“The United States and Canada are in a fight, obviously,” said Fox News commentator Shepard Smith on Monday afternoon:
“President Trump accusing the country’s prime minister of making false statements, and the president’s trade adviser saying there’s ‘a special place in hell’ for the leader of Canada, our biggest trading partner in all of the world, our best friend from way back in World War II and every time in between. Canada. Maybe we need a northern wall.”
Developer-in-Chief Donald Trump just increased the cost of America’s new homes and decreased US construction jobs. How? putting a punitive tariff on imports of wood from Canada. “We’re going to be putting a 20 percent tax on softwood lumber coming in — tariff on softwood coming into the United States from Canada,” tweeted the president.
Canadian softwoods — pine, spruce, fir — are used to frame most new home construction in the USA.
More:
“In New Trade Front, Trump Slaps Tariff on Canadian Lumber,” Peter Baker and Ian Austen, New York Times
“Why Is Trump Bashing Canada All of a Sudden?” Joshua Keating, Slate
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July 1st is Canada Day, Fête du Canada. It’s a day for fireworks, Labatt’s, and Molson’s. Pass the poutine, please.
“Snowbank Blues,” by New Brunswick’s Gary Cook.
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“Snow Shovelin’ Man,” written and performed by Bob King.
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“Balablok,” a 1972 animation by Bretislav Pojar. Human nature, same as it ever was.
h/t: TKSST
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Donald Trump told an interviewer the issue of Ted Cruz’s Canadian birth could be “very precarious” for the GOP if Senator Cruz emerges as the Republican presidential nominee, since a U.S. president is required to be a “natural-born” U.S. citizen and Mr. Cruz was born in Canada. Since Mommy Cruz was a U.S. citizen, Calgary-born Ted is considered a natural U.S. citizen, but was automatically granted dual Canadian citizenship by accident of natal geography.
Ted Cruz forgot about that last fact until recently reminded by the Dallas Morning News. He finally renounced his Ottawa allegience and hasn’t been Canadian for the last 18 months. Even so, Senator Rand Paul thinks his Texan colleague is “without question … qualified … to be prime minister of Canada.”
Donald Trump, of course, was Obama-birther-in-chief in days gone by. He probably casts doubt on title claims when negotiating for real estate, too.
“New Year Song,” written by Newfoundlander Tim Baker, recorded by hin with his group Hey Rosetta!
“New Year Song” lyrics.
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“Auld Lang Syne,” lyrics written by Robert Burns in 1788, set to a traditional tune, rendered by The Real McKenzies, a Canadian Celtic Punk band, with Gord Taylor on the highland pipes.
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