Canada likes to portray itself as a nation of free trade. But there’s at least one major relic of the past holding Canada back: our system of supply management.
It’s also a major irritant in Canada’s now-rocky trading relationship with the United States.
“The Yanks are coming! The Yanks are coming!” The true North, strong and free, we stand on guard for thee. And don’t forget to vote for the Liberal Party.
The “Red Scare” of the 1950s wasn’t so much a “scare” as it was an excuse to politically punish liberals. During the Great Depression, a couple of million lefties “flirted” with communism as an answer to the vagaries of capitalism’s economic cycles. Misguided and hopelessly naive, they believed that the American experiment could be married to the Soviet experiment.
“The US has reversed its alliances to side with Russia against Europe!” This is the idea that many commentators in Britain, France and Germany have been hammering in for the past week.
The Washington Post went even further: “For Europe, this is a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency moment. The United States, which has guaranteed European security against Russia for 80 years, appears to have switched sides under President Donald Trump.”
Apparently sharing that analysis, the European Union organized two summits that included Great Britain as an ad hoc member.
Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town
WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early Sunday, according to authorities.
No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.
The Secret Service received information from local police about an alleged “suicidal individual” who was traveling from Indiana and found the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby.
Billionaire Elon Musk threw his weight behind a US exit from NATO, saying on his social media platform that it “doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe.”
The senior adviser to US President Donald Trump was responding to a post on X early Sunday that asserted the US should “Exit NATO *now*!”
Gurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led onto the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting C-17 military transport aircraft.
It was 3 February and, after a months-long journey, he realised his dream of living in America was over. He was being deported back to India. “It felt like the ground was slipping away from underneath my feet,” he said.
Gurpreet, 39, was one of thousands of Indians in recent years to have spent their life savings and crossed continents to enter the US illegally through its southern border, as they sought to escape an unemployment crisis back home.
Never suggest annexation doesn’t have an upside! Trump could remove Brampton in a month!
The King is said to be concerned about the discord between Canada and the US, an issue that is “particularly on his mind” as Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau continue to clash.
On Monday Charles met the outgoing Canadian prime minister, who has repeatedly locked horns with the US president over Trump’s imposition of crippling tariffs on Canada and his taunting of “Governor Trudeau”.
On several occasions Trump has proposed making Canada, of which Charles is head of state, into America’s “51st state”.
An expert on insurgency says an American military incursion into Canada would be a disaster — for the United States.
A military move by President Donald Trump could eventually destroy America’s worldwide power, says Dr. Aisha Ahmad, an associate professor at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Ahmad has studied insurgencies and visited many conflict zones for more than 20 years. She sees a pattern of resistance that repeats itself every time.
The claim that tariffs are inherently misguided and inevitably harmful does not stand up to scrutiny, especially when it comes to U.S. trade with China
Donald Trump is back—and so is the tariff. “It’s a beautiful word, isn’t it?” the president quipped before the joint session of Congress on Tuesday—so beautiful that he referenced tariffs 17 more times in his address. In the short time since his second inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump has imposed—and sometimes walked back or temporarily suspended—tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico, and declared a policy of tit-for-tat “reciprocity” or retaliation for any foreign tariffs on American exports that are higher than U.S. tariffs on imports. And he has justified tariffs with multiple rationales, ranging from protecting or reshoring defense-critical American industries to pressuring America’s neighbors to take action to reduce the cross-border flow of illegal immigrants and drugs like fentanyl. In fact, he told members of Congress, tariffs were “about protecting the soul of our country.”
The chaotic and inconsistent nature of Trump’s second-term policy to date can be criticized. But when it comes to tariffs as a tool of economic statecraft in general, the gap between establishment rhetoric and actual government practice is big enough to drive a Chinese EV through.
Fellow Democrats, the party needs to rethink all the anti-tariff absolutism. I’m a Rust Belt Democrat from swingy Western PA—where lousy trade deals like NAFTA stripped us for parts. Democrats need to break free from the zombie horde of neoliberal economists who think tariffs…
— Congressman Chris Deluzio (@RepDeluzio) March 7, 2025
Canada uses them, nearly all nations do. In Canada they typically protect the politically favoured and are not objectively implemented to serve the common good.
h/t XC
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is taking a stand for free speech. Or is he?
The Washington Post owner’s editorial decree rocked journalism. Bezos instructed the Post’s opinion section to hyper-focus on free markets and personal liberties. Naturally, the paper’s far-left journalists cried out in pain.
One quit on the spot.
Canadian shoppers wanting to boycott US products are outraged that many retailers appear to be hiding “product of USA” labeled foods in a sneaky effort to sell the suddenly “toxic” inventory.
Complaints to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency about country of origin claims have skyrocketed across the country in February, as the trade war with the US escalates, the consumer watchdog told The Post.
h/t LS
The FBI arrested three people on charges of treason this week, and believe it or not, none of them are senators or congressmen.
In a stunning blow to Chinese espionage efforts, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of three Army personnel who thought they could sell out America’s national security for Chinese cash. Two active-duty soldiers and one veteran are learning the hard way that treason doesn’t pay.
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump’s repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those living in Alberta.
The Leger poll, released this week, says just nine per cent of Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state, while 85 per cent do not.
The rejection appears clear across all regions, political parties and age groups.
Support for the idea is highest in Alberta, at 15 per cent, and lowest in Atlantic Canada at just three per cent, with fewer than one-in-10 people in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia wanting it.
Charles Barkley is the latest public figure to defend Wayne Gretzky against criticism from Canadians over his ties to Donald Trump.
A friend of Gretzky’s from the Phoenix area, where the hockey legend once coached the Coyotes and Barkley previously played for the NBA’s Suns, Sir Charles offered support to the NHL legend on TNT this week.
Canada is seeking allies in its fight with Donald Trump. It’s not easy to find them
OTTAWA — It’s every country for itself in the era of Donald Trump.
Ottawa is seeking allies but allies are seeking cover. They see what’s going on, and undoubtedly hope they can avoid the same fate.
The unpredictable U.S. president hammered Canada and Mexico on Tuesday with punishing 25 per cent tariffs and 10 per cent on energy. Then the flip-flops began.
I think a more likely explanation is Justin is so full of himself, such an annoying woke scold he has rendered Canada into a pariah state. We don’t like him. No one else likes him either.
