Some Canadian stores are labeling US imports with a T for 'tariffs' -- and buyers are snapping up alternatives

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. A grocery store chain who has a guy named Darrell as its president has changed one of their slogans.

It, or they, went from being "Darrell's Deals" to "Darrell's Canadian Deals."

This ridiculous spat has not only given Canadian solidarity a bit shot in the arm, but has even spurred my wife to a small amount of action. She was born and raised in WNY, and is adamantly "AMERICAN!" in a very quiet way, and will never give up er citizenship. That said, she is a diehard liberal and has bought a Tshirt for her usual summer trip home. It's one of those "Elbows Up!" shirts. I advised that she not wear it in a place as confined as an Amtrak train, and ESPECIALLY not while entering a space as fraught as a border crossing.

She has really come to love Canada, especially social programs like Universal health care and the govt's policy of offering her a survivor's pension that will be a portion (30%, I believe) of my govt pension of $1600 and she is now eligible for the Old Age Security benefit, although that wouldn't be large.

The way it works is to imagine a pie cut into 40 slices. The minimum qualification level is 10 - one for each year you have lived in Canada past the age of 18. After that threshold, the applicant is eligible for one more slice of the pie per year of residence, to a maximum of 40 slices. So far, she is at 14, and won't apply until my death, so she may hit 20 slices or even a little more.

So, with those portions of my govt pensions (apart from a small, private pension that she will also get) added to SS, I hope it will be a livable income.

I must confess, I'm a little worried about the shirt, though. Perhaps it will be an arrestable offence before long,