https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/30/canadians-react-to-cancelling-digital-services-tax/
Duh. No one elected them to go elbows down. Gonna be a short lived minority.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/30/canadians-react-to-cancelling-digital-services-tax/
Duh. No one elected them to go elbows down. Gonna be a short lived minority.
It’s a trade negotiation, it’s literally all about the jobs.
I get that you aren’t affected but thousands are.
By your logic, we should just not do anything with our largest trading partner and I dunno, just wait for almost half a decade until we like the administration?
I don’t know where on earth you got the idea that this doesn’t impact me.
The cavalier attitude is a big give away. Usually folks worried about their kids and mortgages understand the costs.
And you would know because you are also impacted?
No, I guess being well read and having empathy kind of allow me to consider how things affect other Canadians who are not me?
Oh God you’re insufferable.
And correct.
So far, the replies have been “everyone should just drop all American services, that’s a minor detail for IT” and “a trillion dollar trade negotiation isn’t actually about jobs.”
I get the kneejerk reaction but damn, this is silly bordering on depressing.
Incorrect.
That is not what I said at all.
So despite the fact that you don’t have proximity to the issue, you’re able to use your reasoning and knowledge of the matter to come up with a valid opinion we all have to respect. But you assume I am not in close proximity to the issue, so I’m not allowed to do that. Is that about right? Just want to make sure we’re on the same page here
Nope, re-read what I wrote. What in there says you can’t come up with a valid opinion?
It’s more “your opinion doesn’t seem to give any weight, relief or aid to those who are affected in any way shape or form.”
Ah my bad so you have some established right to indicate which of us can speak as to what’s best for the Canadian people (you) and the other can’t (me). Because…reasons?
I’m trying here man. I’m literally just trying to establish a baseline. You’re not making it easy
What in what I wrote leads you to this?
I correctly noted this doesn’t affect you and that it does affect mamy.
Your position, as far as I can tell is:
I think that the jobs really do matter to a lot of people and that when the US has significantly more leverage you Canada has very few options.
Again, noting that your position really hurts a lot of people doesn’t mean you can’t have a position rather, it’s that you support a position that really hurts people.