Canadians Fight Back!

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, directed to Felon Trump, “Even though you’re a very smart guy, this is a very dump thing to do”. Why? Because as Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller had said last week, “We have a higher pain threshold than our partners to the south.” We do! Americans have no idea that we will brave the storm and deflect any ‘punishment’ Trump wants to throw this way.

For the past several weeks, Canadians have been

• Reading labels to ensure our purchases are ‘Made in Canada’ or at least not ‘Made in the USA’. Stores have been labeling shelves with red Maple Leafs to make it easier to shop.
• Forfeiting deposits to cancel trips to the USA and booking to Mexico and the Caribbean instead.
• Plastering social media with Canadian Flags, stories of how proud we are, and how although we might be polite, we’re not vulnerable.

It’s always been a joke to us that Americans don’t know much about Canadians. They think we’re pushovers and that we ski everywhere. What most haven’t realized is that we could be self-sufficient. We’ve chosen to sell our oil, gas, electricity, minerals, soft wood and produce to the United States because economically it was easier to transport south than east/west. Right now our politicians are working with our business leaders to break down our provincial barriers to trade internally within Canada. Right now our politicians are working with other countries to sell our goods to Mexico, Europe, Asia and South America. Right now our Southwestern Ontario greenhouses are gearing down of the produce we sell to the U.S. and gearing up to grow produce we used to buy from the U.S. Right now Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford has taken all American booze off the shelves and is talking about putting the northeastern States into a blackout by stopping electricity! Go ahead, Trump. Lay those tariffs on us. We might suffer some short-term pain, but we will have long-term gain.

Trump’s idea is that Americans will gain financially. It’s interesting that just yesterday, he put another one-month pause on the auto industry tariff. It’s being reported that Ford, GM, and Stellantis influenced him – but we know he saw the stock market tanking. Canadians know that our American friends are going to suffer greatly and we are sorry for that.

These tariffs are supposedly, as Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik keep saying, being imposed because of Fentanyl coming across the Canadian border. I have two points regarding Fentanyl entering the United States from Canada:

1. It’s the Canadian Border Guards’ responsibility to monitor people and goods coming into Canada; it’s the American Border Guards’ responsibility to monitor people and goods going into the United States. Right? Am I missing something here? Shouldn’t it be American Border Guards who need to step up their game? And…more importantly,
2. Less than 2% of Fentanyl entering the United States across borders in 2024 came from Canada, and since the start of 2025, we’ve reduced that amount. Donald Trump, listen up: Canada is not the problem!

Apparently in a conversation with our Prime Minister Trudeau yesterday, Trump found it odd that Justin couldn’t tell him when the next Canadian election will be. First, that shows that Trump knows nothing about our election system; and second, why on earth would that be a topic? I guess Trump doesn’t like dealing with Trudeau and is anxious about Canada having a new leader.

Just you wait, Trump. We see through you. We know what you are. You’ve picked a fight that you cannot and will not win. You have no idea what Canada can and will do. We have our Elbows Up!