The Elitist Media evening news continue their mission on trade, acting as spokespeople for the Canadian prime minister instead of reporting the full scope of US-Canada relations that led to the breakdown at the negotiating table. Over the weekend and through today, an alarming omission emerges.
The tariff war is on. The Trump administration hit us unjustifiably with tariffs, and, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on the weekend, “All Canadians stand united in denouncing the president’s unacceptable tweets, trolling and tariffs…”
Trump’s tariffs, and our response, are going to hurt a lot of Canadians and Americans. The fight is mutually detrimental and will leave lasting scars of distrust between many Canadians and many Americans, which will take years to heal – if they ever do.
Carney kiboshed the negotiations because he wanted Chinese steel in Canadian manufactured trucks. Think about that.
Canada should take the hint.
On the eve of his decision this summer not to permanently extend CUSMA by another decade, U.S. President Donald Trump repeated a point he had made back in January 2025: “We don’t need their oil and gas.”
As 100 per cent of America’s natural-gas imports come from Canada (worth about $12 billion per year, all figures USD), along with 63 per cent ($125 billion per year) of its crude oil imports, our CUSMA negotiating team likely dismissed Trump’s comments as negotiating bluster.
Carney is not on Canada’s side.
The Canada–U.S. trade dispute has crossed another threshold. What began with tariffs moved to counter-tariffs and has now reached outright import bans on both sides of the border. The economic pain is no longer theoretical.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned Canadians that reducing our dependence on the United States will come at a cost. At least he was honest. But Canadians deserve to know how much pain, who will bear it and what economic outcome their sacrifice is expected to purchase.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada is to blame for Washington’s decision to escalate the trade war with its northern neighbour.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed new executive orders, ramping up retaliation after Canada imposed its latest set of counter duties on the United States.
The five new orders, which will take effect later this month, will completely bar imports of certain Canadian goods, including motorcycles, some dairy products and alcoholic beverages.
Today, Ambassador Greer issued a statement after President Trump exercised his authority under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to ban certain Canadian products from entering the U.S. market and modify the scope of the July 20 actions to offset the burden or disadvantage on…
— United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) September 9, 2026
I believe Greer over Carney hands down.
Prime Minister Mark Carney warns there will be a “cost” and tough times ahead to chart a new economic course as a result of the trade rupture with Donald Trump’s America.
“There’s always a cost to action, but it doesn’t come close to the cost of standing still,” said Carney on a taped 15-minute speech with no media availability.
The Carney government wants to double Canada’s exports to countries other than the United States by 2035 to help reduce dependence on the U.S. market and deepen Canadian trade and commercial ties with other economies. The idea commands significant public support. Canada faces a volatile mercantilist president determined to dismantle much of the architecture governing the global economy and upend America’s longstanding trade relationships.
Canadian counter-tariffs against the United States went into effect Tuesday.
The countermeasures will make it more expensive for businesses in Ontario and across Canada to import certain goods from the United States, with repercussions for the economy.
Mark Carney says trade talks with the U.S. will restart when the Americans get serious. In his latest video, Carney shows us what serious looks like.
Seated at a makeshift desk on the factory floor of an Ottawa housing company, the prime minister settled in for a 15-minute chat on where Canada is at in this escalating feud with Donald Trump’s America.
It was one part history lesson, one part a rallying cry and one part warning about the “tough times” ahead. If Justin Trudeau hadn’t already patented the slogan a decade ago, you could call it the hope-and-hard-work video.
Carney is not the hero type. He makes a good Uriah Heep impersonator though.
President Donald Trump said he would direct the General Services Administration and USTR to remove Canadian-origin products from federal government contracts, hitting back at Ottawa over retaliatory tariffs and escalating the trade war between the two neighbors.
The moves will take place “unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies,” Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. Trump said the so-called Multiple Award Schedules are worth more than $50 billion each year.
Nuke us now.
This is the scene at BC Premier David Eby’s pro-Canada rally.
This is not a parody.
The lives of hundreds of thousands of Canadians are at stake.
These people are not serious.
pic.twitter.com/599G345eID— Harrison Faulkner (@Harry__Faulkner) September 8, 2026
As Canada imposes retaliatory tariffs on the United States, Americans near the border say the trade war is deepening divisions between the two countries and hope the split does not turn into a more lasting breakup.
Costs for American businesses are up. Border crossings are down as Canadians choose to spend their money at home. And many Canadians are downright outraged over the actions of President Trump.
The trade war has threatened not only business but, sometimes, the very personal bonds that define America’s northern border.
Shares of Canadian jet maker Bombardier Inc. fell as much as 7% before paring some of those losses, after President Donald Trump sent a social media post suggesting the company should be blocked from US sales.
“NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!” Trump wrote on Monday. “If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank.’”
Over the past two weeks, Jim Coudal has been rushing orders to Canadian retailers from his Chicago warehouse ahead of new retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products.
Starting Sept. 8, Coudal’s company, Field Notes, which makes small pocket notebooks and memo books, will face a 50 per cent tariff when its products enter Canada, where they are sold by retailers including Toronto Pen Shoppe and Take Note Pens & Stationery Store.
The European Union and Canada are working toward a new, all-encompassing relationship that will range from trade to security, as the transatlantic partners seek to build a new alliance to offset the global power politics dominated by the US and China.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the top executive of the EU, is expected to announce the plans at her state of the union address in Strasbourg, France, Sept. 16, according to people familiar with the preparations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend the speech then address European lawmakers the following day.
h/t SB
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on a range of US goods came into effect on Tuesday, with no sign of a trade deal on the horizon.
The counter-tariffs will apply to nearly C$28bn ($20bn; £15bn) worth of American products, from steel to furniture to cotton T-shirts, and will be as high as 50%.
Fresh fish and lobster were also on the list, but Canada later omitted them after pushback from its seafood industry – a sign of the tricky balance it has to strike as it retaliates against its largest trading partner.
Both US and Canadian officials have said they would like to strike a deal, but no movement has been made to resume talks after they collapsed in late August.
