Canada may declare a war on US!

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
The USA shouldn't be putting tarriffs on Canadian Lumber, but Canda also shouldn't escalate this into trade war. Trade wars help nobody.

And the US putting tarriffs on Canadian Lumber isn't an act of - trade - war?

[notyoueither]

What are we supposed to do, Shi, hold our breath and stamp our feet?

[KrazyHorse]

Trade wars don't help anybody, but real wars do?

[Theben]

Originally posted by notyoueither
What are we supposed to do, Shi, hold our breath and stamp our feet?

Withdraw from NAFTA.

[notyoueither]

That would be brilliant.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Theben
Withdraw from NAFTA.

Throw the whole thing out because of one dumb*** administration?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Canada

While cutting off oil exports would hurt Alberta the most, it would also drive home the point. With gas prices at such a high level, it could be breathtakingly effective.

[techumseh]

The US has clearly broken the NAFTA treaty. Why should Canada continue to unilaterally adhere to a treaty which is ignored by one of the signatories?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Trade wars don't help anybody, but real wars do?

Duh real men fight real wars. Only pansy Canadians fight a trade war

[KrazyHorse]

We should go after products which derive from the same geographic regions as do the lumber protectionists.

Idaho potatoes? Any other suggestions?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


Duh real men fight real wars. Only pansy Canadians fight a trade war

You might want to tell Dubya that, because he's been fighting both kinds ever since he got into office.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
We should go after products which derive from the same geographic regions as do the lumber protectionists.

Idaho potatoes? Any other suggestions?

Do whatever you want to Idaho

[Whoha]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
I don't know...if Chavez actually carries out his threat to cut oil shipments to the United States, Canada putting quotas on its oil shipments suddenly has a lot more bite.

not really, everyone is forgetting that the world is at refining capacity. If they don't send to us it doesn't become usable oil products. That said, just because all these communists can't effectively attack us now doesn't mean they won't always lack this ability. We're going to have to do what we can to ensure our own supply of oil and that will mean goring a lot of people's sacred cows.

[Whoha]

Originally posted by techumseh
The US has clearly broken the NAFTA treaty. Why should Canada continue to unilaterally adhere to a treaty which is ignored by one of the signatories?

it may have something to do with the massive trade surplus they enjoy with their supposedly evil protectionist neighbor.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Whoha


not really, everyone is forgetting that the world is at refining capacity. If they don't send to us it doesn't become usable oil products. That said, just because all these communists can't effectively attack us now doesn't mean they won't always lack this ability. We're going to have to do what we can to ensure our own supply of oil and that will mean goring a lot of people's sacred cows.

Okay, so Chavez being a communist is rhetoric, but at least it's understandable rhetoric.

Are you now going to claim that the GoC is filled with dirty commies?