i want to clarify that canadian governments should mostly choose materials that are purchased by businesses to put export taxes on. the idea is to transfer the costs to american companies, because that is what trump is doing, he's targeting canada's corporate sector for hostile takeover.

some steel workers may benefit from retraining. we have a housing crisis - tell them to become construction workers. i mean, it's the most obvious keynesian make work plan in the world sitting in front of us - take the laid off workers and tell them to build houses. in terms of sterile, by the book economic metrics that nobody actually cares about, boosting housing makes everything look better on paper.

steel is a gross, dirty industry, anyways. i would rather offshore steel production. let the americans ruin their lakes.