In Carney’s world, Canada is more powerful than Trump thinks

U.S. President Donald Trump has reacted harshly to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s acclaimed speech at Davos. First Mr. Trump claimed Canada was a small-power satellite dependent on the U.S. Then Mr. Trump threatened 100-per-cent tariffs if Canada made a deal with China.

Till this day, we are still feeling the aftershock of the speech. Some observers have criticized Mr. Carney for provoking Mr. Trump. McGill University’s Andrew Potter called Mr. Carney “reckless.”


I bet the author of this love letter caught the clap from Carney.

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Joel Kotkin: Carney is turning Canada into China’s vassal state

 

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the recent Davos conference — where he called for decoupling from the U.S. while entering a “strategic partnership” with China — was greeted rapturously abroad. His tough on Trump rhetoric is certainly winning political points at home as well.

Yet, in listing towards China, Carney is not only ignoring geography, but embracing an authoritarian regime far more dangerous than anything coming from MAGA. China’s clear intention is to seek global hegemony based on trade with an array of vassal states. All are then expected to follow Beijing’s party line.

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Canada’s Massive ‘Voluntary’ Gun Buyback Program Comes With Prison Time

The Gun Buyback was made to order for Mark Carney’s China Pivot.

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could face prison time if they do not turn in their newly prohibited guns under a supposedly “voluntary” gun buyback program that is testing the strength of Canada’s bureaucratic regime.

Since May 2020, the Canadian government has attempted to institute a massive “assault-style firearms compensation program” that will purportedly trade cash for prohibited guns. If Canadians do not turn in a prohibited gun by October 2026, they could face up to five years in prison. The program has faced massive pushback from provincial leaders and gun rights organizations who say it will only disarm law-abiding Canadians.

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Canada on recession watch, economy on ‘life support’: Economist

The Bank of Canada needs to cut interest rates further as Canada is in recession watch and its economy is on life support, according to a new report.

The report, Canadian Economy on Life Support by Rosenberg Research,  states that despite cuts to interest rates from a high of 5% in 2024, Canada’s per capita gross domestic product is still failing, and the economy is growing at only 1% per year.

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U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next

Communications between the Trump administration and Alberta’s separatist movement raised alarm at the highest levels in Canada last week. It also raised questions about Washington’s possible intentions.

Some even see dangerous parallels between American efforts to inflame Alberta separatism and the Russian campaign to gin up a separatist movement in eastern Ukraine a decade ago.

Last week, an Alberta separatist group revealed that it was hosted at three meetings by the U.S. State Department.


Honestly as the true nature of the Carney ChiCom alliance is revealed annexation looks better and better.

Energy minister won’t rule out Chinese state-owned companies from buying majority stakes in Canada’s oil patch

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Government expected to announce it’s scrapping EV mandate in favour of new fuel efficiency system: source

The federal government is expected to announce its national automotive strategy on Thursday that includes scrapping Canada’s electric vehicle mandate and replacing it with a new system of fuel efficiency standards and credits, CBC News has learned.

Two sources say Ottawa is also expected to bring back popular electric vehicle incentives for consumers purchasing electric vehicles.

Money will also be announced to build more charging stations for EVs across Canada to help consumers, a source said.

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SLOBODIAN: Taxpayer-funded ‘spin’ doctors — Ottawa spent $262,000 teaching bureaucrats how to dodge Parliament’s questions

Consultants were paid $262,609 to coach federal managers on how to answer questions when summoned to testify before parliamentary committees.

These consultants offered managers “strategic and practical advice” on committee appearances. They were hired to “review material and provide comments, advice, and suggested questions,” the cabinet wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the Commons, per Blacklock’s Reporter.

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Canadians Grow Increasingly Hostile Towards Immigration

A record high share of Canadians now say the effects of immigration on the nation are mostly negative

Newly updated immigration polling from Research Co is suggesting Canadians are rapidly turning against immigration as the anti-immigration trend continues.

The most recent numbers find that 48% of Canadians say that immigration to Canada is having a mostly negative effect on our nation, compared to 34% who say that it’s having a mostly positive effect.

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New federal grocery rebate will cost $12.4 billion, PBO estimates

Canadians have been dealing with sticker shock for years as grocery prices have shot up by more than 30 per cent since 2020, according to the most recent data from Statistics Canada.

Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a suite of affordability measures to help Canadian families who are struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. The flagship measure is the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit.

We now know what that will cost. On Monday, the parliamentary budget officer announced that the federal government’s plan to increase the GST credit and offer a one-time payment to Canadians will cost Ottawa an estimated $12.4 billion over five years.

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Carney government replacing islamophobia and antisemitism envoys with “Social Cohesion” Kommissars

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney government said Wednesday that it is eliminating Canada’s special envoy positions on fighting Islamophobia and antisemitism.
The positions will be replaced by a new “Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion, ” Culture and Identity Minister Marc Miller said in a news release.

“The Advisory Council will be comprised of prominent Canadians from academia, experts and community leaders with a mission to foster social cohesion, rally Canadians around shared identity, combat racism and hate in all their forms, and help guide the efforts of the Government of Canada,” Miller said.

You and I will be in the Kommissar’s cross-hairs.

h/t Patti Jo

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The 51st state bait and switch that rattled Canadian voters

It was the rhetoric no one saw coming from a President supposedly dedicated to law and order: threats not just to limit or alter trade with Canada, but “absorb” the country altogether as the 51st State. Falsely labeled as a solution to fentanyl abuse and alleged subsidies, coupled with “liberating” Canada from its far-left leader and lowering taxes, the 51st state narrative sprung to life from nowhere, dispersed like wildfire, and directly influenced an election handily going to Pierre Poilievre straight into Mark Carney’s hands.

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Canada to Claim Stellantis, GM Owe Hundreds of Millions to Government

The move could escalate tension between Ottawa and the automakers, who have scaled back production in the country

OTTAWA—Canada estimates that officials will aim to recover “hundreds of millions of dollars” from Stellantis and General Motors after the companies scaled back production in the country, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Tuesday.

Joly told reporters she would provide more details in the coming days. Seeking compensation of that scale is likely to escalate tension between Ottawa and North American automakers, whose share of automobile production in Canada has declined steadily in the past decade.

Canadian officials and representatives from Stellantis have been in talks since at least November after the automaker said it would shift production of the Jeep Compass from a factory in Brampton, Ontario, to Illinois. Earlier this decade, Canada provided the equivalent of just over one billion Canadian dollars, or about US$731 million, to the automaker to reconfigure the Brampton plant and maintain production in Canada.

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‘Everyone in this room has your back’: Canadian Media Producers Association President pledges industry support for Carney

Reynolds Mastin, the President and CEO of the Canadian Media Producers Association, told Prime Minister Mark Carney that the industry has his back, in comments given at the association’s recent summit.

“Prime Minister, know that every person in this room, and the 180,000 people who work in the industry, have your back, just as we know that you have ours,” said Mastin in a 15-second clip posted on X.

Canadian Pravda (Incognito)

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John Ivison: Carney’s diversification plan will turn to disaster if China attacks Taiwan

In his speech at his party’s convention in Calgary on Friday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre expressed his wariness about the “strategic partnership” the Carney government has struck with China.

Cognizant that many western Conservatives welcomed Beijing’s tariff relief on canola provided by an agreement to allow 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, he did not expand on his misgivings.

The deal is deliberately limited in scope and certainly does not justify the wilder ramblings of some MAGA types like President Donald Trump’s former adviser, Steve Bannon, who mused about Canada and China conducting joint military exercises in the Arctic.

Carney doesn’t care about no Taiwan.

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