Mostly because Canada is allowing Chinese vehicle imports, which US auto industry is not happy about. There's also some pressure from US video streaming producers and distributors, after Canada expanded regulations for television and movie production into streaming video platforms.

Trump wants all of the leaders of the world to kiss his ass and make a deal. Tariffs are about the only cudgel he has short of using the military.

> Why are we doing this again?

Because Donald Trump is mentally ill, and it’s time we start talking about it as a Nation.

Dont shoot the messenger...

> While President Trump continues to lock in fair and reciprocal trade deals with nearly twenty trading partners across the globe, Canada continues to retaliate against the United States for its efforts to correct trade imbalances and protect American workers, farmers, and businesses.

> Over the past year and a half, only two countries have chosen to retaliate against President Trump’s tariffs rather than negotiate a deal with the United States: The People’s Republic of China and Canada.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-pr...

This needs a full-length parody of “I once knew a lady who swallowed a fly…”.

Doubling down on more failures to distract from the other failures

The terms customs uses are completely unrelated to normal human words for things. They have a 21-page document (https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/202...) describing the difference between a bolt and a screw. It starts off by citing the regulation differentiating them by intended use, then spends the rest of the document differentiating them solely by looks.

Do we even export any dairy to the US? I'd assume most of the auto stuff is parts not complete product, so banning that will probably just make everything more expensive for everyone.

En Winnipég y Edmontón, señor.

Interesting to note that his popularity is at the lowest it's ever been though, and he appears to be losing support even among his base. What he's doing is not loved by anyone.

https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-sil...

tens of millions is not large

BRP is no longer associated with Bombardier. Although I don’t think for a second that the Trump administration isn’t incapable of that error I suspect these are actually strategically targeted.

These tariffs are counter to the Canadian tariffs on Harley and Indian if I had to guess.

Sounds interesting! Elucidate?

I think Canada could easily just import everything from China just to piss Trump, and take hardliner approach, it would bring trump and government to its place. But Canadian leaders are not so brave...

If US-ians stop cutting checks to Alberta oil companies, the trade deficit goes away. Get cracking on the cracking and get those drillers into Venezuela. I guess one can't have trade deficits with colonies, er, states?