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China just enacted an 84 per cent reciprocal tariff on imports of U.S. goods.
Unlike its February retaliatory tariffs of 10-15 per cent on U.S. oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG), this time natural gas liquids (NGLs) and all energy products are also included.
LNG Canada, our country’s first major LNG export facility, has now started to cool down its liquefied natural gas pla nt in Kitimat — the final step before it begins to produce LNG. LNG Canada’s phase one is designed to produce 14 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) of LNG for export. A phase two, to provide another 14 MMTPA, is in planning and may use low-carbon hydropower to make it the greenest LNG facility on Earth.
LNG Canada’s eventual total of 28 MMTPA will match the U.S.A.
’s Sabine Pass LNG plant as the largest on Earth — and we don’t have to transit the Panama Canal. Be proud to be Canadian! Now how about the Énergie Saguenay LNG project, eh? Mike Priaro, Calgary, AB Canada needs Carney to fight off Trump Pierre Poilievre ramps up his attacks on Mark Carney — with a little help from Stephen Harper , April 8 Bringing in former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to help Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is about as useless as using Kleenex to clean streets. Canada, we need Mark Carney to stay as our Prime Minister as he has a strong business background and is already helping Canada to stand up to its issues.
He is pulling Canadians together and the daily rising liberal numbers are giving him a sure win. We need him also to fight off U.S.
President Donald Trump and join other countries to work together and bring back international unity and block the U.S. for now.
There are also a lot of Americans who also want Trump out as they are suffering and want to rejoin the world. Carney is who we need. Chris Andrews, Vaughan, ON Poilievre’s housing plan is the very reason we are in a housing crisis It is interesting to see in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s TV ads, centrally featured is a house publicly built in the post-World War II housing crisis.
Public housing was the solution to that housing crisis. Liberal leader Mark Carney, to his credit, has recognized that solution. However, Poilievre wants to slash taxes and regulations that favour developers to solve the housing crisis — the very reasons that caused the housing crisis in the first place.
It is important to look at Poilievre’s record and who his supporters are. Poilievre was housing minister under Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, which allowed 800,000 affordable rental units to be sold off to corporate landlords and developers. Under the Harper Conservatives, the average home price in Canada went up 70 per cent and he did not do anything about it.
Some of Poilievre’s top donors are real estate investors, the same people cranking up rents and fighting rent control across the country. Like U.S.
President Donald Trump, Poilievre’s solution to every problem seems to be a tax cut for the wealthy. Don’t be fooled, Poilievre’s true colours are to protect private interests only. Not yours.
Paul Kahnert, Markham, ON There are two ways to get ahead I have always believed in life there are two ways to get ahead: Work on yourself to elevate your ability or put the other guy down so you can look better by comparison. It would very much seem former Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have chosen the latter. Peter Keleghan, Toronto TTC offers too many excuses and not enough service The TTC is trying to make this station accessible.
Construction is making it less so — and delays are mounting , April 9 I live at Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue. The northern exit from the TTC has always been for people without mobility challenges. I am in excellent physical shape but sometimes must stop to catch my breath on these stairs.
When I saw the signs saying southern entrance would be closed until 2026, I contacted the TTC and was given many excuses. Basically, they believe three years to build a single elevator is acceptable. They did the same thing at Royal York station for three years of my son’s high school, forcing hundreds of children onto the narrow sidewalks to wait for a bus.
Yesterday, while out walking I helped a panicked senior try to get a bus to Sunnybrook hospital. Eventually I flagged down a cab and helped her in. Then two minutes later, I helped a man who was lost near the northern exit and also trying to find a bus.
All of this is happening on top of the daily delays and stoppages. Is this really the better way? Roy Macdonald, Toronto Trump should not be dismissed as ‘dumb’ Normally I try and listen to the opinions of others with an open mind, even those of whom I do not share similar values. But when an opinion is based almost entirely on hyperbole, it begs credulity.
Constantly referring to U.S. President Donald Trump as stupid, dumb or out-of-touch is objectively inaccurate.
The man is a billionaire. He ran large corporations for much of his life, and he successfully achieved the most powerful political position in elected politics — twice. You may not like him, but he is a powerful force to be reckoned with and should not be dismissed as “dumb.
” Paul Graham, Mississauga Trump’s tariffs could cut waste In Punjabi, we have a saying: “The hunchback got hit, but by a quirk of fate, his hunchback straightened.” This means that an attempt to cause harm, can actually end up being helpful. This could be applied to U.
S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs which by a quirk of fate could put an end to the overproduction of everything from cars to phones and textiles. Big brands, lured by cheap labour, have become ruthless in their pursuit of financial gain, leading to an overproduction of goods, undermining not only the standard and quality of the products but also severely damaging and depleting our planet under the guise of advancement and growth.
Who truly needs a new car or phone every year? Malls are overflowing with products, yet much of it ends up in landfills. The only glimmer of hope I see in these tariffs is the potential to slow down manufacturing, which may encourage us to produce fewer but higher-quality goods that also have a greater likelihood of being recycled. If we can shift our focus from constant consumption to sustainability, who knows — perhaps someone who doesn’t seem to champion the cause of the environment and climate change might actually be the one rescuing it just as a quirk of fate straightened the hunchback.
Amina Hafeez, Oakville.
