Canada 'will NEVER be the 51st state. Sorry!': B.C. premier unveils new border welcome signs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/david-eby-counter-tariffs-9.7336195

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Augustiner@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3d (6 replies)

I understand making a point like that but this looks to me more like cheap posturing than anything. If you wanna make a stand, do something and stop value signaling.

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3d

Indeed, and by saying this you give the idea credibility, it's so absurd it doesn't need to be addressed at all.

REDACTED@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 3d

Like, joining the US and voting against Trump, and then leaving?

Malica@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3d

It's political theatre

eestileib@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3d (1 reply)

Leave that shit to Ontario, they elected a shit poster.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3d

DoFo hasn't ever met a problem that can't be solved by a sign or sticker.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 1 pts · 3d

That might actually hurt shareholders, though.

kbal@fedia.io · 13 pts · 3d (2 replies)

The idea that B.C. might somehow "be the 51st state" is not a concept worthy of being dignified by denying it on an official sign at the border.

SippyCup@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d (1 reply)

It's so sad to see Canada engage with Trump's rhetoric this way. They're just feeding in to his hands at this point. You can't "nuh-uh!" a troll. You can ignore them but I get that that feels dangerous. The other option is to slap them down so hard they forget what words are. Trump is already demented so it wouldn't take much.

vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3d

Ah yes, we'll just simply ignore the trade war

SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 3d

Border wall? America will pay.

It will be called the America Wall and it will be great