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Trump administration 2024-2028

Colin Parkinson said:
To tell Trump that it would wreck our economy is the wrong thing to say to him. Better to say how it will damage their economy.
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Or share estimates of how much more gasoline could cost with Canada's input taxed coming in. Sure, they could adjust (especially as a net exporter), but ~40% is a big chunk to tax as an import.
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suffolkowner said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1863897249396248805

things getting serious

way too long that many industries have not been treated as strategic
perhaps Canada has some minerals to offer?
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We have a lot of minerals to offer. The trick is developing an economically viable deposit and bringing it to production. Unless we go crown corporation or heavy government subsidy/guarantee, the junior mining and extraction sector can be hellacious.
 
brihard said:
We have a lot of minerals to offer. The trick is developing an economically viable deposit and bringing it to production. Unless we go crown corporation or heavy government subsidy/guarantee, the junior mining and extraction sector can be hellacious.
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I think that has been exactly the problem with the rare earth minerals and other strategically valuable metals. Got sucked into the China game. Perhaps there should even be reserves maintained?
 
suffolkowner said:
I think that has been exactly the problem with the rare earth minerals and other strategically valuable metals. Got sucked into the China game. Perhaps there should even be reserves maintained?
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Yup. I took a bath on a few rare earths stocks when China yanked the rug out from under the market. They can and will let ventures develop significantly, and then flood the market so spot price plummets and those ventures fail. It makes it very hard to raise the necessary exploration and construction capital.
 
brihard said:
Yup. I took a bath on a few rare earths stocks when China yanked the rug out from under the market. They can and will let ventures develop significantly, and then flood the market so spot price plummets and those ventures fail. It makes it very hard to raise the necessary exploration and construction capital.
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Chairman Xi thanks you for your donation!
 
Meanwhile, the Canadian Peso is thundering in...


The Canadian dollar vs. Donald Trump: How low can the slumping loonie go?​

Here’s a breakdown of the factors working against our currency as the so-called Trump trade plays out

The Canadian dollar has been steadily declining over the past couple of months — a drop many economists and currency experts have linked to the rising expectations of a Donald Trump victory in the lead up to the U.S. election. The loonie is down just over four per cent against its U.S. counterpart since late September, and 1.5 per cent since Nov. 5. It slumped nearly a half per cent after Trump announced that, on day one of his presidency, he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods entering the United States from Canada and Mexico.


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The Canadian dollar vs. Donald Trump: How low can the slumping loonie go?

With the Canadian dollar hovering around 71 cents U.S. and the inauguration still 2 months off, people are wondering how low it might go.
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suffolkowner said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1863897249396248805

things getting serious

way too long that many industries have not been treated as strategic
perhaps Canada has some minerals to offer?
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To be fair, this spat is supposedly because of the current restrictions on microchips, not the proposed tariffs.

But going back to @Underway ’s point on Canadian internal free trade, it would be hilarious and awesome if Trump was the catalyst for that.
 
dimsum said:
To be fair, this spat is supposedly because of the current restrictions on microchips, not the proposed tariffs.

But going back to @Underway ’s point on Canadian internal free trade, it would be hilarious and awesome if Trump was the catalyst for that.
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do we still need a brewery in each province if you want to sell your beer there?
 
brihard said:
It’s not. It may just be an incidental result if they dump Hesgeth. Statistically it seems more likely than not that a replacement would bring less baggage.
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I mean, given that experience in said portfolio doesn’t mean squat to Trump’s picks (see SECNAV), MTG and Laura Loomer don’t seem to have any cabinet posts yet :sneaky:
 
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