Canada/US Border Integrity Thread

[OldSolduer]

I can’t speak for others, but I go to work each day and have skin in the game. Offhand I know of several others here who do too. Sitting back and hoping is not a luxury universally enjoyed.

Hope is not a plan.

Anyways - about American capitalism etc and how the US will take us over economically etc....we had these exact same conversations in the 70s.

The more things change.....etc

 

[Halifax Tar]

I'm a big believer in American capitalism also, but if we were ever in some kind of official union with the US we would have to confront & change some things such as food safety

There would be some obvious changes to the way our local governments were structured/operated, some good & some bad - but one of the biggest changes would be the subtle domestic things we'd be faced with changing for them to be accepted

For example - the quality of food in American supermarkets is overall a lesser quality than Canadian supermarkets.

We've all seen videos of people who bought fruit that turns out to be...odd.

The recent banning of certain food dyes in foods is a step in the right direction, as is banning putting fluoride in the water.



Or supplement companies that have 2 manufacturing lines for the same product - One for the American consumer, and one for the Canadian consumer (the American product including ingredients that are banned in Canada)


As much as I like the freedoms that would come from having the Constitution as our general legal framework, being able to elect our judges, being allowed to elect our senators (if we still had a senate) - I do NOT trust the relationship that exists between corporations & governments.

Some things would have to be addressed before I could really jump on board.

RFK is going to tackle a lot of this

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

You mean, he will send us all the American vaccines?

 

[Halifax Tar]

You mean, he will send us all the American vaccines?

No idea. But I do know he wants to tackle the proliferation of processed and unhealthy foods in America.

If he can do that, it would be a good a thing.

 

[Remius]

No idea. But I do know he wants to tackle the proliferation of processed and unhealthy foods in America.

If he can do that, it would be a good a thing.

That’s the tragedy of RFK. He does actually have great ideas. Too bad his other ideas are bat shit crazy.

If the Trump administer goes after vaccines, Canada should try and fill that void and regain its strategic production capacity.

Opportunities.

 

[brihard]

While I agree somewhat, I doubt Trump cares about our foreign student problem. That's trudeau's fault 100% and is just one of the many damaging programs PP will have to deal with. It's the terrorist problem, that according to the article, is worse than that of the US southern border. That is what we need to get a handle on to satisfy the GOP.

I don't know much about fentanyl smuggling but if I had to guess the Chinese triads are getting the precursor chemicals, mixing them and running most of it out of BC. Weed is also a big smuggled product out there. Ontario and Quebec have the reservations to contend with.

There are a couple components. Trump only cares about his problems, not ours. Absolutely. He’s worried about Canada as a source of terrorist risk.

In some cases, terrorist threats come from born and raised Canadians. That’s not an immigration problem. Patrik Matthews for instance.

In other cases, someone enters Canada first, and later enters or attempts to enter the U.S. with intent to commit terrorism. This is where measures to better control our immigration can matter. For example, the man in custody
After being arrested in Quebec this summer allegedly came in on a Student visa, per news articles.

This is even more true for non-terrorist crime, which he is also concerned about.

We have domestic reasons for working to curb excess or fraudulent immigration. We also have ‘soothe Trump’ reasons to do it.

 

[Good2Golf]

We have domestic reasons for working to curb excess or fraudulent immigration. We also have ‘soothe Trump’ reasons to do it.

This. The problem is that it has been crafted into a counter-Trump issue, when for the past decade, it’s really been a Canada needs to get its foreign interference/fraudulent banking/immigration misuse problems house in order. Have to hand it to Team Red…great job demonizing a target that plays along with the underlying effort to keep the at home issues in the dark.