Canada

To show support for Canada amid a trade war with the U.S., John Mackay says he tries to only buy Canadian products during grocery runs.

That's why the 81-year-old from Tillsonburg, Ont., said he's complained to Metro multiple times after seeing orange juice with pulp by Irrésistible — a Metro-owned private-label brand — with a red maple leaf next to the price tag on the shelf.

"Since when are we growing oranges in Canada?" said Mackay, whose home is roughly 115 kilometres west of Hamilton. "I was pissed off."

This may be an unpopular opinion but we should consider moving the Canada / US border 250km north along the Detroit river. Moving the border north 250km would reduce the amount of cross border trips for the automotive industry negating a lot of the tariff issues. And I don't think the geniuses ruling the US would realize that moving the border north along this stretch would result in Canada gaining over 9000km² of land.

The reason this may be unpopular is because Canada would inherit the Detroit Red Wings.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31793106

[Canadian Prime Minister] Mark Carney Wednesday rejected accusations from his Conservative rival that he’s beholden to Beijing and said he thinks Canada’s trade-diversification strategy should prioritize boosting commerce with “like-minded countries” in Europe instead of China.

The Canadian government is trying to shift trade away from the United States in the face of growing protectionist tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump and his challenges to Canadian sovereignty, where he argues that Canada should be annexed as the “51st state” because it allegedly can’t exist without the U.S.

Asked if Canada should boost trade with China as it tries to reduce trade with the U.S., Mr. Carney pointed to Europe instead.

“We want to diversify with like-minded partners. That’s why I went to Europe in my first days as Prime Minister,” the Liberal Leader said during a campaign stop in Windsor, Ont., referring to a visit to Paris and London where he talked about Canadian companies playing a greater role in Europe’s military buildup.

“There are partners in Asia with whom we can build deeper ties,” Mr. Carney said. “But the partners in Asia that share our values don’t include China.”

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Pierre Polievre's own uncle-in-law crossed Roxham Road on foot in 2018.

After failing to get his refugee claim approved, he appears to have lived undocumented in Canada with a deportation order in his name. 

According to documents obtained by The Breach, Poilievre’s relative—the uncle of his wife, Anaida Poilievre—received help from her and an undisclosed MP’s office in 2021 in his efforts to get permanent residency.

WTH?!?

Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time this morning.

Carney’s office says the leaders agreed to begin “comprehensive negotiations” to be led by Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

In the meantime, Carney will get back on the campaign trail, his office says.

Carney has a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, after he meets with provincial and territorial leaders.

In a social media post, Trump said the two “agree on many things.”

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is still in B.C., where he pitched life sentences for fentanyl traffickers and gunrunners.-

In the end, Dr. Roger Hodkinson, one of world’s most high-profile contrarian COVID-19 medical “experts,” meekly submitted to the authority of the regulatory college he had vehemently derided for years as having no right to limit his dangerous public statements.

At a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta disciplinary hearing in November, Hodkinson, a pathologist, admitted he was guilty of unprofessional conduct. The CPSA tribunal ruled he had made statements outside his scope of expertise, and that he had breached the college’s code of ethics.

The CPSA issued a caution to Hodkinson, ordered him to complete an online course, at his own expense, from the Canadian Medical Association on influence and advocacy, and to pay $5,000 to cover a portion of the college’s investigation costs.

A battle cry heard across the country is galvanizing Canadians amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of annexation and the ongoing tariff dispute between the neighbouring countries.

‘Elbows Up!’ gained notoriety following Canadian actor Mike Myers’ appearance on the March 1 episode of Saturday Night Live, though its origins date back to the hockey playing days of the legendary Gordie Howe.

“I think, as a country, we’ve always been really quiet about our patriotism,” Carolyne Scramstad, a Winnipeg graphic designer, told CTV News. “And in light of recent events, I think it’s pretty important as a country that we are a little bit louder about how much we love Canada because it’s worth loving.”

Scramstad runs an online store called Real Salty Design Co., selling clothes, accessories and other products.

A few days after Myers’ declaration on U.S. network television, Scramstad joined the ‘Elbows Up!’ movement with a design of her own – a fed-up looking beaver playing hockey in an unmistakably red Team Canada jersey.

For starters, Trump appears aware that he’s become a factor in the Canadian election, and that he may have contributed to the Liberal Party’s extraordinary rebound. He, and people close to him, have made statements showing some awareness of those dynamics.

Another reason? Carney is not Trudeau. Trump spoke with unique disdain for the former PM, something his former aide John Bolton said Trump also did in private.

Carney also surprised some Americans with his comments yesterday about the rupture in Canada-U.S. relations, getting lots of attention in Washington.

Washington-based Canada-U.S. trade consultant Eric Miller said it has begun to dawn on people here that there could be long-term damage to a close relationship, one that benefits the U.S.

“They [realize the] need to moderate their rhetoric and keep the relationship going in a historically positive direction,” Miller said.

And finally, Americans don’t want a fight with Canada. Poll after poll shows that tariffs on Canada are unpopular, as is the 51st-state talk.

Consumer sentiment is plunging and inflation fears are at a decades-long high, so Trump has some incentives to patch things up.

“Of course, it’s one statement, one call,” Miller added. “[Trump] changes just like the weather.”

PP wants to destroy CBC completely and force us to be reliant on american-owned Postmedia, Sun Media, Saltwire Network instead!