Trump says he'll limit government purchasing of Canadian goods (www.cbc.ca)

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Trump says he's taking action to bar Canadian-made products from eligibility for certain U.S. government purchasing contracts.

In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he is directing the General Services Administration — the independent agency that oversees federal government procurement — to remove Canadian-origin products from its "multiple award schedules."

Those schedules account for more than $50 billion US worth of procurement per year, said Trump, but it's unclear how much of that is made up of Canadian goods.

"The Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets," said Trump in the post. "From now on, NO RECIPROCITY – NO ACCESS!"

Trump said the removal would stay in place "unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies."

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[-] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 34 points 3 days ago

Let's cut off the electricity

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 days ago

Scrap the pipeline, and build the refinery to handle it all ourselves instead of sending our crude to Texas.

[-] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 21 points 3 days ago

re-build the refineries that Conservatives allowed shuttered.

[-] ZaphodBB@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Conservatives will on one hand say the energy transition to renewables isn't happening or needed, and at the same time explain how refineries take so long to become profitable we can't afford to build our own.

If it weren't for double standards they wouldn't have any.

[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

...and the beef, and the water and the potash and the lumber and ...

[-] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 5 points 3 days ago

A million times yes

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I appreciate the sentiment and I’ve felt similarly of late, but we don’t want to “empty the chamber” all at once.

One of the risks of escalation is that the other side may stop fearing what you’re going to do next. This is what happened with Iran: they no longer have any fear of the US whatsoever.

I know Trump is never going to fear anything Canada can do, but ordinary Americans may still worry. We should be trying to turn up the pressure slowly, and make sure that Americans keep turning against Trump rather than starting to see Canadians as the enemy, which is what he wants.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We should be trying to turn up the pressure slowly, and make sure that Americans keep turning against Trump rather than starting to see Canadians as the enemy

Absolutely. We need to appear to the world (and any sane Americans who remain) as the party in this dispute who is not the aggressor.

We need to react firmly but calmly, and in a reasonable manner.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

The week before the mid terms.

[-] yes_this_time@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

I don't like it, electricity feels too hostile to real people. I get its a point of leverage, and I get Trump would like to do worse, but I just think that type of activity should be beneath Canada.