A darkening mood is settling in across Canada as it becomes clear that our country has come under siege by those we had previously believed to have been our closest friends and partners. We may have hoped that this would not come to be, but we are here now and we can’t pretend otherwise. Despite the appearance of randomness and incoherence, we are beginning to more clearly understand the rudimentary strategy at play behind what some have observed as “a dumb” move.
Canadian politicians agree on virtually nothing except that apologies are owed.
In recent decades, the first high-profile regret for history came in 1988 from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for the internment of Japanese Canadians and the government’s theft of their property during the Second World War. Next was a 1990 apology for how the government declared Italian Canadians “enemy aliens” in that same war (after Italy joined the Axis against Canada and her allies). In 2001, Ron Duhamel, the Veterans’ Affairs minister in the Jean Chretien government, expressed official regret for the army’s execution of 23 soldiers during the First World War. In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for residential schools, where native Canadian children attended (sometimes by force, and sometimes at the request of parents) between the 1880s and 1990s and where sexual and physical abuses occurred.
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “numbskull” on Thursday, in response to Trudeau declaring Canada will continue a “trade war” with United States.
He weeps at the purity of his own soul. https://t.co/eTplPUsSEC
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) March 7, 2025
President Donald Trump is threatening to impose new tariffs on Canadian dairy products, claiming that Canada has been unfairly shutting out American farmers.
Trump insists Canada’s “tremendously high tariff of 250%” makes it “impossible for us to sell dairy products into Canada,” and warns the US could respond with reciprocal measures.
“This isn’t fair,” said Trump in the Oval Office.
Trump slammed Canada for unfair trade, citing a 250% dairy tariff and restrictions on U.S. lumber.
He vowed reciprocal tariffs as early as Monday.
Trump also said it’s been very difficult to deal with Canada’s representatives. pic.twitter.com/7UOJo14Lz9
— ️ Kat Kanada (@KatKanada_TM) March 7, 2025
It was the summer of 2007. Deep inside Canada’s finance ministry, high-ranking officials were staring down the barrel of a global financial meltdown.
They weren’t sure exactly when, or how, the market would crash, but as Mark Carney tells it, “We knew that the thing was going to fall apart.”
It was a turning point for Mr. Carney, then a senior public servant, and began the next chapter of his career managing economic crises as the governor of national banks in Canada and Britain.
Nope.
Over the past few weeks, tensions between Canada and the United States have intensified, spurred by President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs and the constant threat of annexation. This heated political landscape has ignited a surge in Canadian patriotism, which is now expressing itself in a very tangible way: through consumer behaviour. In other words, shopping choices, travel plans, and overall spending patterns are no longer driven simply by cost or convenience—political considerations are increasingly at play.
Three out of four Canadians would support a national energy corridor and pipeline from Alberta to Eastern Canada, according to a new Nanos survey – even if there were environment and Indigenous land claim concerns about the route.
The survey of 1,001 Canadian adults between Feb. 28 and March 5 found that 54 per cent “support” a cross-country pipeline, while 21 per cent “somewhat support” the idea.
Eleven per cent of those surveyed opposed the idea of a pipeline, while ten per cent “somewhat opposed” the concept.
Mark Carney’s closer Bay Street ties could spell trouble for the Conservative leader
On the 34th floor of First Canadian Place, the BMO-branded tower at the core of corporate Canada’s Bay Street hub, a distinctly downtown crowd of about 150 people gathered to get a glimpse of Pierre Poilievre.
Law firm Bennett Jones hosted the fundraiser. Robert Staley – a close ally of the Conservative leader and chair of the party’s powerful fundraising arm – is the firm’s vice-chair and a partner. Other hosts included Scotiabank vice-chair Mark Mulroney, son of a former prime minister, health care services executive Shaun Francis of Medcan Health Management and former Assante Wealth Management CEO Joe Canavan.
With the NDP staring down some of the worst poll numbers in their history, leader Jagmeet Singh is suddenly walking back his pledge to bring down the Liberal government at the earliest opportunity.
Canadian government to announce supports in response to Trump tariffs
Federal ministers are expected to announce details of the government’s plan to support workers and businesses as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat continues to loom over the Canadian economy.
Steven MacKinnon, Mary Ng and Rechie Valdez — the ministers of labour, international trade and small business — are announcing the details at a news conference in Ottawa on Friday afternoon.
After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an extraordinary statement that was largely lost in the fray of the moment.
“The excuse that he’s giving for these tariffs today of fentanyl is completely bogus, completely unjustified, completely false,” Mr. Trudeau told the news media in Ottawa.
“What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us,” he added.
This is the story of how Mr. Trudeau went from thinking Mr. Trump was joking when he referred to him as “governor” and Canada as “the 51st state” in early December to publicly stating that Canada’s closest ally and neighbor was implementing a strategy of crushing the country in order to take it over.
As dictated by Katie Telford to the NYTimes. I suggest No Trudeau. No problem. And believe nothing the Liberal party says.
Here is vid evidence @realDonaldTrump that Trudeau – Carney Liberals are campaigning on the Tariffs and I am skeptical if Justin Trudeau is really going anywhere. This was AFTER Trudeau claimed to "resign," when he actually ONLY promised to someday resign in the future and… https://t.co/awMefUhUrN pic.twitter.com/mWH4AIoI5u
— David Krayden (@DavidKrayden) March 5, 2025
Canada’s frightening new reality: our next door neighbour has upended the world order
The spectacle of U.S. President Donald Trump and his toady acolyte, Vice-President JD Vance, berating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last week was many things: embarrassing, shameful, shocking, reckless. But to Canadians watching their performance, the astonishing scene should have evoked another reaction: fear.
It appears that by denying Europe access to Canadian oil and gas that Trudeau was really helping Russia as Europe still buys Russian fuel. Boy was I shocked. https://t.co/4pjQpSQMHS
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) March 7, 2025
“Security guarantee” means the US picks up the defense tab while Europe continues to buy Russian Oil and Gas. She’s been ratio’d and deservedly so.
Authorities in the United States have offered a $10m reward for information that leads to the arrest of a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder-turned-international drug kingpin.
Police in Los Angeles said on Thursday that Ryan Wedding – also known as “El Jefe”, “Giant” and “Public Enemy” – is wanted for his role in a billion-dollar cross-border drug trafficking operation and for several homicides linked to his drug sprawling network.
Wedding, who the FBI said is one of the US’s top 10 most-wanted fugitives, is probably hiding in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa drug cartel, officials said.
From pants to pasta, even your cross-border shopping trip is now subject to 25 per cent tariffs.
Canadian border officers have started slapping a 25 per cent surtax — in addition to applicable duties — on most items from the U.S. that Windsorites and other border residents have crossed with for decades.
Canada’s cybersecurity protection agency is warning that China, Russia and Iran will “very likely” use artificial intelligence in an attempt to interfere with the 2025 federal election expected this spring.
The Communications Security Establishment released a report Thursday, the Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process: 2025 Update, that details the impact increasingly powerful and accessible artificial intelligence tools have had on efforts by foreign actors to spread disinformation, harass politicians and conduct espionage or interference.
