sbv @ sbv @sh.itjust.works

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It's what I love most about Lemmy.

Mostly Lemmy, but I reinstalled Hoplite for a flight a while ago.

There is no single meaning. Viewers of the art can find meaning, but it won't be canonical. I think the meaning the creator intended is important, but that isn't necessarily what the audience will understand from the work.

So I guess I'm saying that the audience determines the meaning.

Corps are gonna corp.

2.4k repos?!

I took my kids to visit their grandparents, and then we went to the town celebration. Lots of red, white, and maple leaves, but nothing too patriotic otherwise.

We're heading to the fireworks later. They're small, but it's a nice community event. I always hope there's a spontaneous round of Oh Canada after - that happened once on a foggy Canada Day in Halifax and it was amazing.

Happy not-fukan-amurrican day.

Unironically, this is pretty damn Canadian. Have a good one, eh!

I think the companies are the only ones who hate the DST. That and their puppet politicians.

This seems really premature. I dislike Carney's policies for a bunch of reasons, but it's premature to shit on him for this. We don't know what the final trade agreement will be.

The last time Trump threw one of these tantrums, NAFTA morphed into USMCA without much of a hit to our economy (afaiu). If our government can repeat that success while we're diversifying our economy away from the US then that's a win.

Canada's implementation is different from other countries':

• It's retroactive to 2022 - so the corps in question would have to drop a big payout in the first year.
• It's slightly higher than the UK tax that the yanks didn't call out. (3% vs. 2%)

I don't know if I would call it stupid, but that retroactive thing seems odd. I don't know much about corporate tax law, so maybe that's a thing? I dunno.

Yeah, I think that's been missing from most of the conversation. Our DST was retroactive and higher than the one in the UK (which Trump&co didn't bitch about). If this version of the tax dies and we can replace it later, but we still gain something by this move then we're coming out ahead.

We'll see what happens.

You're right. There's no "done" here. There's a tonne of work to be done to diversify our economy and trading partners - it'll be an ongoing burden because we don't have any other adjacent markets.

Anyhow. My perspective isn't as gloomy as other commenters. There were international rules around digital services taxes being negotiated before Trump came along. AFAIU they stalled, but this crap seems like a good reason to get them started again.

From what I've seen, Canada's agriculture sectors have had a rough time over the past few decades: production is consolidating into a handful of players, profit margins are sinking, while those further up the supply chain seem to be enjoying most of the profits (and prices for the consumer aren't improving). Dairy farmers have done really well compared to their peers in other sectors. I'm okay paying a bit more for dairy if it keeps them doing well.

I guess we'll find out in a few weeks.

That original strategy was a good one - I think it was used to strong effect during the first Trump presidency. I hope these tariffs are equally effective, but I haven't heard too much since they were implemented.

There was a lot of talk about elbows up, but I'm unclear what is being taxed and how. There's a list, but I don't know what that represents in terms of financial cost to Canadian buyers and US producers.

Like, is it a tiny bit of posturing for the home crowd, or is it something that will hurt US industries (and Canadian buyers)? I don't know.

I'm not too familiar with the NAFTA negotiations, but it seems on-brand.

Fair enough. There's a push and pull in negotiations that we (generally) don't see. I'm trying to read the tea leaves to figure out why Carney would ditch the DST, and this is a possible reason. I can't know if it's the reason. But it's interesting to think about.

We aren’t unique in having a tax like this,

I think we're unique in that we made our tax retroactive.

and the US has no place saying it’s unfair when it’s not even only foreign companies paying.

Generally, I agree that the US has no place dictating our tax policy, but they are within their rights to control their trade with us. 90% of the companies paying are US tech companies (I think that's in the Globe explainer), so I can see why poking us to see what they can get. I don't like it, but that's (sadly) irrelevant.

Nothing beyond the link in the post. It's consistent with what I've heard in other media, the Bloc's supply management trade bill, and Maxime Bernier's recent political success (🤣).

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a push poll from the dairy industry, but it represents the goals of notable Quebec constituency.