Their colour doesn’t matter buddy. If they are coming from the head-chopping barbaric cult or the beach-pooping tradition, we don’t need that.
We’d better fly more of the Canadian flag than the idiot LGBTQ signage.
Is This P.P's Kiss Of Death?
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We’d better fly more of the Canadian flag than the idiot LGBTQ signage.
Since the original thread (PP's Kiss Of Death) has gone of track with this obsession for polychromatic immigration, let me bring us back to the original topic.
The more Donald flogs his cockammie tariff program in the next few weeks, the more I believe that Carney will be able to siphon off votes from the other parties.
Trump announces 25% tariffs on vehicles imported to U.S., including from Canada
Samantha Edwards
Eric AtkinsTransportation reporter
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is imposing 25-per-cent tariffs on all automobiles made outside of the United States, including those made in Canada, to take effect on April 2.
The tariffs, which Mr. Trump said would affect cars and light trucks, are part of his protectionist trade policy, which aims to spur domestic manufacturing and persuade foreign companies, especially automakers, to shift production to the U.S.
“We start off with a 2.5-per-cent base, which is what we’re at, and go to 25 per cent,” Mr. Trump said at an event in the Oval Office.
The 25-per-cent tariff will be applied to imported passenger vehicles, such as sedans, SUVs and cargo vans, light trucks, as well critical automobile parts, such as engines, transmissions and electrical components. As part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, however, Canada and Mexico will be given the opportunity to certify any U.S. parts used in completed vehicles, meaning a car made in Canada will be subject to a 25 per cent tariff on the value not made in the U.S.
The Trump administration also noted that USMCA-compliant automobile parts will remain tariff-free until the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), establishes a process to apply tariffs to their non-U.S. content.
As justification for the tariffs, Mr. Trump’s administration cited an investigation into auto imports completed during his first administration, which found that “excessive” foreign auto imports threatened U.S. national security. At the time, the conclusion was considered controversial.
The investigation was completed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same legal authority Mr. Trump referenced when imposing steel tariffs.
The Trump administration had already imposed a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports on March 4, with a lower 10-per-cent levy for energy products, critical minerals and potash. Two days later, he offered a month-long reprieve on tariffs for products that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the continental free-trade pact. At the time, the President said he offered the break to give automakers time to rejig their supply chains.
On March 12, Mr. Trump imposed 25-per-cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada.
Canada, U.S. textile officials seek tariff relief from Trump administration
Tariff cheat sheet: What’s in effect, what’s on pause and what’s been threatened?
Mr. Trump has also promised to introduce “reciprocal tariffs” on April 2, which would be an effort to match tariffs and non-tariff barriers other countries place on U.S. goods.
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However, the Trump administration has not revealed how these tariffs will be calculated. Canada’s average effective tariff rate on U.S. imports is around 2 per cent.
In retaliation for U.S. levies, Canada has implemented tariffs on some $60-billion worth of U.S. goods.
Open this photo in gallery:
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on March 26, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
On the federal election campaign trail, party leaders announced their own plans on Wednesday to protect Canada’s auto manufacturing industry.
Earlier in the day, Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised that a Liberal government would protect Canada’s auto sector in the face of U.S. tariff threats. He pledged a $2-billion fund to boost competitiveness in the auto sector, “protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles.”
“With today’s announcement, we will protect workers from American tariffs, create higher-paying jobs, and build an all-in-Canada auto manufacturing network,” Mr. Carney said during an election campaign stop in Windsor, Ont., a major hub for Canada’s auto industry.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was asked Wednesday about the potential for new auto tariffs from the U.S. government.
“As for President Trump, my message to him again is: knock it off,” he told reporters at a news conference in Montmagny, Que. “These tariffs are simply causing chaos in markets. They’re dislocating workers on both sides of the border. Stop threatening Canada with tariffs. Stop talking about our sovereignty. … And, if the President does hit us with more tariffs, we will retaliate.”
He then criticized the Liberal government record on economic matters and said a new Conservative government would be “standing up to President Trump from a position of strength.”
On X, Ontario Premier Doug Ford posted that the auto tariffs will put American jobs at risk. “His 25 per cent tariffs on cars and light trucks will do nothing more than increase costs for hard-working American families. U.S. markets are already on the decline as the president causes more chaos and uncertainty.”
The stock market closed sharply lower on Wednesday, with Tesla dropping 5.6 per cent and General Motors dropping 3.1 per cent. Auto industry experts expect the tariffs to drive up car prices and halt production.
The tariff announcement comes after several threats and retreats by Mr. Trump. He set various tariff deadlines for Canada and Mexico over the past few months, only to change his mind and pause the levies. This has confounded businesses, which rely on certainty when planning their operations.
The Detroit-based automakers have been lobbying against the tariffs, which they said would cause disruption and add billions in expenses. The companies operate plants in Canada and Mexico, and move components across borders several times before a vehicle’s final assembly.
Ontario plants run by Ford
F-N +0.10%increase
, General Motors
GM-N -3.12%decrease
, Stellantis
STLA-N -3.55%decrease
, Honda and Toyota made a total of 1.6 million passenger vehicles in 2024, most of which were exported to the United States. Mexico made about 4 million cars in 2024, 80 per cent of which were sent to the U.S.
Business and labour leaders expressed outrage at the tariffs.
“These new tariffs on Canada, one of our closest allies and largest trading partners, are unjust and will have lasting negative impacts on American and Canadian workers,” said Brian Bryant, international president of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Candace Laing, head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said the tariffs will costs tens of thousands of jobs on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, driving jobs to other countries.
“This tax hike puts plants and workers at risk for generations, if not forever,” Ms. Laing said. “With this latest tariff, the U.S. administration has committed to taxing America’s automotive manufacturers and increasing the production cost of a car.”
James Farley, Ford Motor’s chief executive officer, warned in February the tariffs will “blow a hole” in the U.S. industry, leading to “cost and chaos.”
Automakers and parts suppliers form Canada’s largest manufacturing sector, employing 125,000 workers, mostly in Ontario, and hundreds of thousands more in other business.
Fraser Johnson , a professor at Western University’s Ivey Business School, said the tariffs will have “significant repercussions” for the Canadian automotive industry and the investments the companies make.
He said the levies will drive up costs for businesses, car buyers and workers in Canada and the U.S. “This is not good news for anybody,” Prof. Johnson said by phone. “It’s not good news for Canadian companies and workers. It’s also not good news for the U.S. auto sector.”
The tariffs will cause Canadian job losses in the long term, Prof. Johnson said, but the unsustainable damage they cause in the U.S. will eventually spur their removal.
David Adams, president of the Global Automakers of Canada, which represents Toyota, Honda and several other manufacturers, said the announcement undercuts Mr. Trump’s campaign promises to tackle affordability and inflation.
“It’s hard to see a good outcome for Canadians or Americans from this announcement,” Mr. Adams said, predicting the tariff will reduce Ontario auto production.
“The reality is at some point you’re going to be selling fewer vehicles into the U.S. market, which means that there may have to be production adjustments at some point down the line,” Mr. Adams said in an interview. “The longer these tariffs stay in place the more challenging it becomes for vehicle producers here in Canada.”
The more Donald flogs his cockammie tariff program in the next few weeks, the more I believe that Carney will be able to siphon off votes from the other parties.
Trump announces 25% tariffs on vehicles imported to U.S., including from Canada
Samantha Edwards
Eric AtkinsTransportation reporter
Washington and toronto
Published 2 hours agoUpdated 41 minutes ago
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A production line at a Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., in April, 2023.Cole Burston/The Canadian Press
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is imposing 25-per-cent tariffs on all automobiles made outside of the United States, including those made in Canada, to take effect on April 2.
The tariffs, which Mr. Trump said would affect cars and light trucks, are part of his protectionist trade policy, which aims to spur domestic manufacturing and persuade foreign companies, especially automakers, to shift production to the U.S.
“We start off with a 2.5-per-cent base, which is what we’re at, and go to 25 per cent,” Mr. Trump said at an event in the Oval Office.
The 25-per-cent tariff will be applied to imported passenger vehicles, such as sedans, SUVs and cargo vans, light trucks, as well critical automobile parts, such as engines, transmissions and electrical components. As part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, however, Canada and Mexico will be given the opportunity to certify any U.S. parts used in completed vehicles, meaning a car made in Canada will be subject to a 25 per cent tariff on the value not made in the U.S.
The Trump administration also noted that USMCA-compliant automobile parts will remain tariff-free until the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), establishes a process to apply tariffs to their non-U.S. content.
As justification for the tariffs, Mr. Trump’s administration cited an investigation into auto imports completed during his first administration, which found that “excessive” foreign auto imports threatened U.S. national security. At the time, the conclusion was considered controversial.
The investigation was completed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same legal authority Mr. Trump referenced when imposing steel tariffs.
The Trump administration had already imposed a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports on March 4, with a lower 10-per-cent levy for energy products, critical minerals and potash. Two days later, he offered a month-long reprieve on tariffs for products that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the continental free-trade pact. At the time, the President said he offered the break to give automakers time to rejig their supply chains.
On March 12, Mr. Trump imposed 25-per-cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada.
Canada, U.S. textile officials seek tariff relief from Trump administration
Tariff cheat sheet: What’s in effect, what’s on pause and what’s been threatened?
Mr. Trump has also promised to introduce “reciprocal tariffs” on April 2, which would be an effort to match tariffs and non-tariff barriers other countries place on U.S. goods.
More stories below advertisement
00:00 / 00:15
However, the Trump administration has not revealed how these tariffs will be calculated. Canada’s average effective tariff rate on U.S. imports is around 2 per cent.
In retaliation for U.S. levies, Canada has implemented tariffs on some $60-billion worth of U.S. goods.
Open this photo in gallery:
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on March 26, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
On the federal election campaign trail, party leaders announced their own plans on Wednesday to protect Canada’s auto manufacturing industry.
Earlier in the day, Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised that a Liberal government would protect Canada’s auto sector in the face of U.S. tariff threats. He pledged a $2-billion fund to boost competitiveness in the auto sector, “protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles.”
“With today’s announcement, we will protect workers from American tariffs, create higher-paying jobs, and build an all-in-Canada auto manufacturing network,” Mr. Carney said during an election campaign stop in Windsor, Ont., a major hub for Canada’s auto industry.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was asked Wednesday about the potential for new auto tariffs from the U.S. government.
“As for President Trump, my message to him again is: knock it off,” he told reporters at a news conference in Montmagny, Que. “These tariffs are simply causing chaos in markets. They’re dislocating workers on both sides of the border. Stop threatening Canada with tariffs. Stop talking about our sovereignty. … And, if the President does hit us with more tariffs, we will retaliate.”
He then criticized the Liberal government record on economic matters and said a new Conservative government would be “standing up to President Trump from a position of strength.”
On X, Ontario Premier Doug Ford posted that the auto tariffs will put American jobs at risk. “His 25 per cent tariffs on cars and light trucks will do nothing more than increase costs for hard-working American families. U.S. markets are already on the decline as the president causes more chaos and uncertainty.”
The stock market closed sharply lower on Wednesday, with Tesla dropping 5.6 per cent and General Motors dropping 3.1 per cent. Auto industry experts expect the tariffs to drive up car prices and halt production.
The tariff announcement comes after several threats and retreats by Mr. Trump. He set various tariff deadlines for Canada and Mexico over the past few months, only to change his mind and pause the levies. This has confounded businesses, which rely on certainty when planning their operations.
The Detroit-based automakers have been lobbying against the tariffs, which they said would cause disruption and add billions in expenses. The companies operate plants in Canada and Mexico, and move components across borders several times before a vehicle’s final assembly.
Ontario plants run by Ford
F-N +0.10%increase
, General Motors
GM-N -3.12%decrease
, Stellantis
STLA-N -3.55%decrease
, Honda and Toyota made a total of 1.6 million passenger vehicles in 2024, most of which were exported to the United States. Mexico made about 4 million cars in 2024, 80 per cent of which were sent to the U.S.
Business and labour leaders expressed outrage at the tariffs.
“These new tariffs on Canada, one of our closest allies and largest trading partners, are unjust and will have lasting negative impacts on American and Canadian workers,” said Brian Bryant, international president of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Candace Laing, head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said the tariffs will costs tens of thousands of jobs on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, driving jobs to other countries.
“This tax hike puts plants and workers at risk for generations, if not forever,” Ms. Laing said. “With this latest tariff, the U.S. administration has committed to taxing America’s automotive manufacturers and increasing the production cost of a car.”
James Farley, Ford Motor’s chief executive officer, warned in February the tariffs will “blow a hole” in the U.S. industry, leading to “cost and chaos.”
Automakers and parts suppliers form Canada’s largest manufacturing sector, employing 125,000 workers, mostly in Ontario, and hundreds of thousands more in other business.
Fraser Johnson , a professor at Western University’s Ivey Business School, said the tariffs will have “significant repercussions” for the Canadian automotive industry and the investments the companies make.
He said the levies will drive up costs for businesses, car buyers and workers in Canada and the U.S. “This is not good news for anybody,” Prof. Johnson said by phone. “It’s not good news for Canadian companies and workers. It’s also not good news for the U.S. auto sector.”
The tariffs will cause Canadian job losses in the long term, Prof. Johnson said, but the unsustainable damage they cause in the U.S. will eventually spur their removal.
David Adams, president of the Global Automakers of Canada, which represents Toyota, Honda and several other manufacturers, said the announcement undercuts Mr. Trump’s campaign promises to tackle affordability and inflation.
“It’s hard to see a good outcome for Canadians or Americans from this announcement,” Mr. Adams said, predicting the tariff will reduce Ontario auto production.
“The reality is at some point you’re going to be selling fewer vehicles into the U.S. market, which means that there may have to be production adjustments at some point down the line,” Mr. Adams said in an interview. “The longer these tariffs stay in place the more challenging it becomes for vehicle producers here in Canada.”
PeePee is done, thanks to trump.Since the original thread (PP's Kiss Of Death) has gone of track with this obsession for polychromatic immigration, let me bring us back to the original topic.
The more Donald flogs his cockammie tariff program in the next few weeks, the more I believe that Carney will be able to siphon off votes from the other parties.
Trump announces 25% tariffs on vehicles imported to U.S., including from Canada
Samantha Edwards
Eric AtkinsTransportation reporter
Washington and toronto
Published 2 hours agoUpdated 41 minutes ago
For Subscribers
Open this photo in gallery:
A production line at a Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., in April, 2023.Cole Burston/The Canadian Press
495 Comments
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is imposing 25-per-cent tariffs on all automobiles made outside of the United States, including those made in Canada, to take effect on April 2.
The tariffs, which Mr. Trump said would affect cars and light trucks, are part of his protectionist trade policy, which aims to spur domestic manufacturing and persuade foreign companies, especially automakers, to shift production to the U.S.
“We start off with a 2.5-per-cent base, which is what we’re at, and go to 25 per cent,” Mr. Trump said at an event in the Oval Office.
The 25-per-cent tariff will be applied to imported passenger vehicles, such as sedans, SUVs and cargo vans, light trucks, as well critical automobile parts, such as engines, transmissions and electrical components. As part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, however, Canada and Mexico will be given the opportunity to certify any U.S. parts used in completed vehicles, meaning a car made in Canada will be subject to a 25 per cent tariff on the value not made in the U.S.
The Trump administration also noted that USMCA-compliant automobile parts will remain tariff-free until the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), establishes a process to apply tariffs to their non-U.S. content.
As justification for the tariffs, Mr. Trump’s administration cited an investigation into auto imports completed during his first administration, which found that “excessive” foreign auto imports threatened U.S. national security. At the time, the conclusion was considered controversial.
The investigation was completed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same legal authority Mr. Trump referenced when imposing steel tariffs.
The Trump administration had already imposed a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports on March 4, with a lower 10-per-cent levy for energy products, critical minerals and potash. Two days later, he offered a month-long reprieve on tariffs for products that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the continental free-trade pact. At the time, the President said he offered the break to give automakers time to rejig their supply chains.
On March 12, Mr. Trump imposed 25-per-cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada.
Canada, U.S. textile officials seek tariff relief from Trump administration
Tariff cheat sheet: What’s in effect, what’s on pause and what’s been threatened?
Mr. Trump has also promised to introduce “reciprocal tariffs” on April 2, which would be an effort to match tariffs and non-tariff barriers other countries place on U.S. goods.
More stories below advertisement
00:00 / 00:15
However, the Trump administration has not revealed how these tariffs will be calculated. Canada’s average effective tariff rate on U.S. imports is around 2 per cent.
In retaliation for U.S. levies, Canada has implemented tariffs on some $60-billion worth of U.S. goods.
Open this photo in gallery:
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House on March 26, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
On the federal election campaign trail, party leaders announced their own plans on Wednesday to protect Canada’s auto manufacturing industry.
Earlier in the day, Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised that a Liberal government would protect Canada’s auto sector in the face of U.S. tariff threats. He pledged a $2-billion fund to boost competitiveness in the auto sector, “protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles.”
“With today’s announcement, we will protect workers from American tariffs, create higher-paying jobs, and build an all-in-Canada auto manufacturing network,” Mr. Carney said during an election campaign stop in Windsor, Ont., a major hub for Canada’s auto industry.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was asked Wednesday about the potential for new auto tariffs from the U.S. government.
“As for President Trump, my message to him again is: knock it off,” he told reporters at a news conference in Montmagny, Que. “These tariffs are simply causing chaos in markets. They’re dislocating workers on both sides of the border. Stop threatening Canada with tariffs. Stop talking about our sovereignty. … And, if the President does hit us with more tariffs, we will retaliate.”
He then criticized the Liberal government record on economic matters and said a new Conservative government would be “standing up to President Trump from a position of strength.”
On X, Ontario Premier Doug Ford posted that the auto tariffs will put American jobs at risk. “His 25 per cent tariffs on cars and light trucks will do nothing more than increase costs for hard-working American families. U.S. markets are already on the decline as the president causes more chaos and uncertainty.”
The stock market closed sharply lower on Wednesday, with Tesla dropping 5.6 per cent and General Motors dropping 3.1 per cent. Auto industry experts expect the tariffs to drive up car prices and halt production.
The tariff announcement comes after several threats and retreats by Mr. Trump. He set various tariff deadlines for Canada and Mexico over the past few months, only to change his mind and pause the levies. This has confounded businesses, which rely on certainty when planning their operations.
The Detroit-based automakers have been lobbying against the tariffs, which they said would cause disruption and add billions in expenses. The companies operate plants in Canada and Mexico, and move components across borders several times before a vehicle’s final assembly.
Ontario plants run by Ford
F-N +0.10%increase
, General Motors
GM-N -3.12%decrease
, Stellantis
STLA-N -3.55%decrease
, Honda and Toyota made a total of 1.6 million passenger vehicles in 2024, most of which were exported to the United States. Mexico made about 4 million cars in 2024, 80 per cent of which were sent to the U.S.
Business and labour leaders expressed outrage at the tariffs.
“These new tariffs on Canada, one of our closest allies and largest trading partners, are unjust and will have lasting negative impacts on American and Canadian workers,” said Brian Bryant, international president of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Candace Laing, head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said the tariffs will costs tens of thousands of jobs on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, driving jobs to other countries.
“This tax hike puts plants and workers at risk for generations, if not forever,” Ms. Laing said. “With this latest tariff, the U.S. administration has committed to taxing America’s automotive manufacturers and increasing the production cost of a car.”
James Farley, Ford Motor’s chief executive officer, warned in February the tariffs will “blow a hole” in the U.S. industry, leading to “cost and chaos.”
Automakers and parts suppliers form Canada’s largest manufacturing sector, employing 125,000 workers, mostly in Ontario, and hundreds of thousands more in other business.
Fraser Johnson , a professor at Western University’s Ivey Business School, said the tariffs will have “significant repercussions” for the Canadian automotive industry and the investments the companies make.
He said the levies will drive up costs for businesses, car buyers and workers in Canada and the U.S. “This is not good news for anybody,” Prof. Johnson said by phone. “It’s not good news for Canadian companies and workers. It’s also not good news for the U.S. auto sector.”
The tariffs will cause Canadian job losses in the long term, Prof. Johnson said, but the unsustainable damage they cause in the U.S. will eventually spur their removal.
David Adams, president of the Global Automakers of Canada, which represents Toyota, Honda and several other manufacturers, said the announcement undercuts Mr. Trump’s campaign promises to tackle affordability and inflation.
“It’s hard to see a good outcome for Canadians or Americans from this announcement,” Mr. Adams said, predicting the tariff will reduce Ontario auto production.
“The reality is at some point you’re going to be selling fewer vehicles into the U.S. market, which means that there may have to be production adjustments at some point down the line,” Mr. Adams said in an interview. “The longer these tariffs stay in place the more challenging it becomes for vehicle producers here in Canada.”
Torontonians overwhelmingly support Carney's Liberals: CityNews-Leger poll
A CityNews-Leger poll finds Torontonians strongly favour a Liberal government under Mark Carney which is not good news for the Conservatives
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