US plans extra 10% tariffs for 60 countries over forced labor Canada among them

US plans extra 10% tariffs for 60 countries over forced labor Canada among them

US President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing additional tariffs of 10% or more to be imposed on its trading partners following a probe into countries importing goods allegedly made with forced labor.

In a report released Wednesday, the US Trade Representative (USTR) said it had found that 60 economies had failed to “impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor,” calling it a “burden” to US commerce.

… An additional 10% tariff will be imposed on imports from Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Pakistan, the UK and EU nations. These are countries which, according to Washington’s investigation, impose a forced labor import prohibition, that have undertaken commitments on forced labor or have partially prevented the import of forced labor goods.

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Temporary foreign worker program cost Ottawa $1.6 billion

Temporary foreign worker program cost Ottawa $1.6 billion

OTTAWA — Conservatives are pushing the government to abolish the Temporary Foreign Worker program after newly released government figures showed the program cost Ottawa $1.6 billion over the past five years.

The figures were released through an Order Paper question submitted by Conservative MP Brad Vis.

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In skipping so many question periods, Carney dodges accountability

In skipping so many question periods, Carney dodges accountability

As MPs gathered in the House of Commons at 2 p.m. Monday for daily question period, Prime Minister Mark Carney was 20 minutes away, posing for a photo op in front of a housing development in his riding.

The Leader of the Official Opposition, Pierre Poilievre, had hoped the prime minister would be present in the House of Commons to answer questions about the economy, given that, on Friday, Statistics Canada noted that gross domestic product output shrank during the quarter ending March 31, the second consecutive quarter in which the economy contracted.

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A Chinese Intelligence Organ Finds Its Hero in Ottawa, and the Words It Uses Are Carney’s Own

A Chinese Intelligence Organ Finds Its Hero in Ottawa, and the Words It Uses Are Carney’s Own

OTTAWA — On May 6, Guangming Daily — not just an official Chinese Communist Party newspaper, but allegedly the favored mouthpiece of the world’s largest intelligence agency — published an admiring essay under a headline that reads “From dependence to autonomy: how the Carney government is reimagining Canada–U.S. relations.” The piece, which approvingly amplified Carney’s odd choice to flourish a figurine of the British general Isaac Brock, famed for repelling an American invasion in 1812, does not report on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s rupture with Washington so much as celebrate it.

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PM Carney acknowledges ‘weakness’ in Canadian economy, does not use term ‘recession’

PM Carney acknowledges ‘weakness’ in Canadian economy, does not use term ‘recession’

OTTAWA – While Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged weaknesses in the Canadian economy, he also defended the federal government’s economic agenda on Tuesday and did not use the word “recession.”

“This government’s been in the process of laying the foundations for a stronger, more resilient, more independent Canadian economy,” Carney said Tuesday when asked directly by reporters in Ottawa about whether Canada is in a recession.

“That process is settling in during that time as we make major investments, major changes to how the government operates, how we do major projects, how we have new trade agreements with other countries.”

Mark Carney’s response to the current recession
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Canada considers cancelling part of U.S. F-35 order to buy 60 Swedish Gripen fighters.

Canada considers cancelling part of U.S. F-35 order to buy 60 Swedish Gripen fighters.

Canada is considering a major overhaul of its fighter modernization plan, according to a May 30, 2026, report by La Presse, indicating Ottawa may replace much of its planned 88 F-35 fleet with roughly 60 Saab Gripen fighters while retaining 30 F-35As. This potential shift to a Canada mixed fighter fleet aims to reduce reliance on US defense supply chains and political leverage while preserving core fifth-generation capabilities for NORAD and NATO operations.

h/t GW

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Mark Carney had a blithe response to the departure of a star Liberal. Here’s why he may regret it

Mark Carney had a blithe response to the departure of a star Liberal. Here’s why he may regret it

When reporters asked Mark Carney about Steven Guilbeault’s decision to quit the Liberal caucus and his seat, months after walking out of cabinet over the Alberta MOU, the Prime Minister was gracious. He wished him and his family well. As reported by Radio-Canada, Carney said: “C’est sa décision, c’est normal, c’est la vie” — it’s his decision, it’s normal, that’s life.

Carney came to office with a French that even friendly observers called tentative. But a Prime Minister saying “c’est la vie” about a cabinet minister leaving over principle is a careful and deliberate choice of words. There’s no apology in it, no spin. It says: this is what needed to happen in this moment, and yes, people will leave.


Carney is simply a bit smarter and bit more subtle than screaming meemee Guilbeault.

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Jesse Kline: Carney admits antisemitism ‘crisis,’ but won’t do much about it

Jesse Kline: Carney admits antisemitism ‘crisis,’ but won’t do much about it

TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney is good at saying all the right things, as he did during a speech on combating antisemitism at Toronto’s Holy Blossom Temple on Monday afternoon. But talk is cheap. In terms of actual policy prescriptions, Carney might as well have held up a white flag and admitted he has no idea what to do.

In a prerecorded message preceding Carney’s address, the synagogue’s chief rabbi, Yael Splansky, called on Canada to “make good on its promise of peace, order and good government,” noting that, “When hate is tolerated, it grows … when laws are not enforced, permission is granted and lawlessness escalates.


Carney has no shame.

Carney’s logic seems to work this way: My elite pals caused this mess by importing antisemitic cultures, turning our education system into an ideological fever swamp and allowing the Church of Latter Day Brownshirts to turn our streets into a giant Nazi cosplay all the while criminalizing dissent  as “Islamophobic”.

Who better than they to take care of the Jews?

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After the Land Acknowledgement … Carney says Jewish Canadians are being ‘brutally targeted’ and the country is failing them

After the Land Acknowledgement … Carney says Jewish Canadians are being ‘brutally targeted’ and the country is failing them

OTTAWA — Canada’s Jewish community is being “brutally targeted” amid a crisis of antisemitism, Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a speech in which he declared the country “is failing Jewish Canadians.”

Speaking from Holy Blossom Temple synagogue in Toronto Monday afternoon, Carney denounced the “scourge of antisemitism” afflicting Canada’s Jewish community and pledged to do more to stop it.

But he also called on Canadians to stop importing the world’s conflicts and hatreds here, arguing that Jewish Canadians do not bear the responsibility of events unfolding overseas.

Carney is full of shit his party imports and coddles Islamists for their votes. It’s a learning experience for us all!

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Terry Newman: Carney’s quest to ‘Make America Great Again’

“I’m going to draw on an insight from the Finnish president, my friend Alexander Stubb, who observed that people consistently — myself included — do three things: over-rationalize the past, over-dramatize the present and underestimate the future.”

This is what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told a room full of attendees at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday.

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Former Snowbird pilots call on Ottawa to scale back aerobatic show instead of suspending it

Former Snowbird pilots call on Ottawa to scale back aerobatic show instead of suspending it

Former Snowbird pilots are calling on the government to keep the iconic aerobatic show in the air by scaling back the performance rather than suspending it entirely.

The Royal Canadian Air Force recently announced it’s pausing the Snowbirds demonstration squadron at the end of the 2026 flying season until new planes arrive in the early 2030s.

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Amy Hamm: At least Guilbeault has principles — most Liberals don’t

Amy Hamm: At least Guilbeault has principles — most Liberals don’t

This week, Liberal MP and former environment minister and ex-Greenpeace activist Steven Guilbeault proved he’s capable of protest that doesn’t involve scaling the CN tower or chaining himself to oil sands equipment.

The Quebec MP announced his forthcoming resignation from the House of Commons, days after the CBC broke the news that 14 Liberal MPs (whom the CBC won’t name — but undoubtedly includes Guilbeault) penned a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling him out for allegedly reneging on the party’s environmental commitments. The letter insists that “climate change is the greatest threat of our time,” which certainly sounds as though it was penned by Guilbeault.

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