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Carney asks provinces to return U.S. alcohol to stores (www.castanet.net)
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[–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Seems tonedeaf.

If he actually does it, then it will be there... Taking up space.... I don't think anyone is going to buy it.

Sure, a few might, but he's going to force retailers to stock it and it's just not going to move. He's going to make them into involuntary warehouses for crap nobody wants.

  1. US booze has never been remarkable in the first place
  2. I don't feel like doing the US or the corporations therein, any favors.

Can we get a different liberal leader to be PM? Is it too late to do that? I don't hate Carney, but his decisions have made me wonder about his fitness to lead.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    If he actually does it, then it will be there… Taking up space… I don’t think anyone is going to buy it.

    This is exactly why it isn't tone deaf. He can just issue the ask, hope that not all premiers will follow, and even the provinces that do follow, consumption will still not recover fully; he can say "hey I did all I can, Canadians just don't wanna drink it" and the US loses a negotiation leverage.

    I do think a significant amount of people will buy it, though. They US booze will come out cheap and in droves. And we have a dumber third of the country that's actually a fan of the US still

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