“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

OTTAWA — The Americans weren’t happy. But Howard Lutnick seemed furious.

It was early March 2025, the final days of Justin Trudeau’s prime ministership, and the trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump had only just begun. Ottawa had struck back with retaliatory tariffs against the first volley of U.S. import duties. Two days later, Trudeau and his advisers gathered in his office for a phone call with the American president, according to two Canadian officials with knowledge of what happened, who agreed to speak about sensitive discussions on the condition they weren’t identified.

The Star one of the most reliable LPC typists is still peddling the Carney line that the Demon Lutnick kiboshed the trade deal.

“So when they say the Commerce Secretary Lutnick stepped in and everything got screwed up, that’s not true?”

Greer “That’s not true” @jamiesongreer https://t.co/eFD3HNdR6c

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) September 3, 2026

Decrepit.

If you wanted one word to describe the state of Venezuela’s oil industry, it would be decrepit.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Appeals from American tourism organizations seemed to be everywhere Josh Loewen looked over the last year. Billboards and banners proclaimed a state or city’s love for Canada. Online and social media ads offered special deals for travelers from north of the border.

As a Vancouver resident and marketing executive himself, Loewen said he understands the conciliatory overtures. The number of Canadians traveling to the United States plunged after President Donald Trump returned to office with remarks about making Canada the 51st state. An acrimonious trade war between the two countries now is threatening to reinforce the informal boycott just as it appeared to be easing slightly.

They forget to mention that Vegas is not the bargain it was. Not for Americans not for anyone.

Canadians are also crushed by taxes, that never helps.

A week before U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is set to give remarks in Gander to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Newfoundland town that became famous for its kindness on that day addressed growing community anger about his attendance.

“We understand why people feel strongly about this,” said a statement from the town released Friday afternoon. “We are proud Canadians, and we understand the frustration and disappointment many Canadians are feeling about the current state of the relationship between Canada and the United States.”

Donald Trump will go away someday. The millions of people who voted for him will still be there, as well as all the damage he’s wrought in Canada-U.S. relations.

That is the unsettling reality dawning on many of us in the two weeks since the collapse of the trade talks and the resulting stream of venom directed at Canada by Trump and his enablers.

The new normal looks awfully like the old normal at the Star – Fear mongering knee-jerk Anti-Americanism served up as patriotism.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump’s trade war with Canada would have a “negligible” effect on U.S. prices and compared the northern neighbor to a “little yippy dog.”

Asked by Laura Trump on Fox News how he saw the trade war with Canada playing out, Bessent reached for a canine comparison.

“I had a German shepherd and there was a dachshund that used to antagonize her at the playground, and it kind of reminds me of that,” Bessent said.

This is where Canada–U.S. relations are now.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just compared Canada to a little “yippy” dog antagonizing a 110-pound German Shepherd.

His message is pretty clear: Washington believes Canada walked away from a favourable trade deal for…

— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) September 6, 2026

Canadians are bracing themselves for tough times ahead but can be grateful to Donald Trump for at least uniting them in feeling immense pride in this country.

A new Postmedia Leger poll reveals that most Canadians are resilient and stoic in the face of a tariff war they expect will raise the cost of living.

Canada-U.S. trade tensions are increasingly shaping how Canadians view the United States, while the cost of living remains their top concern.

Our latest survey finds that 41% of Canadians now consider the United States an enemy country, up 15 points from June 2025. At the same time, 64% say their impression of the United States would change if Donald Trump were no longer president.

Leger Survey Canada US Trade War

A Canadian Muskoka chair maker hit hard by U.S. tariffs is considering moving the bulk of its manufacturing to the United States.

DFC Woodworks Inc. has been making outdoor wooden patio furniture including Muskoka chairs — also called Adirondack chairs — since 1955.

At his marina in Sackets Harbor, N.Y., on a cloudy Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Alex Morgia looks toward the water and paints a vivid picture of the beauty he often sees, even on an overcast day.

“Sometimes those are the best sunsets because the sun will peek through underneath and then you get all of the cascading colours on the underside of the clouds,” Morgia says, looking out over what has recently become North America’s most controversial lake.

OTTAWA – Canadians overwhelmingly support the Carney government’s decision to reject a recent trade deal with the U.S., even amidst potential economic concerns, according to a new Nanos Research survey conducted for CTV News.

The survey also concluded support for Canada’s counter tariffs, set to be imposed on Sept. 8, is at an all-time high.