• Binturong@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    There is value in standing on principal though, even if the outcome doesn’t end in getting compensation, if tRump wants to us extortionate tactics and enable bad corporate actors to do the same he’ll have to do it in the open. These companies are hoping to violate contract law, and the WSJ is happy to use neutral, or even favourable rhetoric to run cover. So while I sympathize with feeling exhausted or futility, I applaud the Canadian government for not just quietly accepting this sort of behaviour. This might be a good optics opportunity to point out exactly who is the actual threat to job creation here, too. These companies aren’t making a good case for what Canada could expect to look forward to if they capitulate to annexation rhetoric, especially with how vindictive the current US regime has proven itself to be time and time again.