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Why retaliate with tariffs which only hurt Canadians and not strategically embargo certain good exports and eliminate US IP protections in the US?
They haven't been planning blanket tariffs on everything, at least not initially. If you've been following the news, officials specifically said they were trying to avoid tariffs on things that affect average Canadians as much as possible. The starting plan was to target red states and Tesla, last I heard. We've also got a deal with Japan for selling oil and likely Europe will want some too. Then there's turning the lights off via the Hydroelectric supply.
The retaliatory tariffs are being strategically chosen and placed in a way that impacts magas the most.
Because that's what it is going to take to remove American influence. Yes it will hurt Canadians. Yes we have to buckle down and do things that suck once and a while in life.