OTTAWA — Most Canadians want the federal government to hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest salvo in his trade war against Canada, even though they’re losing faith in the ability of Prime Minister Mark Carney to land a deal.
Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government
Canada refuses to reveal cost of Gordie Howe bridge toll deal as Trump demands more revenue
Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson is refusing to disclose how much Canadian taxpayers could lose under a new toll-sharing arrangement for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for an even larger share of the bridge’s future revenues.
The issue overshadowed Friday’s ceremonial opening of the Windsor-Detroit crossing after Trump publicly declared that the original bridge agreement “no longer stands” and suggested the United States deserves more than the recently negotiated revenue-sharing deal.
LILLEY: Mark Carney claimed he thrives in a crisis. His record suggests otherwise
Mark Carney sold himself as the leader Canadians would need in a crisis. After more than a year in office, voters are increasingly questioning that claim.
In fact, a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute shows that just 43% now believe Carney can deliver a good deal with the Americans, the thing he promised in the last election, down from 51% in April.
Justice Centre proposes eight-point plan to roll back Canada’s surveillance powers
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is calling on Parliament to reverse what it describes as Canada’s growing “surveillance state,” releasing a new report that recommends eight legislative reforms aimed at restoring privacy protections for Canadians.
GOLDSTEIN: Why natural gas is crucial to Canada’s economic growth
If Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to fulfil his promise to make Canada a conventional and green energy superpower, fossil fuels are going to be instrumental in achieving it.
Among Carney’s major economic goals are:
Doubling Canadian exports to non-U.S. markets in a decade.
Doubling Canada’s residential construction rate to 500,000 new homes per year in a decade.
Liberals don’t get to define patriotism
Conservatives have every right to criticize Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government, and to suggest this indicates disloyalty to Canada is absurd.
It’s to be expected from Liberal MPs (which does not mean all Liberals) who view themselves as Canada’s natural governing party, who see Conservatives as not simply wrong but evil, and that no criticism of their Great Leader is ever justified.
New permanent residents down 20% in Canada. Nearly half the drop came from India
Canada admitted 20 per cent fewer permanent residents in the first three months of this year, with study permits and asylum claims also falling.
The country took in 83,130 permanent residents between January and March, down from 104,320 over the same three months in 2025, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada data analyzed by the Association for Canadian Studies. It is the second consecutive year admissions have fallen. New study permits dropped 24 per cent and asylum claims fell 35 per cent over the same period.
John Carpay: The Quiet Expansion of State Power Over Canadians’ Digital Lives
Canadians are being asked to accept a quiet but profound transformation in the relationship between citizen and state. Under the banners of cyber security, fighting crime, and protecting children from social media harms, Ottawa is assembling new legal powers that expand government reach into private communications, financial records, location data, and online identities.
Jamil Jivani: Does Mark Carney want to lead the U.S. Democratic Party?
It sure looks like Mark Carney is auditioning to be the next leader of the U.S. Democratic Party.
As a Canadian Member of Parliament who represents working families impacted by U.S. tariffs, I want to know why Carney is more interested in playing American politics than being the prime minister of Canada.
Davos on the dock
Muskoka residents were baffled. As thick wildfire smoke descended from Northern Ontario in mid-July, producing a mysterious daytime fog, RCMP boats with powerful triple-400 engines emerged in the heart of cottage country.
The locals were curious: Was it a training operation? A bust of some sort? Security for someone special?
By late Thursday, they had their answer. Prime Minister Mark Carney was coming to town, visiting the JW Marriott resort on Lake Rosseau, and his public schedule later revealed he attended an annual conference that brings together chief executives, wealthy entrepreneurs, top politicians, world-renowned scientists and venture capitalists. They call it The Dock.
Elbows Up: Canadian intern at NATO military headquarters in Belgium faces spying charges
A Canadian woman of Chinese origin who was an intern at NATO’s military headquarters in Belgium has been arrested on spying charges, Belgian prosecutors said Saturday.
“She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization,” the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
h/t Ontario John
Stupid Shit Andrew Coyne Says: “Canadian conservatives have a patriotism problem”
Does Canadian conservatism have a problem with patriotism? Do some conservatives feel a greater loyalty to their ideology than their country?
Does this lead them to side with Donald Trump and the United States against Canada, in a dispute that turns in part on whether Canada should exist as a country, separate from the United States? Does it also lead them to favour the separatist side in the coming referendum in Alberta, which is also about whether the country should exist in its current form?
What’s “patriotic” about allowing the Liberal party and their corporate cronies to swamp the nation with cheap foreign labour cheating your compatriots out of wages, housing and healthcare?
What’s “patriotic” about being ruled by a Laurentian elite that would surrender us to Communist China for a few pieces of silver?
What’s “patriotic” about the Liberal Party’s determined effort to criminalize dissent?
What’s “patriotic” about knee-jerk anti-Americanism that threatens our relationship with our closest ally?
I could go on …
Carney aims to reverse $1 trillion in foreign capital flight over 2 days in September
Over two days in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney will try to stanch $1 trillion of foreign investment flight over the last decade.
You can’t fault the man for lack of ambition.
Carney is presiding over what he’s calling the Canada Investment Summit — a gathering of international business leaders, CEOs and institutional investors aimed at recouping the losses over the next five years.
Colby Cosh: Why Mark Carney felt comfortable spreading misinformation
Readers of the Post will notice a careful, measured column Thursday morning that discusses the U.S. government’s last-minute shakedown of Canada over the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting the two countries; the bridge is scheduled to open Monday. Columnist Rob Breakenridge stops just short of calling the prime minister a liar, but asks why he was “making claims about the deal” just a few days ago “that would inevitably be disproven and discredited” when the details came out, as they did on Wednesday?
Canada-EU: Closer trade ties to counter Trump?
The latest salvo in US President Donald Trump’s freewheeling trade war could have disastrous effects for Canadian business. But the new tariff threats may also open up trade opportunities elsewhere, with China and the EU in a strong position to benefit.
Trump’s planned 50% tariff on a range of imported goods ranges from wine to hockey sticks but does not include other key sectors such as energy, potash and fish.
It is expected to impact about 5%, or $20 billion (€17.5 billion) worth, of goods and “the impact could be devastating for the people in businesses involved,” Julian Karaguesian, an economics lecturer from Canada’s McGill University, told DW.