I am not looking forward to the rising costs that will take place due to the blanket tariffs that were supposed to take place today, but now will be announced on Tuesday. Then of course there will be our targeted tariffs in reply. All this will do is make life more expensive for both Canadian and American citizenry. We are a much smaller country population wise and GDP wise so this trade war will cause us more problems than our bigger neighbour.
Shopping Canadian is not inexpensive, I have found. In each area of my rather large, sparsely populated country Canadian products are sometimes hard to acquire. I joined a Buy Canadian Facebook page and man, those who live in the east, Alberta, British Columbia and even Manitoba have way more choices than poor stuck in the middle Saskatchewan.
We do have an oil refinery though and the Co-op refinery in Regina hauls gas throughout our province. Surprisingly many of the other provinces do not have that capability as was noted on the "Buy Canadian" page. Thumbs up for that.
Both Canada and the United States will hopefully get through this. I do know that many of us here in Canada will never feel as close to America again.
I haven't listed my goals/projects/plans in awhile so thought I would do so today.
1. Continue decluttering.
2. Finish weaving the placemats (changed from tea towels).
3. Embroider at least one more rose quilt square.
4. Knit the second blanket for Kurt's friend.
5. Cut more scrap fabric up either for use in quilts or for tinkle cloths.
6. Use the leftover fabric from cutting out my coat pattern to make a car blanket.
7. Sew the tote bag that I stitched 4" squares for the front.
There will more than likely be a few additions depending on how quickly I get these listed projects/goals completed.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
I feel we will all get through this - I doubt it will be long lived. Just my opinion. I know how to substitute, and will try to make the best of it. We will all learn new ways
ReplyDeleteYou may be right, but I think about my big kitchen renovation that we did last year. If this tariff hit at this time last year, we would have had to spend 20K more. I live five minutes from the border. We rely on goods passing back and forth.
DeleteI am still pining for the pre 9/11 days when you could drive or walk over the bridge to Canada any time you wanted. I miss the closer ties with our best neighbor!
Yes, I think we're in for rising costs for pretty much everything. However I feel it's important to buy Canadian as much as possible and we'll just have to tighten our purse strings in order to do so. Sadly, it's sometimes difficult to tell where the 'parent' company is located and something that's manufactured here might be benefiting them without us knowing.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for our wacko president, but I don't think any of this will stick. He is just a bag of wind. Unfortunately, we have 4 years of living with him. This is how he treats all his neighbors. Just a big bully!
ReplyDeleteI hope your projects bring you peace. I wanted to puke when I heard of the actions our idiot-in-chief is taking. You may be miles away from me, but your country is a part of my life. Boy did half our voting population screw over the world by voting for that jerk. And it's those voters who will suffer the most. Their misplaced fear of immigrants (many who had none in their community), intolerance for LGBTQ+ (especially trans, who are less than 1 percent of our population) is being attacked for sure. But issues that have no direct impact on their day to day lives have now made their existence more expensive. And they voted on the expectations of a lower cost of living.
ReplyDeleteWe are screwed here in the US, and now it's affecting you. I am so sorry.
Yes, Trump is a big bully! I find it so sad that he is insulting our neighbors in Canada along with other countries and hurting them financially. I hope like others have said that it will not last long.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with the monthly to do list, and the tariffs. I hope it doesn't make life too difficult for you.
ReplyDeleteTinkle cloth? Do you mean you're using fabric instead of toilet paper? trumpie dump is so truly disgusting. He's a vile human being in my opinion. I've read so many books, and articles and it seems like even as a child he was horrible. I will never understand the people who voted for him. The first time was bad enough; but to do it again in greater numbers is sickening. There must be far more nasty people living here in the states than I knew before. I'm truly ashamed of the people who put him in office. We all will suffer. So sorry you lovely Canadians will suffer as well. ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteI read the landscape a few months ago and I am ready to weather the storm. I believe we can get through this, but yes it does suck and we will have to generate some substitutions. I need to get my yogurt making going. I also live in a state with no sales tax and close to the border. So I have met many Canadians on buying trips and wonder how that will be affected.
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DeleteFrom an outsider looking in, I have to wonder how this tariff business is going to unfold, guess there will be no winners at all.
ReplyDeleteI'm at a point where reading the news triggers so much stress and anxiety. I need better coping mechanisms and I need to keep things in perspective. And, this is certainly not how we should be treating our allies. I'm very sorry our poor choices will impact you & other Canadians, who are just along with us on this terrible ride. (Hawaii Planner)
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