BartSimpson BartSimpson:
This to me is a fine reason for the tariffs!
No, this is the typical argument used to support tariffs. Like the ones on softwood lumber.
We have so fucking much lumber, wood and pulp supply NOBODY can compete. The workers producing it are earning $30-$35 an hour plus full benefits and way more vacation time. The companies producing it are paying $6 a gallon for fuel, higher taxes and carbon taxes on their emissions. And the US producers still can't compete with them.
The whole point of trade is
so don't, do something else.
We don't build iPhones here, but the Chinese still have to wipe their asses.
Joe US citizen doesn't derive anywhere near the benefit from milling a 2x4 as Joe Canadian does, and even after decades of punishing tariffs, we still control the market.
FFS,
take the cheap lumber, save yourselves $6000 building a house and go after some other market.
Not like you don't have opportunity, look at our stupid oil policy. We've got a province full of oil and can't even deliver it to Montreal let alone refine the shit. We proved to the world how stupid we are by paying $1.60/L and still not buying diesels, EVs, propane/LNG cars or taking transit. Sell gas instead, the outfits that do are making a killing.
Tariffs don't help anyone. Like you want to put a 500% tariff on Foxconn motherboards and iPhones thinking they'll move production to the USA?