Bomber Free Agents

[theaardvark]

It's not so easy to find a replacement for your biggest customer. A 25% tariff will reduce trade dramatically, less demand for Canadian products, less profit and less investment in our economy, the negative effects on the GDP would be massive.

Less AMERICAN demand for our products, but on a global stage, our products are well liked, and we can get MORE for them elsewhere, but we prefer the convenience of the US.

I really think trade in the Pacific will boom if Trump Tariffs us, other countries hi by tariffs will be looking for new trade partners.  "America first" is not a death knell for any other country, at all.  Shifting our trading partners can increase the value of our goods.  The little maple leaf logo means a lot, I have associates in the pet industry that are developing products specifically for the Asian market because they love "Made In Canada" quality assurance.

Its easy to be doom and gloom about Trump, but it will, in my opinion, improve Canada's trade immeasurably.  Be it oil, raw materials, lumber or finished goods, the US has bought from us at a discount, especially with our dollars being divergent.

The US is going to f around and find out, when you have a trade deficit with someone, its because you need more of their product than you can sell them of yours.  And tariffs increase costs, create inflation and that will not be popular with Americans.

4.3 million barrels a day of oil flows to America from Canada.  We can sell that elsewhere for more.  Or, we can drop an export tariff of $10 barrel on that export and add $16 billion a year to our coffers.  And still the US would be getting our crude at a dscount.  Canadian crude is at $54/barrel, spot oil now is closer to $80

[theaardvark]

Jake is back
https://3downnation.com/2025/01/16/winnipeg-blue-bombers-re-sign-canadian-dl-jake-thomas/

Awesome signing.  Rotating with Lawson gives us ratio and run stopping.

Plus, he's great depth at 8th Olineman.  I wonder if they ever considered flipping him across the line full time...

[Blue In BC]

We're getting announcements on a daily basis now. I wasn't sure Thomas would be re-signed but if Lawson wins the starters role, then Thomas would be good depth. It's not likely he has an expensive contract and his experience is valuable.

I'm not a fan favourite, but I understand the decision.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

We're getting announcements on a daily basis now. I wasn't sure Thomas would be re-signed but if Lawson wins the starters role, then Thomas would be good depth. It's not likely he has an expensive contract and his experience is valuable.

I'm not a fan favourite, but I understand the decision.

Jake is an easy target to pick on and criticize yet the Bomber coaching staff keep throwing him out there play after play, game after game, so I assume he's executing his assignments effectively to the satisfaction of the coaching staff and his team mates. The fact he plays every single game and participates in every single practice, and has for over 5 years is a testament to both his reliability and durability as an athlete. While younger players fall by the wayside from injury and fatigue, Jake and Willie remain constants on the Bomber D-line game after game, year after year.

I think the criticism mostly comes from people who think it's a DT's main job to put pressure on the QB, which is a fairly new phenomenon as most old school DT's rarely got anywhere near the QB on most plays, think Cleyon Laing and Ted Laurent. Their main role was to plug up the middle and help close down running lanes so the RB can't slip through, as far as I can tell Jake still does this quite well. Hybrid DT/DE's like Casey Sayles and Jamal Woods now have more speed and mobility and can be used in different ways, but that shouldn't devaluate a player that plays a more basic role and does it well.

[dd]

DT is the blue collar position on the DL, very little glory, and every play is a battle. I m hoping we can find a DT that can generate a bigger push than Thomas does and be a bit quicker. Jake is the only Bomber that I know I can outrun, still a team guy and he'll play a support role, decent signing.

[VictorRomano]

Less AMERICAN demand for our products, but on a global stage, our products are well liked, and we can get MORE for them elsewhere, but we prefer the convenience of the US.

There is one thing that the US gets from Canada as a sole-source supplier that few Americans and Canadians know about:  Tritium and related rare-earth minerals needed to produce night-vision scopes and goggles, as well as near-field infrared optics.  That includes the new cutting-edge Near-Field IR Augmented Reality goggles that the US has currently sent to Ukraine for battlefield evaluation.  These use IR and AI to remove cover and concealment on the battlefield.  Think Predator-vision for real, except it can see *through* bushes and buildings.

If Canada and the US get into a trade war and we cut that supply off, the lights go out on the battlefield for American soldiers, pilots, tankies and sailors.

I don't imagine the US is going to like that for long.

[Blue In BC]

There is one thing that the US gets from Canada as a sole-source supplier that few Americans and Canadians know about:  Tritium and related rare-earth minerals needed to produce night-vision scopes and goggles, as well as near-field infrared optics.  That includes the new cutting-edge Near-Field IR Augmented Reality goggles that the US has currently sent to Ukraine for battlefield evaluation.  These use IR and AI to remove cover and concealment on the battlefield.  Think Predator-vision for real, except it can see *through* bushes and buildings.

If Canada and the US get into a trade war and we cut that supply off, the lights go out on the battlefield for American soldiers, pilots, tankies and sailors.

I don't imagine the US is going to like that for long.

That's one thing I wouldn't stop shipping to the US. It's a critical mineral in the war effort etc. Even stopping shipping oil and gas is problematic. I don't want a bunch of Americans freezing because we want to retaliate. I understand the idea, but I draw the line on that sort of idea.

[theaardvark]

That's one thing I wouldn't stop shipping to the US. It's a critical mineral in the war effort etc. Even stopping shipping oil and gas is problematic. I don't want a bunch of Americans freezing because we want to retaliate. I understand the idea, but I draw the line on that sort of idea.

So, you want tariffs to hurt Canadian exports, but want to take the most effective deterrents off the table?

I think the reasonable compromise is to impose export tariffs on these goods.  $20/barrel on oil (we give them our oil at a discount right now, about $20/barrel lower than the world price), so that tariff would raise huge money for us, and level the pricing playing field to make Canadian oil same price as Venezuelan.

As to the rare earth minerals, again, export tariffs would be a deterrent that doesn't stop the flow.  Maybe a cap on exports as well, quotas. 

Any of our exports they want to threaten have markets outside the US.  We will sell them, regardless, its just the US is the most convenient right now.  We do need to upgrade our ports and transportation infrastructure to facilitate ocean exporting of a lot that we truck or rail to the states right now.  An upgrade at Churchill would be a huge boon to Canada's export capacity.  Either a pipeline or increased rail to there would get oil to export market, or even transport to eastern Canada.  And we need more refineries.  Makes no sense to ship crude to the US and buy back gas. 

[Blue In BC]

So, you want tariffs to hurt Canadian exports, but want to take the most effective deterrents off the table?

I think the reasonable compromise is to impose export tariffs on these goods.  $20/barrel on oil (we give them our oil at a discount right now, about $20/barrel lower than the world price), so that tariff would raise huge money for us, and level the pricing playing field to make Canadian oil same price as Venezuelan.

As to the rare earth minerals, again, export tariffs would be a deterrent that doesn't stop the flow.  Maybe a cap on exports as well, quotas. 

Any of our exports they want to threaten have markets outside the US.  We will sell them, regardless, its just the US is the most convenient right now.  We do need to upgrade our ports and transportation infrastructure to facilitate ocean exporting of a lot that we truck or rail to the states right now.  An upgrade at Churchill would be a huge boon to Canada's export capacity.  Either a pipeline or increased rail to there would get oil to export market, or even transport to eastern Canada.  And we need more refineries.  Makes no sense to ship crude to the US and buy back gas. 

That's not close to what I said. Tariffs are paid by the importer. If we're actually giving the US a discount, their tariff would move cost closer to par. Since they require our petroleum they will still import it. How would restricting export by Canada help us? It's one of the largest export products from Alberta in particular.

Trump is upset about the trade imbalance. Doesn't he understand the population of the  US is 10X of Canada? There will never be a balanced trade between our countries. Canada exports more raw materials and the US exports more finished goods.

[theaardvark]

That's not close to what I said. Tariffs are paid by the importer. If we're actually giving the US a discount, their tariff would move cost closer to par. Since they require our petroleum they will still import it. How would restricting export by Canada help us? It's one of the largest export products from Alberta in particular.

Trump is upset about the trade imbalance. Doesn't he understand the population of the  US is 10X of Canada? There will never be a balanced trade between our countries. Canada exports more raw materials and the US exports more finished goods.

You can impose export tariffs as punitive response.  I would make exports more lucrative rather than restrict them.  And if the price is too high, they can look elsewhere for supply.  A large part (14%) of our export of oil through the Keystone pipeline is tar sands oil that it refined in the Gulf area and exported. Doesn't even enter the US market. So its the refineries that are buying cheap Canadian crude and exporting it.  Putting an export tariff on that just makes sense.

As long as we export our raw materials to a country 10 times our size, and import only finished goods for a country 1/10th the size of thiers, we will have a trade imbalance.  They want our resources, but not our finished goods (cars) or things like Dairy (so much better and safer than US products, we will see if RFK does anything about the dairy industry, GMO cows are scary.) 



   

[Blue In BC]

Not sure what you are trying to say. Tariffs are taxes by the importing country not on the exporting country.


Tariff. Tariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices, reduce available quantities of goods and services for US businesses and consumers, and create an economic burden on foreign exporters.

[ModAdmin]

This is a free agent topic. Let's stick to that.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Schoen signed?

[Horseman]

Andrew Harris is the Riders (spit) running backs coach...traitor!

[J5V]

Schoen signed?

I haven't heard anything on Shoen. He a F/A as of Feb. so I imagine he's going to test the market and go to the highest bidder.