Elbows Up: Canada’s Response to Trump’s Trade War

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🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A gloves-off trade war with the United States is uniting Canadians against their southern neighbor. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Canada bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how the dispute is shifting the country’s politics, culture and place on the global stage.

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0:00.0	This is Daily Producer Michael Simon Johnson.
0:05.4	I am in downtown Toronto because things are getting real here in Canada.
0:12.6	Okay, Anna Holi here, producer on the Daily.
0:16.0	I have just touched down in Winnipeg and Manitoba, Canada.
0:19.5	It feels like the vibe is changing, and I am here to do a vibe check.
0:25.6	How would you describe how you're feeling about what's going on between the U.S. and Canada right now?
0:31.6	Canadians have been known as nice people. We turn the other cheek.
0:35.6	We've been kind of backed into a corner now by your president.
0:39.1	F*** America. Donald Trump.
0:41.3	How can American people back this man?
0:45.7	I don't buy any more USA products just buy Canadian goods.
0:50.2	I will not buy anything from America. In fact, I've told anybody and everybody I possibly can,
0:59.0	don't ever go down to America.
1:02.0	Don't!
1:05.0	I served in our Canadian Navy,
1:07.0	and nothing irritates me more than when somebody
1:10.0	looks down their nose at us.
1:12.4	I'm very, very proud to be Canadian.
1:15.1	We were born Canadian and we will die Canadian.
1:18.4	Who do you blame for all of us?
1:21.2	Who do we blame the American citizens?
1:24.6	I don't think we'll ever be the same as friends, neighbors. They want everything
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