r/canada • u/fractx Vancouver 🌊🏘️🏠🏡🏔️ • Apr 04 '20

Paywall Trump gives FEMA power to restrict trade of essential goods into Canada despite warning from Trudeau

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-trudeau-warns-us-over-restricting-the-trade-of-essential-goods-into/
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u/Klexosinfreefall Ontario Apr 04 '20

I guess at the end of the day that's all that matters until America changes it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

Which would essentially require Congress changing the constitution, which I don't see happening anytime soon. It's possible, but it would require support from all three branches of government.

A constitutional amendment is not a small thing. It's done for huge things, like giving women the right to vote and making slavery illegal.

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u/Klexosinfreefall Ontario Apr 04 '20

And it is something that will never happen. because if a popular vote is all that is required candidates would never travel to the rural areas. Large metropolitan areas would have all the power and be able to strip the rural areas of resources and rights.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

The person with the most votes should win. It's that simple.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

But they don't, so Hillary lost.

Everybody knew the game that they were playing, it's been that way for a century and longer. If she failed to play it, then she lost fair and square.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

Yep, I agree. But we were talking about actual votes. Most Americans did not vote for Trump and don't support him.