Sunday night’s Oscar telecast was another Hollywood humiliation. Only 18.1 million viewers tuned in, which is the third-worst rating in Academy history.
Only 2021, with 10.4 million viewers, and 2022, with 16.6 million, fared worse. Sunday’s pathetic 18.1 million is the third lowest since 1974, when these numbers were first recorded.
If you can’t stand to bear ‘Tariff Tuesday,’ you can always send a message to President Donald J. Trump by buying a “Canada is not for sale” T-shirt, ball cap or tuque — made in China or elsewhere around the world.
WHOA!
Pierre Poilievre starts his press conference by saying that Donald Trump stabbed Canada in the back!
"My message to the President is this: Canada will fight back."
Not cool, Pierre. Leave that divisive rhetoric to Trudeau/Carney. pic.twitter.com/SuT9VgABmk
— Bret (@Bret_Sears) March 4, 2025
"I would just say to Canada, you know, we mean more to them than they mean to us. We're a much larger part of their economy than they are ours."
Scott Jennings is exactly right and I stand with President Trump and his tariffs! pic.twitter.com/xRS6WXVdZF
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) March 4, 2025
h/t XC
WATCH: Trudeau encourages Canadians to continue booing the American national anthem.
“We’ll continue booing.”
What is wrong with that man? What a narcissistic sociopath.
Watch his face at the end pic.twitter.com/1ohadpN2on
— mistersunshinebaby (@mrsunshinebaby) March 4, 2025
H/T XC
Federal lawyers have entered settlement talks in the Ashli Babbitt wrongful death suit, signaling a potential shift in the Department of Justice’s stance on cases related to the January 6 Capitol riot.
“The parties have agreed to work in good faith to narrow or resolve issues in this case,” reads the latest filing, a joint status report between defense attorneys and Judicial Watch, representing Babbitt’s estate and her husband, Aaron Babbitt, according to a report by the Washington Examiner.
The worst job in the world. pic.twitter.com/hLI8qCACJM
— Sarahh (@Sarahhuniverse) March 2, 2025
h/t Mauser
British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Chrystia Freeland
Canada should seek closer ties with Britain because its nuclear weapons can help protect the country against Donald Trump, a female politician running to replace Justin Trudeau has said.
Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister under Justin Trudeau, said that Mr Trump is “clearly threatening our sovereignty” with his campaign to absorb Canada as the 51st state of America.
In order to “guarantee our security”, Ms Freeland said she would build closer security partnerships with European Nato allies and “I would be sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons”.
17 politicians all saying the exact same thing at the same time!!
Such lazy propagandists they are https://t.co/AuGaeUiFtn
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 4, 2025
h/t XC
The US vice-president has sparked a row with comments he made about the potential involvement of international forces to police a peace deal in Ukraine.
UK opposition politicians accused JD Vance of disrespecting British forces, after he told Fox News a US stake in Ukraine’s economy was a “better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
The UK and France have said they would be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine as part of a peace deal.
In the fact-free world of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, their screw-ups are always someone else’s fault.
They have been in charge of the federal government during every single day of Donald Trump’s two terms as president, from Jan. 20, 2017, to Jan. 20, 2021, and now from Jan. 20, 2025, to the present.
That means they wear the current dismal state of Canada-U.S. relations and the start of an economically devastating tariff war with the U.S. on Tuesday.
The North American trade war of 2025 has officially begun with Canada hitting back against the U.S. after President Donald Trump imposed punishing 25 per cent tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods just after midnight.
Sh*tshow scheduled for 10:30 AM
High-speed rail has yet to come to Canada, despite dozens of projects being talked about for decades. One transit expert gives a simple reason why it’s taken so long for us to get up to speed with other places in the world.
“When you see projects that have been delayed, a lot of times, it’s due to lack of proper governance,” said Derrick Toigo, executive director of the City of Toronto’s transit expansion office.
Whatever USAID was or wasn’t meant to be when President John F. Kennedy created the program by executive order in 1961, it effectively is no more.
Wall Street Mav reported on Sunday that the White House intends to “eliminate roughly $60 billion in foreign aid spending and terminate 92% of grants issued by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).”
Canadians are increasingly wary of bias in mainstream media and turning to independent news sources online, according to new research commissioned by the CRTC.
Blacklock’s Reporter says a report released Saturday found that many believe traditional media fails to fairly represent different political perspectives.
Honda moves Civic production plans to Indiana from Mexico to avoid Trump’s tariffs
As Canada and Mexico braced for 25% tariffs on Tuesday, and China for another 10%, Honda became one of the first companies to cave – scrapping plans to produce its new Civic in Mexico in favor of Indiana, according to a report.
The Japanese auto giant had initially planned to manufacture the next-generation Civic in Guanajuato, Mexico, starting in November 2027, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Now, Honda plans to manufacture the new Civic in Indiana, starting in May 2028 — churning out around 210,000 vehicles each year, a source told the outlet.
Global: Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico are now in effect
The first round of U.S. tariffs and Canada’s counter-tariffs are now in effect, marking the start of a trade war between the long-time North American allies.
As of Tuesday, a sweeping 25 per cent tariff has been imposed on all goods going into the United States from both Canada and Mexico, with a 10 per cent tariff on Canada’s energy exports.
CBC – Trump’s tariffs roil U.S. markets. And that’s the reaction that matters
Canada can huff, and puff, but if anything’s going to blow down Donald Trump’s house of tariffs it’s going to be the reaction within the United States.
And there are signs of pushback.
The stock market is turning, economic sentiment is nosediving, the U.S. president’s approval is receding, and American lawyers are preparing lawsuits.
Globe – U.S. triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump launched a trade war with Canada at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning, citing a threat to national security posed by “unchecked drug trafficking.”
The U.S. is now imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, with a 10 per cent tariff on energy and critical minerals.
NatPo – Trudeau to address Canadians Tuesday morning as trade war with U.S. roars to life
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the country Tuesday morning, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent tariffs took effect.
CTV – Why are titans of industry holding their tongues amid punishing Trump tariffs?
The first round of U.S. tariffs and Canada’s counter-tariffs are now in effect, marking the start of a trade war between the long-time North American allies.
As of Tuesday, a sweeping 25 per cent tariff has been imposed on all goods going into the United States from both Canada and Mexico, with a 10 per cent tariff on Canada’s energy exports.
Emigration rates soared to unprecedented levels in Canada last year driven by the ongoing housing shortage and the cost of living crisis, a new report suggests. One province in particular accounted for nearly half of these departures.
More than 81,601 residents left the country in 2024 and 39,430 of them were from Ontario, a report from rental platform liv.rent found. Ontario is the most densely populated province in the nation, but its 48 percent share of departures is notably greater than its 39 percent share of the total population of Canada.
