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Canada cannot win a trade war with the US. When we are on our knees he's going to ask for Yukon, nwt and nunavut. Saying basically nobody lives there and we don't need it. He can easily buy out northern Canadians by offering lots of money or citizenship and the other 39 million Canadians will reluctantly agree it's the best compromise.

He knows climate change is real and it makes the north more and more viable every day due to its resources and shipping route.

Another obvious hint at this was traitor Danielle Smith suggesting US military bases in the north just last week.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Section 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867 assigns responsibility for trade and commerce to the federal government. The provinces can oppose, protest, and pressure the federal government on tariffs, but they have no legal authority to override them.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

While it may be legal, Alberta holds enough power (both financially and politically) to make everyone's life miserable if Danielle feels she hasn't been heard or respected.

That's likely why crude oil wasn't included in the first round of tariffs.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sure, but so can the federal government do to Alberta. Politically too, the one huge disadvantage that Alberta has over any non-conservative federal government is that it votes too reliably conservative (I mean, if the feds twist their arm, what are they going to do next election, not vote liberal? -- that's why QC has the ROC by the balls by the way). So if it comes to Fed+ON-BC-QC vs AB ...good luck.