Good job boys, ya pissed off the elephant.

[chuckChuck]

You misread me sir or madame, I dont care about the Canadian auto sector.

It can go to zero for all I care. The manufacturing industry in this country was built off the stolen funds from NEP and equalization. Same as hydro.

I sit on trillions of resources that cant be moved or offshored.

No surprise here. The only industry and jobs that matter are in oil and gas? LOL

I would like to see the CPC run on that stupidity.

And equalization is a federal program paid for by all taxpayers, not just the petro centric ones in Alberta.

So manufacturing has never turned materials into something of value and we should just give it all up and put all our eggs into oil and gas? How did that go from 2014 -2020 when the world price of oil fell like a stone? Oh yeah I forgot it was all Trudeau's fault!

"Accounting for approximately $174 billion of our GDP, manufacturing represents more than 10% of Canada's total GDP. What is more, manufacturers export more than $354 billion each year, representing 68% of all of Canada's merchandise exports."

Oil and gas are a much small part of GDP than manufacturing.

Jazz you are as loony as they come.

[jazz]

"Accounting for approximately $174 billion of our GDP, manufacturing represents more than 10% of Canada's total GDP. What is more, manufacturers export more than $354 billion each year, representing 68% of all of Canada's merchandise exports."

Thats not very impressive chuck. Guess you failed econ 101. Canadas ag, mining and resource sectors where there is no value added at all to the end product, basically dug out or grown and sold to 3rd world countries, easily exceeds all of Canadas manufacturing base.

You have no clue what your country even is.

Canadas largest industry is FIRE.

[chuckChuck]

Thats not very impressive chuck. Guess you failed econ 101. Canadas ag, mining and resource sectors where there is no value added at all to the end product, basically dug out or grown and sold to 3rd world countries, easily exceeds all of Canadas manufacturing base.

You have no clue what your country even is.

Canadas largest industry is FIRE.

But we still don't need manufacturing jobs? LOL

[beaverdam]

It will go to zero. We need to detach ourselves before that happens.

Arguing with people with no grasp of such fundamental inevitable patterns proves to be very futile.

Maybe now is a good time to throw out the possibility of the West or some segments in the West, leaving Canada.

How many in Ottawa would say good riddance right now !

[rumrocks]

Would be interesting to know:
- how many companies have relocated to the USA while skippy was driving?
- how many jobs?

That's the problem, skippy is driving illegally and he's still 15 years away from trying for his learners license.

[jazz]

Scotty Moe and Kenney, working that red state corridor.

https://twitter.com/PremierScottMoe/status/1494013057164472320

https://twitter.com/jkenney/status/1494002803555155971

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Maybe now is a good time to throw out the possibility of the West or some segments in the West, leaving Canada.

How many in Ottawa would say good riddance right now !

That sounds like the perfect negotiating tactic. The trucks will remain and continue to honk until all the hostages in the western provinces are released without any strings attached.

[sumdumguy]

I think Americans would love to help us out of this mess.

[jensend]

I think Americans would love to help us out of this mess.

There isn't a chance in hell that the USA would take a separate western Canada. They like it the way it is now. Canada is a branch plant economy they have a lot of control over. Remember what they did to the cattle industry? They have Canadian oil as a captive supply. That's why they fund environmental activism against pipelines. The auto sector which used to be a large part of Canada's economy has been choked down with incentives to manufacture in the USA. There is no economic reason for them to adopt any part of Canada. Secondly, if they supported or adopted Canadian separatists they would have a problem within their own borders. There are separatists in the USA, notably in Texas and California. Nobody in Washington wants to grant legitimacy to American separatists. The wingnuts in Idaho would love to have more reason to stir up crap. There's as much chance of being part of China or Russia as the USA.

[jazz]

Same lefty commies here complaining about donor money going to a protest totally glaze over when remined Trudeau gave a billion dollars to African dictators.

[TSIPP]

Montana would take us on in a heartbeat!

[jazz]

Montana would take us on in a heartbeat!

2 provinces with one of the highest per capita incomes in the world sitting on an ocean of gas oil potash uranium and high quality farmland with water.

Yeah who wouldnt take that.

What they wouldnt take is Quebec and Ontario.