The Odum of Ala Igbo
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Hahaha. Canada's pension funds (public and private) will snap up this opportunity. This is great! Also, other international investors will want to get in on this sale.
Canada won't kiss the ring over this.
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian Ambassador over Human Rights Detainees
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Hahaha. Canada's pension funds (public and private) will snap up this opportunity. This is great! Also, other international investors will want to get in on this sale.
Canada won't kiss the ring over this.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
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Trudeau will lose the next election if he falls back.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
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@African Peasant
Remember when Trump wanted to make Canada "bend the knee" over metal exports
Canada overcomes Trump's metals tariffs with record exports - BNN Bloomberg
Remember when Trump wanted to make Canada "bend the knee" over metal exports
Canada overcomes Trump's metals tariffs with record exports - BNN Bloomberg
African Peasant
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What do you think he can do. I don't think he can strike back in any measure without the US or the EU support. Canada is already asking their allies to help them cool things off with SA and the US gave them the
SA will keep this aggressive behavior toward Canada and I don't see how Canada is going to respond.
African Peasant
Veteran
I won't be surprised if Trump is putting batteries in MBS' back in order to humiliate Trudeau.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
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What do you think he can do. I don't think he can strike back in any measure without the US or the EU support. Canada is already asking their allies to help them cool things off with SA and the US gave them the
SA will keep this aggressive behavior toward Canada and I don't see how Canada is going to respond.
Trudeau's best course of action in this scenario is to do nothing. All of Saudi Arabia's actions towards Canada are negligible.
What do you think he can do. I don't think he can strike back in any measure without the US or the EU support. Canada is already asking their allies to help them cool things off with SA and the US gave them the
SA will keep this aggressive behavior toward Canada and I don't see how Canada is going to respond.
Both the US and EU have strong relationships and diplomatic ties with SA. They're not gonna blindly side with Canada this time if it affects their own interests in the region.
AndroidHero
Superstar
They already asked UAE and UK to help them cool things down with the Saudis. they will definitely fall back.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
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We'll see!
thatrapsfan
Superstar
Impractical and politically very difficult for them to fall back at this very moment, because the Saudis keep escalating. I agree its become political dynamite now, so they cant do anything.
But eventually we will see this:
King says his letter helped Sweden end spat with Saudis
thatrapsfan
Superstar
Broader question is does this Trumpian style of diplomacy, where you try to embarass and humiliate actually benefit Saudi in the long run? Absolutley not IMO. The benefits of their engagements in Canada are self-evident ( trained their doctors, engineers, teachers) , a good source of agricultural products they demand ( wheat) and decent place to invest.
What do they get out of this debacle? At best, they make a political point that a) none of their Western partners are willing to risk their investments to drive hard for HR and b) HR critcism could risk investment. But it doesnt really help their bottom line and economically their problems are self evident :
A Target Saudis Can Ill Afford to Miss. And It's Not Aramco IPO
But thats probably the point. Has little to do with the interests of the Saudi pop at large, but about bolstering MBS image at home. It will help this muscular new jingostic style of nationalism that MBS seems to be building. The image of getting a Western country to fall back will bolster the idea hes made them a more powerful actor in the eye of his citizens.
What do they get out of this debacle? At best, they make a political point that a) none of their Western partners are willing to risk their investments to drive hard for HR and b) HR critcism could risk investment. But it doesnt really help their bottom line and economically their problems are self evident :
A Target Saudis Can Ill Afford to Miss. And It's Not Aramco IPO
But thats probably the point. Has little to do with the interests of the Saudi pop at large, but about bolstering MBS image at home. It will help this muscular new jingostic style of nationalism that MBS seems to be building. The image of getting a Western country to fall back will bolster the idea hes made them a more powerful actor in the eye of his citizens.
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The Odum of Ala Igbo
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A lot of posters outside of Canada don't understand that the Conservative Party will eat Trudeau alive if he backs down. Also, there's an election next year. Finally, most cac Canadians are patriots and don't like to be pushed around. That's why Trump's tarriffs had bipartisan resistance in Parliament.
