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Trump won't impose tariffs on Canada, other countries right away: reports (www.cbc.ca)
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President-elect to direct U.S. agencies to study trade deficits — but he's not going through with tariffs yet

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[–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I recently learned we don't have any nuclear weapons. I was shocked. I was also shocked that I didn't know that. 🥹

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Fun fact, Canada has had the capability of deploying nuclear weapons, but never owned them or kept them on Canadian soil.

    During the cold war the Voodoo interceptor was able to deploy dumbfire tactical nuclear rockets to intercept incoming Russian bombers over the Arctic. But the Canadian government insisted that no nuclear weapons existed on Canadian soil. This was true, but only by an extreme technicality; parts of the airbases were ceded to the US, who also provided the nukes. They were only ever stored in the parts of the bases that were "US territory".

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    But the Canadian government insisted that no nuclear weapons existed on Canadian soil. This

    So the sign at the outskirts declaring Regina to be a "nuclear weapons free zone", while technically correct, is more than a bit disingenuous?

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