Canadian numbers, and IMF forecasts are pretty much garbage at this point.

ELBOWS UP! pic.twitter.com/va55G6iSur

— FIL (@filhetu) May 29, 2026

Thank goodness we still have Kim Jong Un as an ally to trade with. A true loyal friend.

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F Canada. They've made their bed with china.

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We Americans import > $400B a year in goods from China. We export > $100B a year in goods and services to China. We made our bed with China as a key U.S. trading partner 20 years ago.

Depends on what wildlife you are examining within those forest. If talking of Cervidae (deer, elk, moose) the thick timber or forest make for good cover but poor habitat because of the lack of forbe and browse production due to lack of sunlight reaching the ground.
Cervidae prefer edge habitat and meadows because it produces much more non seasonal food.
If you are talking some species of birds and tree dwelling mammals….yes, more trees equals more habitat for them naturally.

boulderaggie said:

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Carney hates Trump more than he loves Canada. Sounds familiar.

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Yeah like all the Canadians I work with from Montreal and Toronto.

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Thank goodness we still have Kim Jong Un as an ally to trade with. A true loyal friend.

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We? The Democrat Party? I know you're allied with North Korea, but Trump won't let you trade with them.

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In what ******ed alternate reality are you living in? We're in this situation precisely because of Trumps predecessor. The fact that people like you are able to vote is the biggest threat to democracy there is.

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Lighten up man. It's not so easy to produce a negative spin on every damn thing that Trump does and the optics aren't always pretty to anyone with a triple digit IQ.

Canada, why do we even let you be a country...

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Canada was already in a dire economic climate.

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Economic growth in Canada this year is forecast to be 1.6%, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The U.S. economy expanded at an annualized rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026.

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While we aren't knocking out of the park right this minute, they are doing as worse as they have in decades...maybe ever. As already shared, their GDP has fallen off the charts compared to us even when normalized. They used to be somewhat close to us just 10 years ago. Their UE rate is 2 pts higher than ours.

Trudeau and now Carney have destroyed that country.

The original Canadian trade team sent to confront Donald Trump. Totally serious. Not a joke. That's them. https://t.co/S56ypesGSx pic.twitter.com/N5h4IjqpAE

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) August 23, 2026

They sent the midget Hamburglar, the girl from Twilight, and three boys whose nuts haven't even dropped yet. Carney never took this seriously.

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Canadian numbers, and IMF forecasts are pretty much garbage at this point.

ELBOWS UP! pic.twitter.com/va55G6iSur

— FIL (@filhetu) May 29, 2026

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This just shows how correct Trump is when we take away all the extras the US gives Canada. They are a ruined country with a very high % of their population being immigrants who are now draining their society. Another thread was saying they are going to let many of those immigrants start voting… they are truely screwed. I can see the US eventually having to do something if the wrong country takes control (it may have already happened). Hopefully not in my lifetime

Toronto is London of the west, a true crap hole full of immigrants who could care less about Canada, similar to where New York is heading

Yeah, we are going to actually start having to police the northern border as Canada continues to degrade itself. People will start bailing.

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The original Canadian trade team sent to confront Donald Trump. Totally serious. Not a joke. That's them. https://t.co/S56ypesGSx pic.twitter.com/N5h4IjqpAE

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) August 23, 2026

They sent the midget Hamburglar, the girl from Twilight, and three boys whose nuts haven't even dropped yet. Carney never took this seriously.

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These "negotiators" look like the lady the F B I sent to protect Trump, that lady could barely hold a pistol much less shoot one. Lmao

Can't decide if she's attempting to project a solid "power strut" or if that purple dress she's rocking is several sizes too tight for her. Maybe both...

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Too late. Canadian immigration is already so extensive that 1/4 of the population of New England is eligible for Canadian passports.

We have barriers, as do a lot of other countries, against Chinese dumping of cheap material. Canada does not.

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Too late. Canadian immigration is already so extensive that 1/4 of the population of New England is eligible for Canadian passports.

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Oh, so we could send more of our poeple there? That's good news. They can take most of Minnesota, some of Michigan, and Seattle while they are at it.

He calves would win prizes at the Calgary Stamede or feed and clothe an Inuit family for two winters.

My apologies, a First People's family.

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Oh, so we could send more of our poeple there? That's good news. They can take most of Minnesota, some of Michigan, and Seattle while they are at it.

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As someone who really loves a good plate of fresh walleye, I am profoundly threatened by this idea.

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The original Canadian trade team sent to confront Donald Trump. Totally serious. Not a joke. That's them. https://t.co/S56ypesGSx pic.twitter.com/N5h4IjqpAE

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) August 23, 2026

They sent the midget Hamburglar, the girl from Twilight, and three boys whose nuts haven't even dropped yet. Carney never took this seriously.

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These "negotiators" look like the lady the F B I sent to protect Trump, that lady could barely hold a pistol much less shoot one. Lmao

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Time to recognize Alberta and Quebec independence. Canada is a failed experiment in communism that needs to end

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Just say "thank you President Trump for all you have done to make my life better… and I look forward to watching the Freedom 250 tomorrow".

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We agree on that, brother!

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Maybe so, but taxing Americans for things like wood products is pure stupidity - we don't allow ourselves to cut down our own trees (think of the animals) so we buy from people who gladly sell it to us. So now we are increasing the price of everything made of wood because Trump is being Trump.

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This is the problem. Trump beating his chest and bragging about taking down a neighbor is idiotic from an economic standpoint. You want to see American homebuilders go out of business and homebuilding in general fail...tax Canadian lumber imports. And, even if lumber is not on the list of new tariff items, Canada will find a new market to sell to. Superb negotiating. Everything he is "tariff-ing" is making things more expensive for all of us.

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Maybe so, but taxing Americans for things like wood products is pure stupidity - we don't allow ourselves to cut down our own trees (think of the animals) so we buy from people who gladly sell it to us. So now we are increasing the price of everything made of wood because Trump is being Trump.

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This is the problem. Trump beating his chest and bragging about taking down a neighbor is idiotic from an economic standpoint. You want to see American homebuilders go out of business and homebuilding in general fail...tax Canadian lumber imports. And, even if lumber is not on the list of new tariff items, Canada will find a new market to sell to. Superb negotiating. Everything he is "tariff-ing" is making things more expensive for all of us.

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Yeah, in reality the tariff debate is just another version of the "greater good" discussion. I accept that there are some good things that come out of tariffs. I just think that more bad things come from them than good, especially when they are not specific and targeted.

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Yeah, in reality the tariff debate is just another version of the "greater good" discussion. I accept that there are some good things that come out of tariffs. I just think that more bad things come from them than good, especially when they are not specific and targeted.

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I think this approach is an "art of the deal" tactic. Make it hurt enough to bring them to the table so that you can get what you really want.

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Maybe so, but taxing Americans for things like wood products is pure stupidity - we don't allow ourselves to cut down our own trees (think of the animals) so we buy from people who gladly sell it to us. So now we are increasing the price of everything made of wood because Trump is being Trump.

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This is the problem. Trump beating his chest and bragging about taking down a neighbor is idiotic from an economic standpoint. You want to see American homebuilders go out of business and homebuilding in general fail...tax Canadian lumber imports. And, even if lumber is not on the list of new tariff items, Canada will find a new market to sell to. Superb negotiating. Everything he is "tariff-ing" is making things more expensive for all of us.

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Yeah, in reality the tariff debate is just another version of the "greater good" discussion. I accept that there are some good things that come out of tariffs. I just think that more bad things come from them than good, especially when they are not specific and targeted.

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The tariffs have been specific, targeted and formulaically developed. See original Trump announcement on tariffs and subsequent trade deals, refinements, etc.

Carney shouldn't have been such a smug SOB with that stupid ass television ad that his government ran using a Reagan quote out of context to attack Trump.

I'm not a huge fan of tariffs, but what pressure point would you suggest be applied to get them to fix their ***** Because there aren't many tools on the toolbox to grab in these situations.

They can't help themselves, MAGA.

When affordability is the BIGGEST issue that Americans are concerned with, they double down on raising taxes through tariffs.

But it DOES energize their MAGA base, as we see here. This kind of thing really excites them for some reason.

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And this is really Canadians' fault. He's still popular there and feels no political pressure over this. Enjoy the ride, canucks.

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FIFY

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Carney shouldn't have been such a smug SOB with that stupid ass television ad that his government ran using a Reagan quote out of context to attack Trump.

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Uhm, not to let facts get in the way, but Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, ran that ad. They do not even belong to the same political party.

You could just as well blame Donald Trump for something that came out of the mouth of Gavin Newsom.