Aristides

Well I'm not dumb enough to believe what you say.

I always tell the truth, lying is too much work.

Well I’m closer to 80 and 27 is still a man. By then I had been living on my own for eight years and married fo four.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8735174/ottawa-protest-woman-horse-incident-investigation/ What "boy" was killed at the protest? 27 is not a boy, the age of majority is 18 or 19 depending on the province.

I'd be willing to bet most of them don't even vote.

Most of them. They use popular opinion against Musk as an excuse, not because they were "groomed". Blame the individuals, it was their decision to do what they did. You know, personal accountability. I know it is out of fashion these days but it is still a thing.

Vandals. They come in all descriptions and just love an excuse to destroy things. My guess is most have no political bent, they just love an excuse to mindlessly break shit. Don't care much who gives it to them.

One woman got bumped by a horse. OH THE HORROR! The police showed incredible restraint, too much in the opinion of a majority of Canadians. I do agree that some things were overreach like freezing bank accounts and the emergencies act was unnecessary. However, those people did a lot of financial and economic damage, were breaking laws and ignoring court orders. There has to be consequences. Call them martyrs if you want but actions have consequences.

I just think that those expressing outrage at Tesla owners and businesses being vandalized and people being negatively affected by BLM and others would have the same consideration for the people of Ottawa but I guess not.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/03/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-25-per-cent-tariffs-effective-march-4-2025.html Plus the tariffs on US built autos and parts except those made in Mexico and others announced since March 4th.

So now a Canadian flag is a LPOC symbol. 🙃

The assets of all those people having to sell them off. People with money to spend can benefit greatly at the expense of those who are forced to sell. I'm not buying or selling any stocks until I see conditions that might result it them going up. I think we are a long way from that if Trump stays on the same course. I'd rather miss the bottom on the way up than the way down.

Rideau Centre was shut down for weeks. If you owned one of the 175 business located there or one of the laid off employees or had to listen to constant horn honking for days on end, had to wade through these people to get to your home or business every day you might have a different perspective. The Ottawa police department put policing costs at $800,000 per day, paid for by local tax payers. If no charges were laid, what is to stop any other group from doing the same thing. How would you feel if your place was taken over by BLM or Palestine protestors and shut down your business or cost you your job for several weeks.?

Yes they are a cost of doing business and affect prices accordingly. Shipping cost are also a cost of doing business. Are you trying to say the economies of those port cities don't benefit from all the goods that are shipped through them? Port and rail infrastructure is paid for by the companies that use them, not taxpayers. They are not hospitals or schools.

The verdict probably reflects what happened. They did in fact commit mischief that disrupted the lives of Ottawa citizens and cost local businesses millions. The cost of the trial was expensive but nowhere near what it cost the local economy.

Tariffs and price controls are very socialist. Of course costs have a role in prices. The price of gas goes up and down with the price of oil. You aren't going to sell at less than your cost to produce. Parts manufacturers are saying these tariffs will shut down auto production because profit margins for both parts and vehicle manufactures are less than 25%. One result in Canada will be that you will be able to buy a luxury Japanese or European car for the same price as a Chev. How can that be good for GM.

The tariffs are based on trade imbalances, they have even been applied where there were no tariffs.

Now you are sounding like a socialist.

Some are but but the really wealthy will be snapping up distressed businesses and properties at bargain basement prices.

No they aren’t they are based on trade imbalance, not tariffs. Anywhere Trump sees a trade imbalance he has applied tariffs even when there have been no tariffs against US products, even against penguins. There is a big recession coming and a result of recessions is the rich always get richer and everyone else gets poorer.

Oh wow yourself. Unless you can force other countries to raise their production costs to the same level as the US, your manufacturing will never be competitive without tariffs and will always have to be protected. That should be obvious even to you.

Of course they will rise in cost to the consumer, how else will he finance his tax cuts. Drive up domestic production at increased costs for American consumers for goods that no one else will buy because they are too expensive. The US will continue to fall behind the rest of the world because protected industries have no incentive to spend money on staying competitive.