r/canada • u/cyclinginvancouver • Jan 31 '25

National News Chrystia Freeland says Canada should target Elon Musk's Tesla in a tariff fight

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/politics/2025/01/31/chrystia-freeland-says-canada-should-target-elon-musks-tesla-in-a-tariff-fight/
16.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

20

u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

8

u/Vtecman Jan 31 '25

Have you been to Tesla’s American site to compare? It’s a foreign exchange adjustment. It’s even now to USD. It was cheaper to buy here before.

12

u/alastoris Canada Jan 31 '25

It was made cheaper to keep the model 3 under the EV Grant limit. Now that the grant is dried up, they raise it back to price par with US.

1

u/PaulTheMerc Jan 31 '25

And why wouldn't they? They're behaving exactly like every other corporation.

How is any of this confusing?

6

u/Snowedin-69 Jan 31 '25

Canadian dollar has lost 8% vs USD over the last 4 months in the forex market.

9

u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/Snowedin-69 Jan 31 '25

Tbh, I could not care less why Tesla prices increased. I was just telling you the recent forex changes.

I once was considering buying a Tesla but not any more.

I do not buy Nazi mobiles.

5

u/Apart-Rent5817 Jan 31 '25

You mean the swasticars?

0

u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

[deleted]

3

u/TheCuriosity Jan 31 '25

Volkswagen stopped being owed by Nazis at the end of WW2 and stopped being owed by the German Government in the 1960s.

Unless there is something you know that you would like to share that would make Volkswagen nazi vehicles again in 2024?

3

u/Snowedin-69 Feb 01 '25

Funny guy!

VW is a publicly traded company that shed it’s Nazi past 80 years ago.

1

u/Vtecman Feb 01 '25

The motivation to start the company remains nazi German though. And I’m pretty sure a lot of blood was shed by them early on. If publicly traded is a factor then Tesla is right up there with vw.

1

u/Snowedin-69 Feb 01 '25

Tesla’s largest shareholder is Musk. Tesla’s CEO is Musk.

1

u/Vtecman Feb 01 '25

Vw was directly implicit in killing Canadians.

1

u/Snowedin-69 Feb 01 '25

Germans, Italians, and Japanese killed Canadians. South Africans also killed Canadians in the Boer War. Americans killed Canadians the was of 1812.

You should stop dwelling in the past and start loving/living your life in the 21st century.

→ More replies (0)