Every country clings to its myths. The Americans have their revolution, the French their republics, the British their island stoicism. Canadians, according to our intellectual class, have something nobler: “peace, order, and good government.” It is repeated as though it were a founding creed, though it reads more like a library policy manual.
Premier Doug Ford insists there isn’t a major split in ‘Team Canada’ approach, as prairie provinces urge the federal government to drop electric vehicle tariffs, which are in place predominantly to shield Ontario jobs.
A letter from Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew to Prime Minister Mark Carney last week urged him to drop 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, after China’s ambassador suggested his country would end its crippling canola tariffs in response.
Is Mark Carney finally learning that it’s better to work with Donald Trump on the international stage than undermine him?
Carney took a hastily arranged flight to Egypt on Sunday to take part in the signing of the peace deal for Gaza. It was the first instance of Carney working with, rather than against, the American leader.
On Thursday, the Toronto District School Board had planned to put more than 2,600 students in an Arabic calligraphy workshop run by a niqab-wearing woman who uses her art to call for the obliteration of Israel. It was cancelled just in time, but questions remain: Why was such an event approved in the first place? And why isn’t the school board reviewing its vendor screening procedures?
A Canadian woman was harassed by an immigrant Muslim couple while walking her dog, which is ‘haram’ in Islam.
But she was not having it! pic.twitter.com/PRZ4wmz9D0
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) October 14, 2025
President Trump Caught on Hot Mic Teasing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with a Jab at Trudeau
Epic hot mic moment
President Trump teases Canadian PM Carney after accidentally calling him “President,” with a savage dig at Trudeau:
CARNEY: “I’m glad you upgraded me to President.”
TRUMP: “At least I didn’t say Governor.” pic.twitter.com/k4n2TwKcW5
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 13, 2025
h/t patthedog
When it comes to improving their standard of living, young Canadians are facing an uphill battle. A new report, published by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), highlights the difficulties younger Canadians in many provinces are facing in achieving higher earnings and a better standard of living than their parents. The report highlights the range of factors contributing to these barriers to social and income mobility, pointing to housing and high youth unemployment.
Canada’s top science advisor says years of mockery and skepticism around UFOs have made Canadians reluctant to report unusual aerial sightings.
Dr. Mona Nemer, the federal government’s $393,000-a-year science advisor, said in an internal memo that using the term “unidentified aerial phenomenon” instead of “UFO” could help reduce stigma and encourage credible research.
(Incognito)
TORONTO—For many decades, Canada attempted to escape restrictive American trade and other economic initiatives designed to advantage the United States by claiming a “special relationship” which, we argued, should mean an exemption for Canada. Reaction to the Donald Trump shock shows the idea isn’t dead.
One can’t help feeling, after watching Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump exchange pleasantries at the White House last week, that Canada is still relying on “special relationship” arguments to win exemptions from American protectionism, even if this means bowing too readily to their demands and offering “rewards” in exchange for special treatment. But when we argue “special relationship,” we are reduced to pleading.
I get the impression that Carney wants the distance between Canada and the US increased as it will create lucrative opportunities for his pals.
China rarely telegraphs its diplomatic intentions so openly. Yet in recent days, Beijing has done just that — signalling that if Canada were to lift its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles China would, in turn, remove the punitive tariffs it has placed on Canadian agricultural exports such as canola.
In the often-opaque world of trade diplomacy, such clarity is unusual. And in this case, it’s an unmistakable invitation to de-escalate. So far, Ottawa seems unwilling to take it.
Not an enviable position for Canada. Will the Elbow people purchase China’s EV’s?
Trump is bringing auto-assembly back to the US so Ontario’s auto industry is going to be significantly diminished regardless of which path Carney chooses.
I’m sure Canada’s China class and Carney’s own web of interests will result in a decision favouring Communist China.
It will be interesting to see Trump’s reaction. Ontario will suck even more.
For the sake of our democracy it’s time for Canada to lower the voting age.
I can already hear some of you objecting, “16-year-olds aren’t old enough to vote, they won’t take it seriously.” But, give me a minute.
When I was 16 I couldn’t wait to have my driver’s license. I was at the motor vehicle branch on my birthday. I’ve been driving ever since. Driving a car is serious business. I also had a part-time job at 16 and paid taxes. Lots of 16- and 17-year-olds today have their driver’s license and pay taxes on the income from their part time job.
A Green Party loon no less.
Reviving Keystone XL is, in the eyes of former Alberta premier Jason Kenney, a brilliant “judo” move.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s suggestion that the Keystone XL pipeline project could be revived could end up tying Canada more closely to the United States, rather than diversifying trade.
No. Carney is an Eco-Supremacist, Jet travel for him but not for you.
Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan says the Canadian military is moving ahead with its preparations for F-35 fighter jets despite an ongoing government review of the purchase.
“We’re not currently in the position where we are waiting,” Carignan told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an exclusive interview airing Sunday. “We are working towards this acquisition.”
“Our pilots are off to the U.S. in the next few months to start training,” she added. “The infrastructure is going up. We have airfields being extended to get ready, so we are definitely not in a position where we are waiting.”
The head of Canada’s automotive parts industry is warning against dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the move would jeopardize the country’s EV sector and send the wrong message during an ongoing trade dispute with Beijing.
“I am reminding (the premiers) publicly, that if Canada is in a trade war with a country, then the response has to be a Canadian response,” Flavio Volpe said in an interview with CTV News Channel on Sunday, referring to premiers Wab Kinew of Manitoba and Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, who have both called for lowering tariffs to protect prairie canola exports.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the release of hostages under a ceasefire deal in Gaza “a moment of profound relief” and is urging all parties to uphold the ceasefire agreement.
Carney travelled to Egypt Sunday to take part in the signing of a Middle East peace plan with other world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump. Media were not notified of Carney’s trip before it had been confirmed through an update to his Sunday itinerary, about three hours before his plane was set to depart.
Have you no decency? You had nothing to do with the peace beyond setting a new low for kowtowing to the Islamists.
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) October 13, 2025
