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Doug Ford moving ahead with U.S. electricity tax starting early next week (globalnews.ca)
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province plans on moving ahead with a tax on electricity sent to several U.S. states starting early next week.

Ford said the 25 per cent tax will be announced on Monday, with it likely being enacted on Tuesday.

“We are moving forward with it. I feel terrible for the American people because it’s not the American people, and it’s not even the elected officials, it’s one person and that’s President (Donald) Trump.” Ford told 640Toronto radio host Ben Mulroney on Thursday.

“It’s totally unacceptable, but he’s coming after his closest friends, closest allies in the world and it’s going to absolutely devastate both economies.”

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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think what people don't understand is how incredibly petty Canadians can be.

The Canadian population will accept things getting 25% worse for themselves personally if it means things get 5% worse for the people that inflicted it. With these terriffs, there is an asymmetry of effect... But there is also an asymmetry in the amount of pain that can be stomached by the populations as well.

If the two countries find themselves dragged into an "economic winter", there is one population significantly more familiar and comfortable with the idea of riding out the winter.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-forgotten-ferocity-of-canadas-soldiers-in-the-great-war

The English poet Robert Graves was less charitable. In his 1929 bestseller Good-Bye to All That, he wrote “the troops that had the worst reputation for acts of violence against prisoners were the Canadians.”

As Canadian Corps commander Arthur Currie would often boast after the war, his troops prided themselves on killing the enemy wherever and whenever they could.

Beware the wrath of a gentle man.

The meek are not to be fucked with.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Mate, I fucking love this quote! Thanks for sharing this. Cheers.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

incredibly petty

I'm not sure that's the best description.

We're easy-going, until someone breaks a rule or an agreement, or is impolite. Then we get bitchy. Sometimes we reno state buildings in a drunken pub crawl.