• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    16 hours ago

    “In fact, we don’t want them to make cars for us. We want to make our own cars. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything from Canada. And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state.”

    Article 1, Section 9 of the US Constitution:

    No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

    Trying to remove any and all trade barriers in order to prevent trade.

    • brax@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      If Canada doesn’t have anything of value, then why does he have such a hard-on for stealing Canada? 🤔

      But then, after reading the Canadian conservative policy declaration document this seems on brand. The CPC can’t go more than a few sentences without contradicting themselves either. It’s a terrifying document to read through, and the fact that they have as much support as they do is equally terrifying.