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    RM> Yes, and you've always had the option of using your own oil but an   
    RM> intelligent country would use as much of a finite resource like oil   
    RM> as they can get at a decent pricefrom other countries to save their   
      
   There's a mystery about the prices here. The price right now is 3x what it was   
   back in 2016. If buying oil from Canada isn't solving that issue, then I'm   
   assuming that drilling our own oil will solve it. Even if it doesn't bring the   
   price down, it should at least solve the problem of being dependent on another   
   country.   
      
    RM> This is true. It should almost be a single service with enforcers from   
    RM> both countries.. Just as a sidebar, today they found 4 illegal immigrants   
    RM> who had entered into Canada (Quebec) from the USA, 2 adults and 2 kids   
      
   Part of the problem is caring too much about the illegal immigrants. The   
   children could have been kidnapped, and you'd have no clue. And the adults   
   could have have murdered dozens of people in Peru, and you'd never find out.   
      
    RM> No, actual damage isn't obvious yet other than thousands of Canadians   
    RM> so angry that they will not be spending their tourist dollars in   
    RM> the USA this year and people looking where their groceries come from   
    RM> and buying Canadian now, even if it costs more.   
      
   But this shouldn't come as any surprise. Trump has been very vocal about   
   everything he intended to do all throughout his campaign. To panic now is like   
   saying "I never saw this coming."   
      
    RM> If the 25% across the board tariffs come in they estimate it will   
    RM> cost Canada more than a million jobs and the estimate is 1.9 million   
    RM> American jobs plus higher prices on almost everything. The numbers   
      
   If the crystal ball is correct, then these results should serve as a wake-up   
   call to Canadians who believe that it's wise to depend on other countries.   
      
    RM> Some sources say that the tariffs will be on more than a $Trillion   
    RM> of your imports. If the tariffs are at 25%, that will put an extra   
    RM> $250 Billion into your government coffers.. I wonder how much of   
    RM> that will trickle down to the average working person, especially   
    RM> the ones who lose their job over it?   
      
   Not sure, but I will take this as a hint that it's time for me to start   
   preparing for these things.   
      
    RM> What Trump seems to want to do might eventually benefit your   
    RM> country, but there would be a lot of pain for possibly decades   
    RM> and it's likely that your next president will undo most of it.   
      
   Something that Trump and I have in common is that we're positive thinkers. I   
   think that the next president will double down on Trump's executive orders.   
   I'm hoping for one Trump's sons to be the next president.   
      
    RM> The saddest thing is, not only have our countries been good friends   
    RM> for many decades but we could always rely on good quality products   
    RM> compared to buying from especially Asia. Not sure about Europe..   
      
   Yea, I don't trust food from Europe. We have a discount grocery story called   
   "Aldi" that sells cheap European foods, and I used to eat it, but I'm   
   concerned about the food safety standards not being to my satisfaction.   
      
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