everyman/Captain Canada” image him and his base love so very much. The flip flopping is reserved for shady deals for his developer buddies that he knew were wrong and was just hoping no one would notice.

      • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
        12·
        1 个月前

        Yeah I absolutely despise Doug but he’s (somehow) a master at images. He, unlike PP, knows that Canadians/Ontarians are in elbows up mode so that’s the role he’s going to play since it really costs him nothing. If Ontario decided tomorrow that they actually love Trump, then he’d be Trump’s best friend in the world

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
        11·
        1 个月前

        He already flip-flopped on energy going to the states, and that was months ago. Maybe if he kept his word, we wouldn’t still be playing this game.

        • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
          3·
          1 个月前

          Definitely not sourced but I think there was some assumption that was because the feds told him to hold off

          • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            1 个月前

            I’m with you on that one. Cutting off energy exports is the kind of drastic action that the feds would absolutely be in contact with him about.

            • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
              2·
              1 个月前

              Ontario didn’t have to cut energy off, but they could have added extra fees to the delivery charges. We had leverage, and never made use of it.