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Canada waiting for US economy to implode enough to make America 11th province (www.thebeaverton.com)

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OTTAWA – With the stock market plunged into chaos by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Canadians have decided to simply wait out America’s forthcoming economic collapse and then buy the nation on the cheap.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

The dick-shooting has been real. Canada massively depends on the US, and US tariffs against Canada are devastating, but look at the CAD vs USD graph. Yes, Canada is taking damage, but the US is doing so much damage to itself that the Canadian dollar keeps climbing.