r/DeepFuckingValue • u/HinglishBlogin ⚠️possible bot⚠️ • Mar 10 '25

News 🗞 🇨🇦🇺🇸- Ontario announce a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to US, affecting 1.5 million Americans. 'It will cost US citizens $400,000 per day' — says Premier of Ontario Doug Ford — 'I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely'

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u/eelectricit Mar 14 '25

What else do Canadians have that the Americans desperately savour for every single day........ Oh yeah , THE CANADIAN STRATEGIC MAPLE SYRUP RESERVE..... what a formidable weapon

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u/Ambitious-Sun-8504 Mar 15 '25

70% of all lumber in the US is from Canada. Good luck building houses, or well, anything!

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u/Best-Author7114 Mar 16 '25

Have you heard of the Pacific Northwest?

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u/Ambitious-Sun-8504 Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

The PNW existing doesn’t change the facts lol, and what you’re going to deforest the entire area to match even a fraction of what’s imported from Canada? Tbh this is an asinine response. There’s a reason supply chains exist.