“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

As new U.S. tariffs sink into the Canadian economy, the idea of a prolonged trade war is something Canadians will need to get used to — even after President Donald Trump leaves office, experts say.

“I don’t see this changing any time soon. I don’t think this goes away magically when Trump exits the White House, and so for Canada, it’s wishful thinking to think we can hold our breaths and white-knuckle it for the next 24 or 26 months,” says political science associate professor Aaron Ettinger of Carleton University.

Those calling for Prime Minister Mark Carney to tax or restrict energy exports to the U.S. as a weapon in the ongoing tariff war should explain the consequences if we do.

If, for example, we put an energy tax on our oil exports to the U.S., what will we do if the Americans shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline in retaliation?

The premier of British Columbia has an additional suggestion for Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, in dealing with U.S. tariffs: stop plans to buy as many as 88 American-made F-35 fighter jets.
Not long after Canada said that it would retaliate against President Trump’s sweeping 50 percent tariff on hundreds of Canadian exports with tariffs of its own, Premier David Eby questioned why Canada would pursue supplying its military with the warplanes.

“When your friend kicks you in the back, one of the first rules is you don’t then go and buy $12 billion of fighter jets from that person,” Mr. Eby said on Tuesday, citing roughly the cost of the first 16 airplanes. “It makes absolutely no sense,” he added.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, a change he said would take effect immediately.

A White House aide said the order directs the Department of the Interior and Secretary Doug Burgum to make the change.

One of the five Great Lakes of North America, Lake Ontario borders both the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York.

Trump crosses out LAKE ONTARIO — calls it LAKE AMERICA pic.twitter.com/MXJfL6Z7Cd

— RT (@RT_com) August 27, 2026

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., as tensions between Canada and the Trump administration continue to escalate.

Speaking at a media conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday, Ford said Carney had done the “right thing” by walking away from a deal with the U.S., and that the PM has his “full support in standing up for our country” by introducing retaliatory tariffs. He added that Canada is “going to fight like we’ve never fought before against President Trump.”

Peter Navarro interview

… And I can tell you that as nice as the Canadian people are, their trade negotiators are arrogant, backstabbing people. The Communist Chinese and the Canadians are the hardest to deal with, and they are the only two countries retaliating against us for our fair-trade measures.

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Canadians responded to President Trump’s first round of tariffs a year and a half ago with a grass-roots effort to bruise the United States, boycotting alcohol, vegetables and cross-border travel.

They rallied around the flag, inspected grocery labels like detectives and shopped local, all while Prime Minister Mark Carney looked across the ocean for new trade partnerships. Across the country, Canadians had elbows up, an idiom of defiance ignited by the Canadian comedian Mike Myers that has its roots in hockey.

They won’t be dropping elbows any time soon, as new and threatened tariffs endanger jobs and the existence of companies both large and small.

I’m likin that Sharia ban!

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump with Glenn Beck this morning.

On Canada: “I had a deal… they don’t have anything that we have to have… It’s time to teach Canada you can’t do this anymore.”

On Sharia: “I would absolutely prohibit the Sharia law thing. It’s happening in this… pic.twitter.com/gogpQHYq7X

— Jeffrey Pedersen (@intheMatrixxx) August 26, 2026

New numbers released Wednesday by Liaison Strategies have Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford retaking the lead from the leaderless Ontario Liberals, leading by four points among decided and leaning voters.

“This is a very different Ontario race than the one we saw in July,” Liaison’s David Valentin said.

Glenn Beck nails it: Mark Carney’s “economic war” over President Trump’s tariffs is pure globalist theater, not trade defense. This Great Reset cheerleader hired Democrat operative Maia Johnson to sabotage America and pressure voters against Trump. Carney’s agenda prioritizes… pic.twitter.com/1mQDPM6ADF

— Dante Rossi (@tvc1five) August 26, 2026

Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.

After trade negotiations broke down between the two countries last weekend, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, vowed to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar” and unveiled a list of nearly 900 American goods that will face 25% to 50% tariffs starting on 8 September.