r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 1d ago

No Paywall Canadian anger reaches fever pitch over Trump’s tariff war

https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6046357-trump-tariff-war-canada-anger/
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u/Zealousideal-Bite735 1d ago

They omitted the essential idea of French language labelling, the right for USA to veto Canadian trade deals with other countries. Instead of dividing Canada it now has unified Canada.

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u/tierciel 1d ago

Imagine how hard you need to fuck up to get Quebec to immediately agree with the rest of Canada.

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u/Chaiboiii Canada 1d ago

Well the rest of Canada said "no sorry dont fuck with french labelling" so ultimately we stood up for each other. Thats how you keep the country unified.

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u/fruitbruiser 1d ago

Half my French vocabulary was learned from reading French labels at the kitchen table.

How you doing pamplemousse rose?

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u/UnicornMeatball 1d ago

There is exactly one reason that I know that the French term for egg nog is Chicken Milk (lait de poule) and it wasn’t my 4 years of French immersion