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🇨🇦 Humanist, pacifist, vocalist, artist, critical thinker, pro-science, pro-choice, pro-T&R, pro-equality & women's rights 🏳️🌈 🪶🧡 ally I am fact based and post on #cdnpoli and #bcpoli issues https://x.com/timethief
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Well said. I stand with you.
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Yes, it's sad but true - we Canadians must shift into a wartime mentality as Trump has commenced an economic war on Canada. Trump is a world dictator wannbe and his annexation fixation must be treated for what it is - invasion of another nation via economic force.
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Thanks so much for the positive feedback. I appreciate it.
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Yes, and all the rest of our resources.
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Mexico, Canada, and China are the top trade partners for 42 states. Canada is the top import partner for 23 U.S. states. As expected, the northern U.S. is dominated by Canada, which is the largest supplier of grain, livestock, meat, and poultry to the U.S.
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#cdnpoli #LiberalLearshipRace Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says it’s raised $1.9M. OTTAWA - A spokesperson for Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says they’ve raised more than $1.9 million so far in donations from over 11,000 people. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Who’s Subsidizing Whom? Myth and Reality about the Canada-U.S. Trade Balance centreforfuturework.ca/2025/01/12/w... Read the full report by Jim Stanford, Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work. centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/u...
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Trump has repeatedly claimed the United States is 'subsidizing' Canada 'to the tune of $100B.' Where does that number come from? And is Canada really getting a free ride from the U.S.? The math, the money and the politics to uncover how much if any of what Trump says is actually true.⬇️
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Is Trump right about the U.S. 'subsidizing' Canada? | About That youtu.be/cw0R0EOEEyA?... via @YouTube
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Far from being a scorecard of economic strength or weakness, the bilateral trade balance between two countries means little from an economic standpoint. ⬇️
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it must be getting ripped off. In this view, America’s relatively slim trade deficit with Canada is a “massive subsidy” that must be eliminated. Tariffs are just the tool for the job.
Economists think about trade deficits very differently. ⬇️
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Do trade deficits matter? How economists think about Trump’s obsession www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... A mercantilist, Mr. Trump sees international commerce as a zero-sum game. If a country imports more than it exports – as the United States has done since 1976 ⬇️
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Setting the Record Straight on Canada-U.S. Trade. Canada is America’s second largest trading partner, but number one export market economics.td.com/ca-canada-us...
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The U.S. actually ran a sizable surplus with Canada if oil and gas are excluded. The U.S. posted a $94 billion deficit with Canada last year in oil and gas. ⬇️
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www.morningstar.com/news/marketw... U.S. ran the biggest #tradedeficits with China and Mexico in 2024. What about Canada? The U.S. ran a $63.3 billion deficit in goods with Canada in 2024, putting that country in ninth place (see chart). There is a big caveat, though: ⬇️
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consumers have pledged to buy only Canadian-made products – a pledge skewered in a viral sketch in which one shopper berates another for buying American ketchup.
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In response, Canadians have taken to acts of patriotism, small and large: one pilot flew his small plane in the shape of a maple leaf; sports fans have booed US teams; hats insisting “Canada is not for sale” have gone viral; ⬇️
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Done.
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That's weird. What's your X handle?
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according to Trump – a central pillar of his Make America Great Again agenda. But when push has come to shove, he has repeatedly pulled back from the brink.
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Researchers have said the massive expansion of mining and the processing of metal ores in particular caused airborne lead pollution to soar during the peak of the empire, leading to an estimated 2- to 3-point drop in IQ across the land.. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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advanced cognitive decline by ancient Greeks and Romans, who were mainly concerned with the physical frailties of older ages. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38277296/
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Dementia in the Ancient Greco-Roman World Was Minimally Mentioned. The possibility that Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) is a modern disease arises from the minimal mention of⤵️
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unwittingly poisoning themselves with the powerful neurotoxin. today.usc.edu/alzheimers-i...
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Finch speculates that as Roman cities grew denser, pollution increased, driving up cases of cognitive decline. In addition, Roman aristocrats used lead cooking vessels, lead water pipes and even added lead acetate into their wine to sweeten it⤵️
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the sixth-largest economy in South America, is the 16th such deal signed since the government launched its trade diversification push eight years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb2M...
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including one signed just last week with Ecuador, that together cover two-thirds of the global economy and about 1.5 billion consumers. Mary Ng says the free-trade agreement with Ecuador,⤵️