whenhaveiever
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whenhaveiever
11mo ago
Why not? Almost every seller in North America separates out the sales tax. Gas stations around here routinely display at the pump the added costs of state and federal taxes. Like those taxes, tariffs are a lot more closely related to the value and amount of the goods being sold than other business taxes, so it's probably very easy to calculate what the added cost per item is.
whenhaveiever
11mo ago
At the moment, the Canadian left is pretty united behind Carney, but the NDP will come back. If the NDP manages to rebuild enough before Union happens, they could naturally make common cause with the Bernie Left and cause a rift among the Democrats.
whenhaveiever
11mo ago
Albertans saying they'll secede because the Liberals won should be viewed the same as Democrats saying they'll move to Canada because Trump won. Lots will talk about it, some will try, but not enough to make a difference.
whenhaveiever
11mo ago
When Biden was swapped out for Harris, she couldn't really escape being Biden's VP. She was part of his administration, had participated in covering up his decline, and didn't offer a clear idea of what she would do differently. Carney, on the other hand, wasn't even in Canada for a lot of Trudeau's time in office. And his economic background and ties to Europe (non-American allies) make him look competent to confront Trump's economic threat. Sure his policy platform might not be that different, but there's a general feeling that voting for Carney isn't voting for more Trudeau. (Or maybe that means the Liberals are just better at marketing than the Democrats.)
Trump definitely mattered. I'm not sure Trudeau would have stepped down when he did without Trump's threats. There was a real sense that Canada needed somebody new to confront/deal with Trump, and Trudeau tried at Mar-a-Lago but couldn't. Also, Liberals really leaned into painting Poilievre as Trump-lite, even planting Trump-style merchandise at Conservative events, and that just wouldn't work as well if Trump had played nice or if Harris had been elected. Prior to Trump's 51st state stuff, the Conservatives had a clear lead in all the polls. But a lot of people who might've voted NDP or Bloc to stick it to Trudeau instead voted Liberal to stick it to the Americans.
whenhaveiever
11mo ago
Canadian parties are more fluid than American parties. Leftists seem generally very willing to swap between the Liberals and NDP, and within Quebec the Bloc, so if you don't like one right now, you just switch for a bit. That seems to weaken general anti-left arguments. Uniting the right wing parties under the CPC got Harper elected but also gives the left a single target.
whenhaveiever
11mo ago
New Balance? I have a weird wide flat foot. As a teen, New Balance was the only brand that fit me. And I haven't bothered since then to try any others, so I'm curious if your one brand that fits is the same as mine.
I stocked up on durable goods before the election, so now I'm mostly maintaining my stockpile.
It also depends who the NDP's new leader is, and how much longer they need to be MP to get their government pension.
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