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Jacques Poitras

@poitrasj.bsky.social

CBC’s provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick. Publicly funded & independent. Author of five non-fiction books. My newsletter: https://jacquespoitras.substack.com?r=o9a37&utm_medium=ios

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

KILMEADE: So the USMCA, are you looking to update that? TRUMP: I don't care. I don't really want to. I'd rather be independent. Here's the thing -- Mexico and Canada need us. We don't need them.

Doug Saunders@dougsaunders.bsky.social · 2w ago

I particularly like how he’s had the AI portray Canada as pristine wilderness and his country as a denuded wasteland of terrible urbanism, crowded sprawl, deprived housing, absent privacy and roads that literally go nowhere

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Paul Nadeau@pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 2w ago

A couple things: Most immediately, the tariffs are probably a negotiating ploy to get concessions from Canada over a (probably rolling) 30 day window More broadly, use of Section 338 is an escalation in Trump's tariff powers. If he's more willing to use 338, then lots of trade wars will escalate

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 2w ago

ok quick why 338 matters: never-previously-used section of the smoot-hawley tariff act. allows the President to impose up to 50% duties on imports from countries that, in his view discriminate against American commerce. no time limit. unclear on judicial/congressional review.

Simon Lester@simonlester.com · 2w ago

New US tariffs on Canada, but not because of fires. WH fact sheet here: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... Proclamation on motor vehicles: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... On alcoholic beverages: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... On dairy: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Imposing Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Dairy

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1.  Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1338) (section 338) empowers the Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home whe...

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Jacques Poitras@poitrasj.bsky.social · 3w ago

New Brunswick’s new ‘A’ grade on lowering internal trade barriers landed smack in the middle of a hearing where the province is being accused of protectionism: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.B. scores an A on internal trade as complaint hearing continues | CBC News

The president of an Ontario construction company with an internal-trade complaint against New Brunswick is scoffing at the improved grade the province received this week for lowering trade barriers.

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François Gravel@francoisgravel.bsky.social · 3w ago

Grosse nouvelle. L'Acadie Nouvelle ne publiera plus que deux éditions papier (au lieu de 5) par semaine. Nous continuerons toutefois de publier 6 éditions numériques par semaine (du lundi au samedi), comme à l'habitude. Voici le message de l'éditeur-directeur général Francis Sonier.

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Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · last mo.

1950, the Province of New Brunswick is considering introducing a retail sales tax. In the UNB student newspaper, one Steve Branch argues (without doing any sums) that a fairer revenue source would be to legalize cocktail lounges. Taxable bevvies! That's a lot of drinking, Steve

screen shot from the student newspaper in question. "The aforementioned proposal suggests that the Government introduce legislation to legalize the establishment of cocktail lounges."
Jacques Poitras@poitrasj.bsky.social · 2mo ago

David Coon announces he will step down as leader of the New Brunswick Green Party. He will stay as leader until the party chooses a new leader and will remain an MLA until the next election.

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