If you had asked me, if the odds were that i would see a war in my life time, i would have always said it was possible. I mean i am a Cold War Child in her early 50’s
Having said that, if you had told me that it would be with the USA, i would have given you side eye and a deep frown. I have a huge amount of respect, friends and family in the USA, my family who served in the Military, served along side the US forces.
Today, while those things still hold true, I am faced with the fact that we now entering into economic war between our countries. I truly believe that things can be settled in the end as adults, and i am well aware that there are many factors at play in this.
I am not using that word war lightly.. While there are layers to a war, put any doubt to the side, this is Economic Warfare. What does that mean?
“Economic warfare or economic war is an economic strategy used by states with the goal of weakening the economy of other states.”
There is one thing that has become very clear in the past 24 hours, and that is this had united Canadians Coast to Coast and that the great white bear is starting to growl.
This is going to be a long three days, a even longer three weeks and its possible it will be a VERY long four years coming at us. This will hurt in terms of our dollars value combined with everything costing more everywhere.
What does that mean in the day to day? It means Support Canadian, Buy Canadian or Canadian Allies Products, it means creating list of where we need to buy our gas from, where we can buy our coffee from, where we can stop to eat, where our cloths come from, it means what hardware store and more
It means going into those hardware stores and grocery stores and reading labels, it means telling the staff, i will pay more if need to support and buy Canadian.
More directly for me, it means growing more food for my local community, it means more skill sharing, it means make more soaps, salves and planting an growing more basic for seed saving. It means supporting those that support us regardless of where they live.
In many ways we have already made a point of local, local meat, local grains, local dairy and so on, these things will not change.
I am hopeful that things will be sorted quickly but i am also hunkering down because i think its going to be a long bitter fight coming..
Time as always will give the answer
Just another Day on the Farm 
My husband has asked if I can forward you his essay on the same subject, from an American RINO (republican in name only). His name is Phil, but it would forwarded from me, T
Please note in case you didn’t want your full names put into this comment, i have taken them to much shorter names 🙂
Yes please you are welcome to put it into a comment as they are all moderated, and would not be made public unless its desired, i would be very open to hearing how others are feeling about things.
It is too long for a comment. I will forward to you and you may do as you see fit.
Long time canner here having difficulty with lids not sealing properly. Assuming it’s the lack of rubber. Which brand do you use?
Thanks!
I always use Ball lids myself, but I do agree, the newer lids have thinner rubber then the old ones, but they also recommend you no longer need to heat them but that seems to lead to even more failures.
this is the essay from my husband about the tariffs. My husband is a life-long Republican whose last Republican vote was in 2008 for John McCain.
I just want you to know that many of us in the US don’t like this any better than you do. I pray for you specifically and your country quite often. All of us are in a big mess, not of our doing and way beyond our control. Living the way we do and caring about each other does more good than anyone imagines. This short video gives you an idea of how big, deep, disastrous the situation is. I hope you can open it there. One of your citizens is on substack and she has several posts that give really good detail about your economy and the plans your leaders have. If you are interested in that, I’ll send it to you.
Warmest Regards – Pam
https://x.com/jasper _truth/status/1895350282676248596?t=tVFQ1NDMdNMPhsAF9QkX6Q&s=02
Afternoon Pam, Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and prayers. I will agree that things are going to be effected and in ways we can’t even really grasp quite yet. I do agree that those that homestead, have the ability plant and share extra food, go help a friend and loan the pressure canner to help put up food and other skills are very need.. Just plain caring for those in our personal worlds and communities is very needed. I can’t say that i agree *yet with what was being talked about in the video but it is eye opening to see some of the things being “shared” even if i very much don’t agree on the levels of truth in those statements. Still there have been many times where my “out there” thoughts of what is coming, do in fact happen, so i am willing within reason to stay flexible. It is worth noting that i live within a hour of the Capital City of ottawa and that i have direct family, and many friends that all work directly in the capital for the federal government and or Canadian Military in a number of fields and areas. Believe me when i say everyone is keep a close on many things and we are all very concerned. At this time, i will say thank you for the substack offer and pass on it.. if things shift in the future, i might come back for more info..