Sam Robbins
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Happy to see this question being openly posed in the CBC. It makes sense to reduce the tariffs on Chinese EVs at least to the level of the EU, and more broadly to invite Chinese EV makers to set up factories in Canada.
Should Canada ease its 100% tariff on electric vehicles from China amid trade war with U.S.? | CBC News
Canada's trade war with the United States has some economists questioning whether the federal government should ease or lift its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, a move some say could...
www.cbc.ca
March 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Happy to see this question being openly posed in the CBC. It makes sense to reduce the tariffs on Chinese EVs at least to the level of the EU, and more broadly to invite Chinese EV makers to set up factories in Canada.
My grade 10 civics class, "The bore go," "The what?" "The Bore goes, the bore goes!"
GUY WHO’S ONLY EVER READ THE WORD “BOURGEOISIE” AND NEVER HEARD IT SPOKEN ATTENDING HIS FIRST COMMUNIST READING GROUP: Yeah I have to agree with Rebecca here, and in fact I’d say you have a pretty burger-wise perspective on this topic
March 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My grade 10 civics class, "The bore go," "The what?" "The Bore goes, the bore goes!"
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They are just swinging sledgehammers in the dark.
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
They are just swinging sledgehammers in the dark.
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The deal be wants to renegotiate that he says has resulted in the US being ripped off is the deal he negotiated and signed the first time he was president.
From the WSJ: tariff commentary from Trump is an effort to push up renegotiation of the USMCA. That will definitely work given it's now being reported as a negotiating tactic, right?
Trump Pushes for Early Renegotiation of U.S. Trade Deal With Mexico, Canada
President Trump is using the threat of stiff tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico to pressure the two nations to start renegotiating a continental trade deal.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The deal be wants to renegotiate that he says has resulted in the US being ripped off is the deal he negotiated and signed the first time he was president.
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You know who believes in climate change...house insurance companies
January 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You know who believes in climate change...house insurance companies
I know I left my face around here somewhere, hhmmmm
January 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I know I left my face around here somewhere, hhmmmm
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other political developments:
2M SEIU Members 🤝 13M AFL-CIO Members
SEIU just joined America’s biggest federation of labor unions, the @aflcio.org. Together, we’re taking on corporate union busters and changing the rules so every worker who wants a union can have one. Let’s do this!
SEIU just joined America’s biggest federation of labor unions, the @aflcio.org. Together, we’re taking on corporate union busters and changing the rules so every worker who wants a union can have one. Let’s do this!
January 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
other political developments:
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I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...