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'See you in four years': Canada flexes economic muscle as tariff negotiations continue

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Canada has long been a key ally and trade partner for the U.S. President Donald Trump 's attacks on the country's trade and sovereignty.

Trump 's plans for tariffs on Canadian goods and his calls for the country to become an American state have spurned citizens of the northern neighbor.

As a result, Canadians have rejected American imports and issued other economic punishments in an unusual show of patriotism.

Canadian celebrity Mike Myers donned a shirt that reads " Canada is not for sale" alongside the country's red-and-white flag on Saturday Night Live .

British Columbia government and its power operator said they would exclude Tesla products from certain green-energy rebates as of March 12 .

Waterloo's Bilt said Canadians ' anger is focused mainly on Trump rather than Americans at large.