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Not since Lester Pearson, still in Opposition, heaped praise on the crisis management talents of U.S. President John F. Kennedy after the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 has any Canadian political leader showered such a torrent of compliments upon an American president as Prime Minister Mark Carney did on U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 7. (Admittedly, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau would have been a strong contestant if he had not become almost tongue-tied in complementing U.S. President Richard Nixon on his triangulation of great power relations with his diplomatic overture to China, a field in which Trudeau fancied himself something of a pioneer.) There is nothing wrong with this, and it is almost certainly an astute diplomatic gambit as President Trump’s threshold for considering praise of himself excessive and questionably motivated is relatively high. The prime minister’s compliments were nothing but the truth: ending illegal immigration, pressuring allies to increase defence spending, generating economic growth, advancing the Middle East peace process and terminating Iran’s nuclear program. And Trump responded with gracious compliments for Carney.

I wonder where he gets his optimism from?

One of Donald Trump’s former chiefs of staff passed along a tip this week to a high-powered Canadian audience on how to deal with the president. Basically it amounted to this: Trump wants friends.

“The president’s a one-on-one guy, and he’s personable. He likes to be friends with the people that he’s talking to,” Reince Priebus, who served as Trump’s first chief of staff after his 2016 election victory, told a Canada-U.S. summit in Toronto.

How did the Star manage to get both elbows up their butt?

Is the bromance off between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford?

Carney’s soft handling of Donald Trump and concerns about the Liberals potentially abandoning the auto industry would appear to say yes.

The expectations were high for the second bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump, with Canadians seeking relief from punishing tariffs as the White House continues to wage its quixotic trade war against the world.

The love fest hit new highs as both men offered glowing compliments and bromides amid their blossoming bromance. Still, through the veil of laughter and love, deep intractable challenges that many are hoping for resolution still went unresolved.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team arrived in Washington this week with high hopes for a trade breakthrough, but even with Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, still in talks late into the week before heading home on Friday, Canada’s bid for tariff relief appears to remain out of reach. So why is Washington insistent on a tariff-laden trade framework?

Canada and the North American military command it shares with the United States risk being marginalized if Ottawa fails to ensure a commanding role for NORAD in Donald Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile-defence project, a Commons committee heard Thursday.

This week, the President announced that the United States was working with Canada on the project to combine all the U.S.’s existing missile defences and expand them, including with interceptors in outer space, to better counter ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles.

Poor Captain Canada. He was once our nation’s hero, but the country seems less enamoured with his shtick now that his arch enemy, U.S. President Donald Trump, has retreated back to his lair to cultivate his malevolent schemes against various foes, and not simply Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford began discovering his powers at the beginning of the year, when Canada was being governed by a lame-duck prime minister and a distinct absence of leadership at the federal level. With no one to counter Mr. Trump’s threats of punishing tariffs, our hero donned his uniform – a navy “Canada Is Not For Sale Hat – and bravely made idle threats about cutting off electricity to the Americans.

Four in five Canadians surveyed believe boycotting U.S.-made goods or avoiding travel to the United States could help strengthen Canada’s bargaining position with its southern neighbour, according to a new Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News.

The poll found 80 per cent of Canadians think such boycotts would be “helpful or somewhat helpful” in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Fewer than one in five respondents, or 18 per cent, said they believe it would be not helpful or somewhat not helpful.

A lot of Canadians voted for Carney as well …

• $292,200 Comptroller General @TBS_Canada
• $309,700 Minister @FinanceCanada
• $420,600 Deputy Minister @FinanceCanada
• $420,600 Clerk @PrivyCouncilCA
• $458,100 president @bdc_ca
• $544,800 Governor @bankofcanada
• $550,600 CEO @ExportDevCanada
• $562,700 CEO… https://t.co/JExIj2WjYu

— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) October 8, 2025

h/t Mauser

It seemed like a nice meeting, albeit with few tangible results, when Mark Carney met with Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Yet, what may come of that meeting could be a major overhaul of the Canadian economy.

Apparently, Carney talked about reviving the Keystone XL pipeline as part of his discussions with Trump. He also raised the issue of critical minerals with the American president, but there is one industry feeling left out and concerned — the auto industry.