Canada

It was Canadian author Ronald Wright who noted that each time history repeats itself, the cost goes up.

In a press conference held at a cabinet retreat in Quebec , Justin Trudeau was asked whether he is frustrated that Donald Trump is once again threatening to impose tariffs on Canada.

“We’ve been here before,” he said. “The first Trump presidency represented moments of uncertainty and threats of instability, and we were able to work through that constructively.”

That’s true. But in his first term, Trump did not threaten to charge an extra 25 per cent on everything crossing the border.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is “counting down the days” until Justin Trudeau leaves office.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Smith said she hopes Trudeau does not continue “torching” Canada’s relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump in terms of trade relations. Smith spoke with reporters after attending Trump’s inauguration in Washington D.C.

The president’s policies on energy and DEI could drain Canada of its wealth and talent

The tariffs are coming. Not today, but perhaps on Feb. 1. That’s what U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday, after his inaugural address.

Trump’s speech made scant mention of tariffs, only that he would be establishing an “external revenue service” that would “tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.”

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is staying the course on her diplomatic approach to try to avert punishing tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump as a new deadline looms.

Trump said late Monday he is thinking of instituting 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods starting Feb. 1, rather than on his first day in office.

Smith is doubling down on her efforts to address Trump’s main irritants, including beefing up border security and boosting military spending.

We’re better off following her lead than idiot Trudeau’s path.

He’ll be back.

Like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator character, there’s a relentless determination to U.S. President Donald Trump. His inauguration day decision to hold off on potentially devastating 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian imports came as a pleasant surprise, at least for a few hours. The loonie’s value popped on the news. So did energy, pipeline and railway stocks – sectors that had already priced in a profit-killing trade war.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday in Coventry, Vermont, near the U.S. border with Canada, the agency said in a statement.

The incident was the first time since the 2010 slaying of Agent Brian Terry in Arizona that a Border Patrol agent was slain by an assailant, according to a memorial list of fallen officers compiled by support groups.

One suspect, a German national, is dead, and a second suspect, a U.S. citizen who sustained injuries, is in custody, according to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide preliminary details. There was no additional information available about the shooting nor the traffic stop.