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Cake day: June 5th, 2025

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  • I didn’t properly articulate this in my own comment, so thank you. Yes, the survey was done by an external source (again, I do personally agree with it’s findings), I was just highlighting the source of the article commenting on it.

    Different eyes looking at the same survey will see different things, and a journalist will highlight different things depending on a target audience. Given the Chinese domain (.cn) and English language, I personally assumed that it was focusing on highlighting improvements in Canadian general opinion towards Chinese trade and might downplay more neutral view points not to suppress them but because they’re not necessarily relevant to the point of the article.

    I view the article through the same lense I would view an American article or a German article on the same survey; as a third party commenting on a Canadian survey to bolster their own point. The important part is actually looking at the results of that Leger study (as you pointed out).


  • Agreeing with other comments, it is a Chinese domain and a Chinese news site so doesn’t necessarily reflect Canada as a whole.

    The article is talking about an n = 1570 study where 61% or people say they supported the trade deal with regards to EV (the article doesn’t specify whether the canola export portion of the deal may have influenced perceptions). All in all, it’s the other side of a trade deal pointing at roughly 1000 people saying they are for the deal and saying “see? Canada supports the deal”.

    All this said, had I been asked I would be in the “strongly support” camp (noted as 24% in the article). The EV tarrifs were not completely removed, but removed for up to 49000 total sales under a certain value per year. Those tariffs were put in place as a measure to a) dissuade the Americans from increasing tariffs against us and b) prevent cheaper Chinese EVs from undercutting Musk’s market share. The tariffs were increased anyways and why should we continue supporting that piece of trash.

    Do I think Chinese EVs will save the world? No. Do I think that China is an objectively good state? No. But I do think that removing those tariffs is a good thing.






  • 50°F is when I might start wearing pants instead if shorts. I will still be wearing a t-shirt, and won’t bring a jacket until at least 40°F.

    70°F is the hottest it can be outside before I become uncomfortably warm.

    When I get in a hot tub that is at 100°F, I will turn it down to at least 95°F and know that I won’t be able to stay much longer.

    This is the other problem with Fahrenheit, there is no universal “100% hot”. While Celsius doesn’t have the granularity and is subject to “just ask water how it feels” criticism, at least “what temperature is water” is a consistent way to explain it as opposed to saying “at 100°, you’ll be hot”



  • I’m from one of those provinces. I’m a 10th Generation Canadian whose family fled after the Revolutionary War because they supported the Brits, and we’ve lived in our small community since then. I am not, and have no intention to be an American.

    But all the same, something like this doesn’t need more than a simple apology. Maybe they used the US instead of ‘Eastern North America’ and didn’t think anything of it. Maybe they’re just bad at geography. But if it was intentional, that’s when I get mad.