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No shit! Exports are a fraction of our GDP, exports to US are a fraction of that, the tariffs apply only to a fraction of that, and only end up 'blocking' a small fraction of THAT. Our provinces have unilaterally done more damage to the university sector than Trump is doing to the Canadian economy.

Kevin Milligan@kevinmilligan.bsky.social

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ca.finance.yahoo.comCanada can afford to wait out Trump’s trade war, say two prominent policy vetsThe former U.S. ambassador and former Bank of Canada deputy governor say accepting a bad deal would be worse, even as tariffs inflict growing damage on autos and other industries

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦

@emmettmacfarlane.com

10 Sept

An analysis showed that the impact of Trump's tariffs could threaten 90,000 Canadian jobs. I don't want to understate that, especially for individuals affected, but in the last two years Ontario *colleges* alone eliminated 10,000 jobs and no one fucking blinked.

Matt Kavanagh

@mattkavanagh.bsky.social

10 Sept

Exact same thing happened in BC. The mood in higher ed is apocalyptic.

Alex Usher

@alexusherhesa.bsky.social

10 Sept

Although tbf an awful lot of those were PTimers

Mike 🍁

@thewarrenisempty.bsky.social

10 Sept

A tiny trickle of international students and new immigration would offset all of the damages. We really need to open the doors again.

Zamafir

@zamafir.bsky.social

10 Sept

Or a national climate action plan and no punitive limits on Chinese EVs, you know, if Carney actually wants Chinese production like Mexico and Europe, using what's working might be an easy place to start.