“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

WASHINGTON — Canada might seem an unlikely target for a U.S. trade war.

No country on Earth buys as much from the United States as its northern neighbour. For American farmers, Canada is second only to Mexico as an export market.

A North American trade pact — negotiated by U.S. President Donald Trump in his first term — means that most American products enter Canada duty-free. Rankings of the world’s most open economies usually put Canada near the top.

Carney poked the bear.

Carney is a liar, if not he would have released the trade talk transcripts to allow Canadians an opportunity to make up their own minds.

Instead Carney treats Canadians with contempt, leading the gullible Elbow people in a Children’s crusade.

VDH destroys Carney.

Trumpism is the lowest stage of imperialism. “We’re not going to invade Greenland. We’re going to buy it,” Donald Trump reportedly told the annual black-tie dinner on 1 February of the private Alfalfa Club, an assemblage of prominent Washington figures, a number of whom he had publicly humiliated, and others he was investigating or suing. “It’s never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd.” The room greeted several of his remarks with dead silence. His cosplay as the Pirate King was not received as a good-humored takeoff from a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. He went on. “So many people in the room I hate,” he said in a display of honesty. “Most of you I like,” he claimed. Then, at his peak euphoria, he flew off to Mar-a-Lago to plan his attack on Iran, which took place 27 days later.

Guardian ahead.

At a border crossing in B.C. on Tuesday, Premier David Eby showcased one of the more embarrassing side effects of the ongoing trade war with the United States. After a performance by a rapper named OGR-Scintilla, who performs parodies of pop songs using Canadian-themed lyrics, the B.C. Premier took to the podium wearing a red-and-black plaid jacket, which he dubbed “the single most Canadian piece of clothing” he owns.

"Everybody at the bar drinking Timmies.”

Premier @Dave_Eby opens his anti-Trump press conference with Canadian parody rapper @ogr_scintilla's version of ‘Tipsy.’ pic.twitter.com/MZhx7lhiVb

— TrendingPolitics.ca (@TrendPolCa) September 8, 2026

There are few cows in Toronto, but U.S. dairy tariffs pose a significant threat to jobs at local milk-product processors, according to an updated University of Toronto tariff-tracking tool.

Researchers updating a map from last October tracking U.S. tariff impacts on Canadian cities, released a major refresh on Wednesday that reveals the potentially crushing impacts of Trump’s new 50-per-cent levies on a host of Canadian imports.

Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a pro-free trade message to millions of Americans watching morning television Thursday, urging Canada and the United States to return to the negotiating table and declining to criticize Prime Minister Mark Carney while appearing in the U.S.

Asked by the hosts of CNBC’s Squawk Box whether Carney was acting in good faith in trade negotiations with the United States, Poilievre said he would not attack the prime minister while abroad.

“Look, I’m not going to attack my prime minister on foreign soil. It’s just not something I’m going to do,” Poilievre said.

I’d be fine with this if Carney was actually Canada’s PM and not Brookfield’s – Xi’s PM.

A new poll from Build Canada suggests Canadians in the “elbows up” category when it comes to the ongoing trade war with the United States have put their brains on park.

It found that while 75% of Canadians surveyed want Prime Minister Mark Carney to hold firm in the ongoing trade dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump, most simultaneously reject higher taxes, higher household unemployment and higher financial losses in retirement as potential consequences of that strategy.

This is an evisceration.

h/t Surele Surele

NDP Leader Avi Lewis opened three days of meetings with his parliamentary caucus accusing the Carney government of forgetting ordinary Canadians.

“The prime minister, who still enjoys considerable support, at the negotiating table has nonetheless pursued a very specific policy, which is that if you’re a powerful corporation in Canada, you go to the front of line.”

Lewis and his five NDP MPs met Tuesday in Toronto with union leaders, affordable housing advocates and leaders from the city’s food banks.

I agree with Avi. Shoot me!

Canada’s finance minister says Canada has a “golden opportunity in front of us” as the trade war with the United States continues to escalate.

François-Philippe Champagne told reporters Wednesday that while the federal government did not want to engage in a back-and-forth with their U.S. counterparts, they will “do what’s right for Canada.”

Meanwhile, a source close to the trade negotiations told CTV News that Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc was given a heads-up Tuesday by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer before U.S. President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders that banned and imposed new tariffs on certain Canadian products.