Canada’s Free Ride Is Finally Over

President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports triggered the usual response from Ottawa. First under Justin Trudeau and now under his successor, Mark Carney, Canada’s political class didn’t just protest—they retaliated, slapping on symbolic countermeasures and accusing the United States of economic aggression.

Outrage as policy—the Canadian default setting when Washington asserts leverage. But beneath the indignation lies a more straightforward truth: Canada had it coming.


Carney’s “Outrage” is China’s instruction.

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Liberal government’s high immigration policy created housing crisis: report

The federal Liberal government is belatedly trying to fix a housing affordability crisis it created though immigration policies which caused population growth to far exceed Canada’s capacity to build new homes to accommodate it, according to a new Fraser Institute study.

“Despite unprecedented levels of immigration-driven population growth following the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has failed to ramp up homebuilding sufficiently to meet housing demand,” said Steven Globerman, co-author of the study, “The Crisis in Housing Affordability: Population Growth and Housing Starts 1972-2024.”

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The Canadian government froze my bank account just in time for the election

As most of my followers know, I left Canada in January 2021 out of genuine concern that if I didn’t, I would never be able to leave. I predicted I would be targeted by the government on account of my political dissidence—specifically due to my criticisms of Covid mandates, increasing authoritarianism, and attacks on free speech by the government, as well as on account of the fact I have been the most prominent and vocal critic of gender identity ideology and legislation in Canada for over a decade now.

Source.

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CHARLEBOIS: Childhood obesity gets a prescription — and the food sector a warning

Canada has released its first major update to pediatric obesity guidelines in nearly two decades, and the recommendations represent a dramatic departure from past approaches.

In addition to emphasizing traditional strategies such as healthy eating, physical activity, and behavioural support, the new guidelines now encourage physicians to consider prescribing GLP-1 receptor agonists — such as Ozempic and Wegovy — to children as young as 12. They also support the option of bariatric surgery for teenagers starting at age 13, even before exhausting lifestyle-based interventions.

Pizza should be a Holy food group.

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Danielle Kubes: Government cannot spend its way out of the fertility crisis

Michelle Sabari always wanted to have six children. She started dating her husband in university and told him her plan — and he was game. By age 30, they were both finally done with school, had jobs and felt stable enough to start a family. Three kids came in four years, and they took a pause to regain their footing. But she didn’t feel “done” — not even close.


The comments on the Tweet are as you’d expect …

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WTF?

The U.S. is declaring war on Canada’s very identity

This explains such a stupid column: Samira Mohyeddin is a Toronto-based journalist and the 2024-2025 inaugural journalism fellow at the University of Toronto’s Women and Gender Studies Institute.

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Would a Mark Carney win push Western separatism into the mainstream?

Earlier this month, former Reform Party leader Preston Manning sparked controversy with a Globe and Mail op-ed warning that electing a Liberal government headed by Mark Carney would pose a serious threat to Canada’s national unity.

“Voters, particularly in central and Atlantic Canada, need to recognize that a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession—a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it,” he wrote. “The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada.”

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Three ways this Canada-U.S. dispute will end

You’d have to squint till your eyeballs ache, but there is a foreseeable scenario where Canada and the U.S. build a closer relationship out of this ugly moment.

This outcome is far from certain — hence the squinting.

But one influential figure in Washington professes to see it. Donald Trump’s first-term trade czar predicted the optimistic scenario last week in Ottawa, speaking behind closed doors.

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Diane Francis: Stop complaining and cut a deal with Trump

In this federal election, it’s important for Canadians to remember that geography is destiny. Like it or not, Canada is tethered to the United States, and the next prime minister will have to sit down and cut a deal with the protectionist and erratic U.S. President Donald Trump.

Unfortunately, Liberal Leader Mark Carney fails to fully grasp the situation. Despite agreeing to negotiate with Trump after the election, he pronounced the old U.S.-Canada relationship “over,” and made state visits to London and Paris in the apparent belief that the 27 squabbling members of the European Union can replace America as Canada’s economic partner.


China is the enemy the US hopes to defeat.

Given that Carney, the LPC and the China class have chosen to side with the ChiComs I doubt that Trump will offer favourable terms.

h/t Linda1000

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Honda considering Canadian production move to U.S. in response to tariffs: report

UPDATE: Honda not considering moving auto production out of Canada says Ford, feds (I’m not believing this)

Honda to build $15 billion EV assembly plant and battery complex in Ontario Government incentives expected to total $5 billion, split evenly between Ottawa and the province

Honda is considering shifting some Canadian automotive production to the U.S. in response to new tariffs, according to a report by Japan’s Nikkei financial newspaper.

The company is looking to shift enough Canadian CR-V and Civic production to the U.S. so that it can meet 90 per cent of U.S. sales with vehicles produced there, up from its current level of about 70 per cent, the report said.

The U.S. imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all imported vehicles in early April, including ones produced in Canada despite the free trade deal, significantly raising costs for all importers.


Are Carney’s and the Liberal Party’s ties to China going to kibosh any hope of good deal?

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Asylum claims surge at this border crossing into Canada, as Donald Trump’s crackdown forces officials to prep for possible U.S. migrant influx

The Canadian border agency says it has contingency plans in place to respond to a potential new wave of refugee claimants from the U.S., after a recent spike of migrants seeking asylum at an official land port of entry in Quebec.

While it’s too early to say if the number will keep growing, the Canadian Border Services Agency said Canada is prepared as the Trump administration ramps up removal of temporary migrants from the U.S.

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What Trump really wants from Canada

Lobster family hit hardest

Machias Seal Island is a tiny dot on maps of North America. But the uninhabited, fogbound rock is significant for its location in an area known as the “Grey Zone” – the site of a rare international dispute between Canada and the United States.

The two neighbours and long-time allies have each long laid claim to the island and surrounding water, where the US state of Maine meets Canada’s New Brunswick province – and with that claim, the right to catch and sell the prized local lobsters.

John Drouin, a US lobsterman who has fished in the Grey Zone for 30 years, tells of the mad dash by Canadian and American fishermen to place lobster traps at the start of the summer catching season each year.

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Despite dip in polls, Conservative path to victory remains possible, say political players

The ongoing trade war with the United States and Justin Trudeau’s exit as prime minister have significantly altered the political landscape for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, but some believe his path to victory lies in a sharp focus on the cost of living and trade tariffs, placing their hopes on the upcoming leaders’ debates—where they expect him to “wipe the floor” with Liberal Leader Mark Carney.

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Carney Hardest Hit: Trump’s tariffs won’t cause out-of-control prices in Canada, economists say — some could even go down

As the U.S. goes head-to-head with China in an unforeseen trade battle that will raise the cost of almost everything south of the border, many Canadians are wondering what it means for their wallets.

While experts worry about the Canadian economy slowing down, and many predict global costs are headed up due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, some argue Canadian prices on electronics, clothing, food, appliances and other consumer products will not immediately skyrocket as a result.

In fact, RBC is currently predicting that inflation at the end of 2025 will remain close to the Bank of Canada’s target of two per cent.

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