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Conrad Black: What a Trump Presidency Means for Canada

Contrary to widely expressed fears in Canada, there is plenty of room for the Canadian government of either major party to work cooperatively with the new American administration on most fronts. A couple of months ago, I had occasion to ask then-candidate Donald Trump whether Canada had anything to fear if he were elected. He said: “Your trade negotiators are better than ours, but all I’m asking is fair trade which is not a big problem with Canada.” He added that he knows the country well, has done lots of business here, and has nothing but liking and goodwill for Canada.

They’re like Zombies!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, President Trump, USA

John Ivison: Trudeau already has Trump irritated. He might soon make it worse

Donald Trump reportedly described Justin Trudeau as a “behind-your-back guy,” after the two fell out over tariffs during the president-elect’s first term in office.

As Trudeau continues to languish in domestic opinion polls, he may be tempted to reprise his role as the “behind your back guy” by attempting to appease the president on trade and security to his face, while sub rosa, using him as a warning about what Canadians can expect if they elect the Conservatives.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, President Trump, USA

Barbara Kay: Trump victory a win for women’s rights, War on Terror

As you’ve likely heard several times by now, Donald Trump’s decisive victory on Tuesday was “the greatest political comeback in American history.” It’s not an exaggeration, and while some media commentators (like those on Fox News, which I was watching on election night) made the observation in positive wonderment, most admitted it through gritted teeth.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Election 2024, USA

Canada may need to let Trump be ‘senior partner’ in U.S. relations says Never Trumper

Canada may need to let Trump be ‘senior partner’ in U.S. relations: GOP critic

Ottawa may have to let U.S. president-elect Donald Trump act as the “senior partner” in the Canada-U.S. relationship, even if that makes Canadians “bristle,” a prominent Republican critic of the incoming president says.

Jeff Timmer, a longtime Republican official and strategist in Michigan who helped lead efforts aimed at defeating Trump in the past two U.S. elections, says the Canadian government will need to treat Trump as “the guy in charge” to ensure Canada’s interests are safeguarded during what’s expected to be a protectionist U.S. administration.

Like the US is gonna let Justin dictate terms.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA, WTF?

FBI says tips coming in on whereabouts of fugitive Canadian ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding

More than three weeks after the FBI first offered a reward of up to $50,000 US for information leading to the arrest of Ryan Wedding, investigators say tips have been coming in. But the manhunt continues for the former Team Canada Olympic snowboarder, accused of leading a murderous, transnational drug trafficking operation.

“The FBI has, and continues to receive, information related to the whereabouts of Ryan Wedding,” FBI spokesperson Rukelt Dalberis told CBC News in an email. “Tips received at this point have yet to lead to an arrest.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, USA

Canada’s answer to Trump 2.0 worries? Everything’s fine.

OTTAWA — When Donald Trump returns to the White House, Canada will stare down the possibility of a 20 percent tariff, an influx of asylum seekers and no end of hassle over its lackluster defense spending.

Justin Trudeau’s response in the days since Trump’s emphatic victory: Everything is fine.

Canada’s prime minister has unleashed a tiger team of texters — top ministers and senior Trudeau aides who appear tighter with their U.S. counterparts than Trudeau is with Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Election 2024, USA

GUNTER: Democrats’ election strategies won’t work for Liberals here

On Tuesday, the night of the U.S. election, David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief political strategist through two campaigns, told CNN that the Democrats lost so badly because they had lost touch with ordinary people.

“We approach working-class voters as though we were missionaries. And our message to them is ‘We want to help you become just like us.’”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

SNOBELEN: Trudeau’s parallels with Biden’s Democrats will doom Liberals

This week my thoughts travelled back a few decades to a long drink of a man I knew well. Sam was rail thin with a shoe-leather face and big, working hands. The smile lines on his face were deep and gave a hint of a big heart and generous soul.

Sam was from Arkansas. He was a working man his whole life. Of course, he was a Democrat.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

From ‘maple syrup MAGA’ to ‘Team Canada’: Why Liberals shouldn’t count on Poilievre as they navigate Trump

OTTAWA — If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is counting on his Conservative opponent to offer support as the Liberals navigate a second Donald Trump presidency, he shouldn’t.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has spent the days since the president-elect’s win taking aim at how Trudeau handled his last administration. He lambasted policies like the carbon tax as making Canada less competitive, and said Trudeau was too weak to stop the U.S. from reimposing tariffs on softwood lumber, amid anxieties about Trump’s threat to slap a 10 per cent one on global imports.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Election 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA

There are warning signs for Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre in Donald Trump’s win

OTTAWA—Don’t let anyone tell you the re-election of Donald Trump is not a jolt to Canada’s political landscape. Or that we’ve been there, done that.

The fallout is about to overwhelm the Canadian government’s agenda for the next four years.

More random TDS ….Thing is TDS is really the same response by the Liberal-Left to any politician they declare to be right of Pol Pot maybe just a bit more whiny.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, President Trump, USA

‘Crimea is gone’: Trump adviser says focus must be on peace over regaining territory in Ukraine

A senior adviser to president-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in the war in Ukraine rather than winning back territory.

Bryan Lanza, a Republican party strategist, told the BBC the Trump administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a “realistic vision for peace”.

“And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he’s not serious,” he said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", USA