We know that the RCMP compiled and distributed lists identifying peaceful Freedom Convoy protestors and associated entities to banks and other financial institutions. Those lists contained names, birth dates, phone numbers, and other personal information sent by unencrypted email… pic.twitter.com/SBnLh6hI04
— Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (@JCCFCanada) August 17, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke over the phone with Donald Trump on Monday afternoon ahead of the U.S. president’s tariff deadline.
While CTV News has confirmed the conversation took place, the Prime Minister’s Office would not provide further details, other than that the conversation was about “the ongoing trade negotiations.”
PM @MarkJCarney says he has plan to cover “all eventualities” if U.S. imposes $28 billion in new tariffs under Wednesday deadline. Details of plan too confidential to discuss in public, he said.https://t.co/KzTwlnxDkI@howardlutnick @jamiesongreer @DLeBlancNB @GAC_Corporate… pic.twitter.com/1zJ4hBVI0r
— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) August 18, 2026
I bet he does. h/t Mauser
“For us this is not a trade war,” Jamieson Greer said last week.
It’s a statement at odds with how Canadians have viewed the ongoing trade dispute with the United States. It’s not the first time that Greer, Donald Trump’s chief trade negotiator, has made those remarks; he’s also not the first senior American official to dispute the idea that Canada is in a trade war with the United States.
A national union says it was told by Stellantis this week that it is seriously considering the closure and sale of the Brampton Assembly Plant.
Unifor national president Lana Payne told reporters on Friday that the union “received information” from Stellantis on Wednesday about its possible plans, but Stellantis has not provided the union with formal written notice of closure of the plant as required under its collective agreement.
How did this story get buried?
Earlier last month, Belgian authorities arrested Biwei Zhang, a Canadian intern of Chinese origin working at NATO’s military headquarters in Mons, Belgium, on suspicion of espionage. Prosecutors say she is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country—identified by Reuters as China—and of belonging to a criminal organization. Before her posting to NATO, Zhang had worked across the Canadian federal government, including stints at the National Research Council, Statistics Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, and the Canadian Space Agency. She even cleared a CSIS and RCMP background check, despite a 2023 finding that she had committed fraud.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is reiterating his call for Prime Minister Mark Carney to extend a pause on Canada’s fuel excise tax, which is set to return on Labour Day.
Ottawa temporarily removed the tax from retail gas sales in April, a measure that will expire on Sept. 7. In a letter to Carney on Sunday, Poilievre argued the tax should remain paused until at least Canada Day 2027.
Maybe Canada’s peak opportunity for young adults really was in the 70s and 80s? Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows the median income didn’t budge at all in 2024 after inflation. Since peaking in 2021, the median income hasn’t made much progress after inflation—except for older Canadians. While older demographics continue to see their real (inflation-adjusted) incomes hit new highs, younger ones saw their incomes peak nearly half a century ago. Seriously.
During the last federal election every Liberal campaign sign in my neighborhood was outside a home owned by a retired boomer. Every single one. They see Canada entirely different than I do. It’s crazy. https://t.co/AGfLl3Wnv5
— Brian Blyther (@thetaxpayer1) August 10, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada has developed a dangerous habit: when reality collides with the prevailing political narrative, we increasingly question the reality rather than the narrative.
Call it political correctness, progressive orthodoxy, institutional risk aversion or, in the language now commonly used, “woke” politics. Canada has created a culture in which governments and institutions are often more comfortable managing the language surrounding a problem than confronting the problem itself.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new sovereign wealth fund risks repeating the problems of a troubled British fund he helped create, a new report warns.
The report, released Thursday by think tank the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), notes that Carney’s Canada Strong Fund echoes the United Kingdom’s National Wealth Fund, and argues that the resemblance should be a red flag for the Canadian prime minister and former Bank of England governor.
I bet Carney will do ok though.
The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries had helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties.
The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China evade tens of billions of dollars in tariffs, which are levied on companies importing goods.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said it had cost “American jobs and billions in revenue”.
Given Carney’s love of China it’s no surprise.
Conservative and Bloc MPs have called for an emergency meeting of the House of Commons public safety committee to probe espionage allegations against a Canadian former intern arrested by Belgian authorities on suspicion of espionage.
“These allegations are deeply concerning and raise serious questions about Canada’s national security screening processes,” Conservative MP Frank Caputo said in a statement on Thursday.
“Parliament must determine whether there were gaps in Canada’s security screening system and whether those gaps could have exposed sensitive information or put the security of Canada and our allies at risk.”
Canada says immigration applications are assessed individually in response to cases of Iranians who completed mandatory military service with the Revolutionary Guards receiving letters warning they could be deemed inadmissible on security grounds.
In a statement to Iran International, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said “membership in the IRGC and service in the IRGC are distinct considerations” for assessing inadmissibility.
Heritage Minister Marc Miller arranged confidential briefings on the United Kingdom Labour government’s plans to combat division, extremism and hate during a July trip to Britain, according to an Access to Information memo.
The discussions included a Labour government “social cohesion” action plan that singled out what it described as “digital grifters” and “politicians of grievance” as having an interest in promoting division.
As we’ve witnessed in Britain “Social Cohesion” means two tiered justice and the criminalization of dissent.
A measure of how seriously Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals take the unprecedented explosion of Jew hatred across Canada is indicated by their leisurely response to it.
On Feb. 4, they announced the creation of a “Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion” to replace the offices of the “Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism” and the “Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia”, created by Justin Trudeau.
45% of Canada’s Jewish community voted Liberal in the last federal election according to the main post-election survey of Jewish voters.
The average Canadian family last year spent more on paying taxes than for the basic necessities of shelter, food and clothing combined, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.
A family with an average income of $112,111, the report by the fiscally conservative think tank says, spent $50,721 or 41.9% of its income on taxes in 2025 compared to $43,657, or 36%, for shelter ($27,686), food ($13,249) and clothing ($2,722).
