Mark Brown

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@everyday_1123 @Starlink We’ll be the 51st state soon enough

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@4ndersonvrc @jestdempsey @Starlink Only the vaccinated

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@Golden_Pup @rickdavis1015 Appropriate to what age pup? Considering a bit conservative over here when it comes to most things!

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@justnotatweeter Ah yes - you are that person who somehow insulated yourself from buying anything in the last 7 years. You didn't travel, you didn't buy food, you didn't heat a home.

Conclusion - you live in your mama's basement.

[Ga^3in Ventures @GainVentures]

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[Maxime Bernier @MaximeBernier]

It’s important to understand that the 25% tariffs announced by President Trump today are NOT imposed on Canada — they will be paid by American consumers and businesses who buy goods imported from Canada. Tariffs are a tax, and Americans who will have to pay more or go without our products will be the first to suffer.

Of course, Canadian exporters of these goods will as a consequence lose clients, contracts and sales, and will be forced to cut down on production and lay off workers. Or they will lower their prices to keep market shares and will see their profits diminish.

Because 75% of our exports go south of the border, our economy will for sure be very negatively impacted by this.

The stupidest thing our government can do however to deal with this crisis is to impose the same kind of tariffs “dollar for dollar” against US imports.

The US economy is ten times bigger than ours, much less reliant on trade than ours, and much less dependent on our market than we are on theirs.

Not only would retaliatory tariffs have much less impact on American exporters, they would immediately impoverish Canadian consumers forced to pay more for imported goods, as well as destabilize Canadian businesses that need inputs from the US in their production processes. It would more than double the harm of the US tariffs to our economy.

Trade wars are bad for everyone, but they are much worse for a small country with fewer options. We simply cannot win a trade war with the US. It’s very unlikely that Trump will back down. All we will do is provoke a massive economic crisis in Canada, until we are forced to capitulate.

Another self-destructive thing to do would be to set up giant “pandemic-level” bailout plans to support everyone affected by this trade war. This will simply bankrupt our governments even more than they already are and make us even weaker.

So what should we do?

1. Double down on efforts to control our border, crack down on fentanyl dealers, deport all illegals, and impose a complete moratorium on immigration, to answer Trump’s immediate concerns about Canada.

2. Tell the US administration that we are ready to renegotiate North American free trade and put dairy supply management and other contentious issues on the table.

3. Wait and see to what extent Trump is willing to keep tariffs in place despite the harm it does to the US economy. Despite his pretenses that Americans don’t need our stuff, the reality is that on the contrary they have few other options for crucial resources like oil, lumber, uranium and other minerals, etc. He will stop acting like a bully when he sees that he can get more results by sitting down and negotiating.

3. To reduce our dependence on the US market, immediately implement an ambitious plan to tear down interprovincial trade barriers and help our impacted exporting industries find alternative markets in other countries.

4. Immediately implement a series of bold reforms to make our economy more productive, including: reduce corporate and personal taxes, abolish the capital gains tax, abolish all corporate subsidies, get rid of excessive regulation, remove impediments to the exploitation and export of natural resources, drastically cut government spending, mandate the Bank of Canada to stop printing money and start accumulating a gold reserve to prepare for the global monetary reset (which is likely part of Trump’s plan).

In short, instead of adopting a suicidal strategy to confront Trump, we must do what we should have done a long time ago to strengthen our economy and our bargaining position. The transition will be rough, but not as much as complete bankruptcy and disintegration.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@andrewljacob I seem to recall you as a bit of an NDP Liberal strongly hates the Convoy type. I see you’re turning over many new leaves. Welcome to the fresh air of common sense and the health of clear thinking. Who knows, maybe you’ll drift to the nirvana of the PPC.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@Chris_AutismDad @JustinTrudeau Amazed he’s allowed in a classroom.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

As September 30th again approaches let’s remember that wearing an Orange Shirt does jack shit.

If you care deeply about the indigenous community get involved - TRULY involved.

Otherwise sit down and STFU. Playing dress up ended in kindergarten.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

$440 to this party in December. On repeat.

The PPC won’t govern in this decade. So why give?

If I don’t stand for truth in my voice AND my actions how can I expect that of my kids?

[Maxime Bernier @MaximeBernier]

All my life I heard people complain that politicians are liars, that they will pander and say anything to be elected, they keep changing their mind, they can’t be trusted, etc.

I founded the People’s Party in 2018 to change that dynamic. I offered clear principles. I gathered a team of courageous people who are willing to tell the truth, even if it’s unpopular, even when they get smeared and cancelled for saying it.

We were right before everybody else on mass immigration. On covid tyranny. On wokism. On gender ideology. On foreign wars. On overspending and money printing. On climate alarmism.

We just continued to fight despite the obstacles because we care more about spreading the truth than about immediate power.

Canadians can choose to support courageous people with clear principles whom they can trust. Or establishment politicians who will inevitably disappoint and betray them. We’re there to offer you that choice. YOU decide.

[Maxime Bernier @MaximeBernier]

All my life I heard people complain that politicians are liars, that they will pander and say anything to be elected, they keep changing their mind, they can’t be trusted, etc.

I founded the People’s Party in 2018 to change that dynamic. I offered clear principles. I gathered a team of courageous people who are willing to tell the truth, even if it’s unpopular, even when they get smeared and cancelled for saying it.

We were right before everybody else on mass immigration. On covid tyranny. On wokism. On gender ideology. On foreign wars. On overspending and money printing. On climate alarmism.

We just continued to fight despite the obstacles because we care more about spreading the truth than about immediate power.

Canadians can choose to support courageous people with clear principles whom they can trust. Or establishment politicians who will inevitably disappoint and betray them. We’re there to offer you that choice. YOU decide.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@CoinSeer @AmazingZoltan I’m not sure flipping the lights on and off or counting backwards from 5 would work…

[The Freddersons @FredFredderson1]

Here is how a real leader handles confrontation.

Global politics isn't a high school fist fight. A leader should be able to deescalate tense situations without their emotions running wild.

This is a man who can run a country.

@MaximeBernier
@theJagmeetSingh

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

Newsflash for former journalist turned Deputy mouthpiece Freeland:

Cutting rates shows that your economic plan is, in fact, not working and the economy is in danger. This will, predictably, result in yet more inflation.

[Chrystia Freeland @cafreeland]

Good news for Canadians: the Bank of Canada is cutting interest rates again.

We were the first G7 country to cut rates in June and July and now the first to cut rates for a third time.

This is welcome relief for so many Canadians and shows that our economic plan is working.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@Bradford_Macs @Morgan_C_Ross @PierrePoilievre I posted on a politician's account. You, on the other hand, brought your political views (which are likely informed by how much you hate yourself for being one of the many instead of the few during the "pandemic") to a post on a Canadian hero. There's a huge difference.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@Bradford_Macs @Morgan_C_Ross @PierrePoilievre Advice for you: turn off the self hate. This thread was about Terry, not how upset you are about your life decisions.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@sharemyopinion @MaximeBernier is the only real Conservative running.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

@BryanTheva It’s better to say nothing and be thought of as an idiot than post such stupidity and remove all doubt.

[Mark Brown @markbrown7]

This is a disturbingly sexist point of view. Childcare is just women's work? Is that what you're stating Chrystia?

And secondly, that so many parents, be they women or men, have to have two income earners to live in this country is nothing to celebrate.

Wake the F up.

[Chrystia Freeland @cafreeland]

Our affordable early learning and child care program is not just feminist social policy in action. It is also smart economic policy.

Today, 84.9% of working-age women in Canada are in the labour force, compared to just 77.9% in the United States.

[Five Times August @FiveTimesAugust]

But it will be a mostly peaceful market crash.