i have absolutely no interest in this election at all. the issues being discussed are idiotic, and the proposals on the table are moronic, across the board.
the canadian political establishment is using trump as an excuse to push policies they otherwise couldn't get away with, like hikes in military spending. nobody wants to waste money on the military, and i'm not falling for the bullshit.
trump's stated goals of the tariffs are to generate a revenue stream he can use to offset cuts in income taxes. he's trying to oversee a giant tax shift from progressive income taxes to regressive consumption taxes. in response, both of the parties in canada are proposing the same copycat tax shift. then, they're arguing that they have to do it to fight trump, when they're actually both adjusting tax policy in alliance with trump.
this whole thing is a facade. a charade. theatre.
nobody wins in the end, but the big losers will be the canadian people.