Canada

This is my first post on lemmy so bear with me. Last week someone associated with the US govt floated the idea of kicking Canada out of the Five Eyes network. A week later… would you look at that. Thoughtless and unwarranted actions have consequences.

Sen. Patrick Brazeau wants to punch Donald Trump in the face.

I was joking about a Trudeau/Brazeau charity match against Trump/Musk the other day.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed executive actions that delay for nearly one month tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada that are covered by the USMCA free trade treaty, a significant walkback of the administration’s signature economic plan that has rattled markets, businesses and consumers.

The executive actions follow a discussion Trump held Thursday with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and negotiations between Canadian and Trump administration officials.

In his news conference today, Trudeau said Canada will hold firm and push ahead with retaliatory tariffs and other measures until Trump backs off entirely.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province plans on moving ahead with a tax on electricity sent to several U.S. states starting early next week.

Ford said the 25 per cent tax will be announced on Monday, with it likely being enacted on Tuesday.

“We are moving forward with it. I feel terrible for the American people because it’s not the American people, and it’s not even the elected officials, it’s one person and that’s President (Donald) Trump.” Ford told 640Toronto radio host Ben Mulroney on Thursday.

“It’s totally unacceptable, but he’s coming after his closest friends, closest allies in the world and it’s going to absolutely devastate both economies.”

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will temporarily waive tariffs on products from Mexico that fall under the North American free trade agreement, two days after launching a continental trade war.

The announcement did not mention Canada, which is also facing sweeping tariffs on all goods entering the U.S., despite Trump’s commerce secretary saying earlier that both countries would “likely” see a reprieve. It came shortly after Trump levelled new attacks against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following a heated exchange Wednesday.

“After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay Tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement,” Trump wrote on Truth Social following a scheduled call between the two leaders.

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“No, of course not. Of course not, Bret,” replied Navarro, shifting the blame to China. “But what we want to see is Canada and Mexico crack down on China. China, for whatever reason, and there is a lot of speculation as to whether they mean to do us harm with this, they don’t seem to care, OK? So it’s up to Mexico and Canada to help us do this.”

LOL WUT?

Avoid the National Post, Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Journal, The Vancouver Sun, The Gazette, and The Province.

They're telling us where it hurts. Let's hit them there. I say export tarifs on potash.

Start with 25%, and increase them by 25% every week until they submit.

We could call it the Brawndo tax...

We need to pay for this.

I propose telling our representatives to stop corporate welfare.

From MSN

The prime minister's intelligence and security adviser says it's time for Canada to be less dependent on its partners, comments that come a day after the U.S. launched a trade war against its northern neighbour.

"We need to be a little bit more selfish now," said Nathalie Drouin, while speaking on a panel Wednesday morning to a room of international military and security officials in Ottawa.

"Yes we need to make our NATO target, we need to make sure that we remain a reliable partner for NORAD. But we need first to think about Canada and how to protect Canada and this is where our focus should be."

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods, a decision that launched both countries into turbulent economic times. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded with counter-tariffs on an initial tranche of $30 billion worth of American goods.

Trudeau said Tuesday that Trump is trying to prompt "a total collapse of the Canadian economy" because he thinks that will "make it easier to annex us," something the U.S. president has repeatedly said he wants to do.

The president's trade war and consistent prodding about making Canada the 51st state are far from his only stance compounding global uncertainty.

Trump has made it clear he wants to see a swift end to the war sparked by Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine via negotiations with Moscow.

Trudeau noted that Trump is attacking his country's "closest partner and ally" while "talking about working positively with Russia and appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator."

The United States ended aid to Ukraine after an argument between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last week.

In her opening remarks, Drouin said Canada needs "to have the appropriate capabilities to defend Canada."

"We are in the most unsettling time since the Second World War," Drouin said. "I could not avoid saying our paradigm relationship with the U.S. has changed."

There are concerns with how the new White House administration will approach intelligence.

As the panel was preparing to begin, senior White House officials announced the country has temporarily cut off intelligence-sharing with Ukraine

One of Drouin's predecessors, Vincent Rigby, voiced concerns last month that the U.S. will weaponize access to American intelligence with traditional allies over trade irritants.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director Dan Rogers, also a speaker on Wednesday's panel, expressed optimism that won't be the case, arguing the U.S. benefits from its intelligence relationship with Canada.

"If you can rely on partners to act in their self-interest, then they should continue to value the binational co-operation between U.S. and Canada in the intelligence space. And I think they do," he said.

"Now is a great time to double down on the things that make us strong."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40140681

Fair Vote Canada on Bluesky

What’s more chilling than Trump’s presidency? The fact that we use the same system that just handed him total control.

First-past-the-post fuels a hyper-partisan two-party system.

If we want to protect democracy in Canada, we need proportional representation.

#cdnpoli

"The Rant" guy is back. And this time, promoting Canada instead of sub-par beer.

Way better than the original rant.

Literally crying while watching this.

Fun fact: it's Jeff Douglas from CBC Radio

They're very portable, so you can carry them around with you in case you come up with an idea of something to write on your Tesla while you're out and about. They stick to the surface quite well and don't wash off in the rain.

(Please try not to succumb to the temptation to write "F**k off Nazi Scum" or similar on somebody else's though like other people are suggesting. That might encourage people not to buy Teslas, which is a shame, because they're great American cars.)