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
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.
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would amend the Conflict of Interest Act if elected prime minister, saying it would close the “Carney Loophole.”
… In a video posted to social media, Poilievre blasts Liberal leadership front-runner and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney for whom the policy is named after.
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 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.
Tariffs have everyone’s knickers in a knot, but let’s get our heads out of the poutine and look at what’s actually happening with investments. In the last two months alone:
* US snags $500B from Apple for AI & manufacturing
* Rivian announces a $5B EV plant in Indiana
* Honda… pic.twitter.com/XGecXCJgDI
— Daniela (@daniela_isspicy) March 6, 2025
According to their own bizarre logic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal leadership frontrunner Mark Carney should be overjoyed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff jihad against Canada may cause a massive recession here.
Wonder what brought this on …
Excuse us? The @JustinTrudeau government is now in favour of oil and gas production after advocating policies for the past decade designed to keep them in the ground?
Joint Statement From Canada's Energy and Mines Ministers https://t.co/tGt5RrJJGx via @BOEReport— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) March 6, 2025
Justin Trudeau said today – in what was one of, if not his final press conference as prime minister – that he won’t try to stay on in a caretaker capacity once his successor is named.
Appearing to get emotional at times when talking about his decade in power, Trudeau said he is looking forward “to a transition to my duly elected successor in the coming days or week.”
Justin Trudeau is crying. pic.twitter.com/jhCCSvqluD
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) March 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will temporarily waive tariffs on products from Mexico that fall under the North American free trade agreement, two days after launching a continental trade war.
The announcement did not mention Canada, which is also facing sweeping tariffs, despite Trump’s commerce secretary saying earlier that both countries would “likely” see a reprieve. It came shortly after Trump levelled new attacks against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following a heated exchange Wednesday.
Update: Trump pausing tariffs on some Canadian goods until April 2
h/t Shasta
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s office confirms she has briefed Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney on President Donald Trump’s tariffs days ahead of Sunday’s leadership vote this week.
… According to multiple Liberal sources with knowledge of what happened at Wednesday’s virtual national caucus meeting — including an MP who was there — Joly suggested that she has not yet briefed the other Liberal leadership candidates.
OTTAWA — Despite Canada facing a devastating trade war with the potential to wreak billions in economic losses, taking April’s carbon tax increase off the table doesn’t seem to be on the Trudeau Liberals’ radar.
For a Harvard and Oxford University graduate, Mark Carney has done some head-shakingly dumb things lately.
The lust for power may have scrambled his brain, or it could be that as he morphs into a Liberal politician he has adopted some of the worst tropes associated with those who seek elected office: a casual relationship with the truth, embellishing achievements and a reliance on non-existent facts.
The Justin Trudeau era is ending, after nine-and-a-half years as prime minister. His exit coincides with the onset of a trade crisis with the United States. Trudeau leaves behind a stagnant Canadian economy crippled by dwindling productivity, a long stretch of weak business investment, and waning global competitiveness. These are problems Trudeau chose to ignore throughout his tenure. His successors will not have that luxury.
NDP MP Niki Ashton is raising questions about Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney’s trickery and conflicts of interest, the first of her party to do so.
Leftists party members and media alike have widely favoured the un-elected Carney as the frontrunner of Sunday’s leadership contest — the winner of which will become Canada’s next prime minister.
