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Every one of these responses from American companies lamenting the loss of Canadian money seem to do everything but speak out against the government Canadians are reacting to.

The reason for that should be obvious

I was gob-smacked when the American ambassador went on CBC and called Canadians "Nasty" for boycotting American goods. Then he kept doing it! It doesn't matter whether it was because the Americans selected a inept ambassador or if they gave their ambassador inept instructions. This is precisely the opposite of what an ambassador is supposed to do. The U.S. is a very poorly governed country right now.

Bourbon is back on the shelves in my province (because our premier is spineless), but I still won't touch the corn swill. Even before this nonsense broke out, I'd have taken Canadian rye over bourbon any day!

It's the enshitification of government -- there are no more adults left in the room.

> This is precisely the opposite of what an ambassador is supposed to do.

They were not speaking to Canada

Because they didn't think Canadians would hear it? Unfortunately, everything is now public and for everyone all the time.

Good news is that Bourbon can be made anywhere in the world. 51% corn mash aged in a single use charade oak barrel and no adding of artificially flavors.

Kentucky's Bourbon ambassador made false clams that Bourbon only comes from USA Kentucky. Go on any tour and that will tell you the message above.

Produce your own Bourbon Canada and the problem is solved. It might even help create an international market to help your country.

Fun fact, some US Bourbon distilleries actually produce Bourbon that is never sold in the USA and only in select counties like Japan.

There is a significant segment of the US population that is very sorry about this, and hopes in a few years we’ll see a change that will let us go back to being best friends.

Unfortunately without some deeper reforms to the US political system, potential recovery will be limited to Best Friend Struggling With Abrupt Violent Psychotic Breaks.

(Plural because 2025 isn't really the first time, just the worst-so-far.)

> Nonsense, it is a perfectly reasonable response to the crazy, abrupt, and possibly-illegal import taxes (tariffs) Republicans threw into Canadian everything while "joking" about annexing the country.

+1

>If he cared about reasonability and proportionality in trade, he should be aiming that at his own politicians.

+1 again.

Republicans are so dumb I can't even believe it. They seriously think they can bully their customers into buying their goods. I mean - what do they not understand here?

>They seriously think they can bully their customers into buying their goods.

Entitlement is a crazy master. Same kind of person thinks they can tell advertisers to fuck off and then sue when they do.

they claim to love capitalism, but when the free hand turns away from them they call foul and institute social programs for the owning class

When walmart wanted to attribute their raised prices to tariffs President Trump directly called them out, the subtext being a threat. Once one person backs down, it becomes normal to back down. I don't have much sympathy honestly but it's not surprising.

If only there had been a way to see that bad things would be in store!

But but.. the leopards were supposed to eat OTHER peoples faces!

Meh, I'm up in Canada and I'm actually a fan of the tariffs. If Trump can dislodge the utter stupidity of supply management from my country, it would be of great benefit to us. Our politicians never will because of political factors (Quebec and to some extent Ontario are full of wankers basically).

You think the tariffs will hurt people you don't like in your country ( those from Ontario and Quebec) more than yourself so you are in favor of them?

Patriotic of you.

I think it is worth it if it stops the bad policy of supply management that harms everyone except a small group of farmers. Quebec and to a lesser extent Ontario being full of wankers is why we have supply management when it is obviously stupid, not who will be hurt by tariffs (although they will hurt from the tariffs and they have earned it, unlike the rest of us who are hurt by the same tariffs)

I can agree about the odd supply management rules.

>he should be aiming those complaints at his own politicians

Which Kentucky politician supported the tariffs? This one: "But Republican Senator Rand Paul, who represents Kentucky, said the tariffs will hurt local businesses and consumers in his home state"? Maybe famous Trump yes man Mitch McConnell? Or did you mean the Democrat governor?

> Which Kentucky politician supported the tariffs?

If you think that's some kind of "gotcha", you're out of touch.

Back in March, virtually every single Republican in the House of Representatives voted to change the House rules to shield Trump's arbitrary tariffs from scrutiny. (With Massie as a notable exception, that's still a majority of Kentucky's delegation. [0])

They did this by suspending the part of the IEEPA which says any congressional action on the temporary Presidential "emergencies" needs to actually get heard and voted on within a certain number of days [1] and then just... never letting it be debated.

That's a concrete and willful pro-Trump-tariff action right there, to say nothing of spoken support, like Rep. Barr's tweet that Trump's "approach on tariffs is the right one... I stand with President Trump 100%."

> Or did you mean [Kentucky's] Democrat governor?

You're grasping at straws here. You know individual states aren't able to impose international tariffs under the Constitution, right?

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[0] https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/KY#representatives

[1] https://www.ntu.org/publications/detail/when-is-a-calendar-d...