KanadrAllegria

joined 2 weeks ago
[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago

Oh, Good to know! I thought they were headquartered in London England.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I've never been a fan of Ford, but I do appreciate this new side of him.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 36 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The photo is hilarious and iconic, and the CBC article is worth the read.

PP is sounding very bitter over Carney's success.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Some Canadian independent media to look at instead of the postmedia shills:

  • CBC
  • The Globe and Mail
  • The Winnipeg Free Press
  • The Narwhal
  • The Tyee
  • SRC/Radio Canada (Français)
  • Ground News
  • Le Devoir(Français)
  • La Presse(Français)

Other non US news:

  • Reuters (UK)
  • Al Jazeera (Middle East)
  • The Guardian (UK)
 

At present 50% of the company's chocolates in Canada came from the U.S., and the rest from Europe.

"We are able to source 100% from Europe," Lechner told Reuters.

Lindt, whose products include Lindor chocolate balls, has already built up inventories in Canada from the U.S. to give it time to change its supply chain, which it expects to complete by the middle of the year.

Chief Financial Officer Martin Hug said it would be slightly more expensive to transport chocolate to Canada from Europe but it would cost less than if tariffs were imposed.

I would love to see more companies move in this direction. It's not perfect, but at least they are trying, and I think that's great.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

Right? "Oh if you're boycotting visiting the US than why did so many of you visit last year before the boycott started, huh?"

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

On the plus side you have White Spot, which we don't have anywhere else(afaik)!

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Fantastic, thanks again! Looks like I've got some reading to do.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Oh that does look very useful, thank you!

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for your reply! That makes a lot of sense to me.

Astounding that Ontario buys that much US liquor, and reducing that market will certainly have an impact on the US economy!

As an aside, other than oranges I won't miss any of those items, and I know there are alternative options for oranges!

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Thank you for the response! I haven't seen a lot of specifics about the Canadian tariffs, but maybe I just haven't been looking in the right places. It makes a lot of sense to target particular items which have Canadian alternatives, and to put pressure on Red states as u/IslandLife mentioned below.

Edit: I was wondering why the word "Teriff" didn't look right. Apparently my phone decided that was the proper way to spell Tariff.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (24 children)

Just so I'm clear, if/when Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian goods entering the US, Canada plans reciprocate with equal Teriffs on US goods entering Canada?

I/we know and understand that teriffs are basically an import tax, paid to the government by the companies which are bringing the product in, and generally that cost is passed down to consumers in the form of a higher price tag on goods.

Is the end goal here is to bolster our own economy by making US goods prohibitively expensive for Canadian citizens to buy, in turn making Canadians more likely to purchase Canadian goods (which is what we are trying to do anyway)?

What is stopping this from hurting out economy the same way it will likely hurt the US economy?

I feel like I need a stronger understanding of the situation.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Yes!! Libraries are so important for our communities.

Getting a library card also may also get you access to Libby and Hoopla, which have free ebooks and audio books, as well as magazines and graphic novels! Hoopla has music albums as well, and Kanopy which has tv shows, documentaries, and movies.

Insert the "having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card" meme here.

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