“Canada – USA Tariff Wars” – Page 8

Sylvain Charlebois: While Canada fights Trump, Mexico is preparing to eat our lunch

Mexico appears to be moving closer to an interim trade agreement with the United States. It was reported last week that negotiators are accelerating discussions in hopes of reaching a deal before the U.S. midterm elections in November.

No agreement has been announced, and significant differences remain. Talks reportedly focus primarily on automobiles, steel, aluminum, American content requirements and Chinese investment in Mexico. Nevertheless, Ottawa should be paying very close attention. If Mexico signs first while Canada remains embroiled in a tariff dispute with Washington, the consequences could extend well beyond automobiles and metals. Canada’s agri-food economy could become collateral damage.

by Blazingcatfur•September 17, 2026September 17, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Mexico

‘We need time’: Unifor says Stellantis’ Brampton plant could be lost for good as it urges feds to step in

Unifor national president Lana Payne is warning that Stellantis is “100 per cent serious” about exiting its Brampton assembly plant and she is asking Ottawa to step in and prevent its sale to Canadian armoured ⁠vehicle maker Roshel.

With Stellantis and Unifor still at an impasse just days before their collective agreement expires on Sept. 20, Payne said at a press conference on Thursday that thousands of auto jobs could be permanently erased.

“Stellantis is looking for an exit, and no one, no one, should be holding the door open,” Payne told reporters Thursday. “This would make Brampton the first auto plant to fall in this trade war. And when plants close, they rarely, if ever, come back.”

Say your goodbyes.

by Blazingcatfur•September 17, 2026September 17, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

James Stranko: Dear Canada, Americans still love you but please stop insulting us

Toronto FC fans recently booed the American national anthem, the same way Canadians across the country have done countless times over the past 18 months. We get it, you’re mad.

But consider this week, when the Barenaked Ladies will perform “O Canada” at the Buffalo Bills home opener. In contrast, I can confidently predict that the crowd will sing along and erupt in cheers. Unlike Canadians, Americans don’t currently boo Canada’s national anthem or angle a political dig into a conversation about the weather. Many Canadians do this, and for the ones who do, it’s sort of all they do these days.

With 45% of the population foreign born or recently descendant of the foreign born there will be no turning back.

Our elites deliberately imported 3rd World migrants who hate the USA as much as they do while our so called education system indoctrinates the same attitudes in the young.

Roosevelt called us the “Aerodrome of Democracy” future presidents may simply refer to us as the enemy at the gate.

by Blazingcatfur•September 17, 2026September 17, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, USA

Canada’s great European misadventure

Canada, understandably, has no interest in becoming the 51st state, but becoming the honorary 28th member of the European Union would be foolhardy.

On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invited Canada with great fanfare to become the bloc’s first “associate member.” The arrangement is intended to reorient Ottawa from Washington toward Brussels by integrating manufacturing, technology, security and energy. Details will be negotiated at a summit next month.

by Blazingcatfur•September 17, 2026September 17, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

In nod to Trump, Carney says Canada, Europe aren’t ‘fair-weather allies’ in EU speech

Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for a “deeper partnership” between Canada and Europe in order to hedge against great powers encroaching on the sovereignty of smaller nations.

“Together, Canada and the European Union can anchor our ground to hold our values while forming a protective canopy under which our citizens can thrive,” Carney said in an address to the European Parliament on Thursday morning.

I’ll feel so much safer in EU hands!

by Blazingcatfur•September 17, 2026September 17, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

Canada’s Europe pivot worries US senators amid trade war

OTTAWA — US lawmakers from both parties are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, with one Republican senator warning Ottawa’s growing relationship with Europe could make it harder to repair ties with Washington.

Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins and Democratic Delaware Senator Chris Coons spoke with CBC News Washington correspondent Katie Simpson as frustration with the Canada-U.S. trade dispute grows on Capitol Hill.

by Blazingcatfur•September 17, 2026September 16, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Trump signs memorandum to identify and remove Canadian products from U.S. federal procurement

U.S. President ‌Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Wednesday to ⁠identify ⁠Canadian-origin goods ‌in federal ⁠civil government procurement ‌and take steps to remove ⁠them, ⁠the ⁠White ⁠House said.

The move came a week after Trump banned the import of Canadian alcohol, motorcycles and various other products into the U.S. in an escalation of the trade war.

In the memo, Trump directs the U.S. Trade Representative and the Office of Management and Budget to “take steps” to identify items of Canadian origin that could be “removed or made non-available for purchase” from the federal government’s procurement system.

by Blazingcatfur•September 16, 2026September 16, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The Fantasy House of Mark Carney

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western foil to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement—he is the global one. Accordingly, he seems determined to demonstrate to the world how to stand up to Donald Trump, to force Trump to lose the midterms, and to hurt the U.S. economy to such a degree that Trump will never again bully other nations.

Ursula says she welcomes Canadian Tax Dollars

🇪🇺🇨🇦 EU chief von der Leyen just offered Canada a path to becoming the bloc's first ever "associate member."

Associate membership doesn't exist.

It's not a category in the EU treaties, so this would be an entirely new status built from scratch, binding Canada much closer to…

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 16, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•September 16, 2026September 16, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Stephen Harper says Canada had ‘no choice’ but to walk away from U.S. trade talks

Former prime minister Stephen Harper, who led Canada’s Conservative Party for over a decade, backed the federal government’s decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States “to see a trade war commence in earnest.”

Harper delivered the closing keynote to hundreds of the world’s wealthiest investors gathered in downtown Toronto for the first-of-its-kind Canada Investment Summit.

“This had to be a very difficult decision, but I do believe that our government had no choice but to take this path,” Harper said.

I bet he hasn’t read the deal either. But the CBC won’t even ask that question.

by Blazingcatfur•September 16, 2026September 16, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Carney’s new love-in with EU has everything to do with Trump

“Wouldn’t it be lovely if Canada was the 28th state of the European Union rather than the 51st state of the United States?” asked Finland’s President Alexander Stubb this summer.

The question was rather tongue-in-cheek. US President Donald Trump, who is currently locked in an escalating tariff tussle with Ottawa, has, on a number of occasions, declared his ambition to make Canada the 51st American state – causing deep offence amongst many Canadians.

CANADA HAS BEEN INVITED TO BE AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE EU!

"We want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. We are opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the European Union" pic.twitter.com/feb0Mhk8cf

— NXT EU (@NXT4EU) September 16, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•September 16, 2026September 16, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

Michael Higgins: Is Mark Carney using Canada to make up for Brexit?

Mark Carney’s admiration for the European Union is so deep that he was accused of aiding and abetting Project Fear, the campaign to stop the U.K. exiting the massive economic bloc.

As governor of the Bank of England, he failed to stop Brexit but as prime minister his Project Fear II against the U.S. has been far more successful and far more galvanizing. If Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Carney is now trying to integrate Canada into the European Union, a move that would surely entail a loss of sovereignty and independence far greater than anything we could surrender to America. The prime minister suggested on Sunday that the Journal’s reporting overstated what the government is seeking.

I think Carney is using the EU as a backdoor for China.

by Blazingcatfur•September 16, 2026September 15, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

How worried should Canada be about Trump’s U.S.-Venezuela oil deal?

U.S. President Donald Trump announced what he called “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela on Aug. 28. Two days later, on Truth Social, he posted that “Trump’s historic oil deal with Venezuela realigns global energy and puts OPEC, Canada on notice.”

What does Venezuelan oil have to do with Canada, and should we be worried? The short answer is maybe; a little bit. The long answer is below.

by Blazingcatfur•September 15, 2026September 15, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Venezuela

Ben Woodfinden: The EU is an economic disaster. What exactly is Mark Carney after?

This Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney is due to address the opening of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Guest addresses like this aren’t unheard of, but they have mostly been reserved in recent years for civil society figures focused on Ukraine, which was already a signal that something significant was to be announced, and reporting has suggested that some sort of new relationship between Canada and the European Union was in the cards.

by Blazingcatfur•September 15, 2026September 14, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

As Trump’s trade war grinds on, Canada needs to ensure national pride doesn’t become national hubris

Reflecting on the political excitement over tariffs these past couple of weeks might lead one to conclude that someone holding the monkey’s paw had wished to see Canada reverse its Trudeau-era experiment with post-nationalism. We are witnessing a remarkable irruption of impassioned national sentiment in a formerly staid country.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, of course. Indeed, having a modicum of national pride is prerequisite to a country’s ongoing existence, and it was deeply foolish of Canada’s elites to make self-abasement a basic feature of our political rhetoric over the past decade.

by Blazingcatfur•September 14, 2026September 14, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

GUNTER: Trade war booze ban could backfire on Canada

As satisfying as it is to be “Elbows Up” against U.S. President Donald Trump in the current Canada-U.S. trade war, it might be a tad counterproductive.

As I have written before, it might be more effective to break our dependence on trade with America by building pipelines west and east to get our oil and natural gas to European and Asian markets. It would also be a tremendous boost if provinces reduced internal barriers to trade.

by Blazingcatfur•September 14, 2026September 14, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"