One of the CBC’s main Trade Deal talking points was just destroyed LIVE.
After weeks and months of telling Canadians that any deal with Trump and the USA would “not be worth the paper it’s written on”, the EU Ambassador to Canada just stunned David Cochrane… he had to just move on and ignore what he heard hoping his viewers would too.
#canpoli #CBC #CanadaUSTradeWar
Ian Lee, as Canada’s counter-tariffs hit: this isn’t a mood. It’s jobs.~45,000 Canadian firms export to the U.S.; 30,000 export only there. $400B in sales, ~2 million jobs. “We are literally playing with fire.” Sales collapse → “You lay off workers.” Ottawa can’t put them all on payroll
His fix: get back to the table. “I don’t accept the argument that we can’t negotiate.” Trump has done 19 deals since 2025. “Elbows up is an emotional response. That’s not a policy.”
Sovereignty demands? “That was a claim Canada made. I wasn’t in the room.” Greer denies it. Negotiate instead of walking away
The real problem is older: “We should never have allowed ourselves to become so dependent. 71% of our exports go to the States.” Diversify later. Jobs first
CUSMA abrogation is “not inconceivable.” Business groups are “just terrified.”
Today’s tariffs crush small firms first—thinly capitalized, narrow margins, 60%+ of private-sector jobs. “Very short runway. They’re going to be the first to fail.”
“We’re playing with the souls and the lives of human beings… This is not a trivial game of ‘he disrespected me.’ We’re way beyond that.” @SprottSchool
Mark Warner, one of Canada’s best trade lawyers—and a friend—dismantles, one by one, every argument used to defend Canada’s current negotiating strategy with the United States.
A masterclass of an interview.
Watch the whole thing. Oh, and the midterms won’t make a difference...
This Tricorder replica is pure Star Trek joy.
It was built from accurate 3D scans of an original hero prop and it’s not just for display. The electronics inside are genuinely impressive, so here’s a quick summary of what it can do.
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Been saying this since the beginning of the trade dispute with the U.S.
In practice, Canadian exporters absorb much of the cost of U.S. tariffs. Meanwhile, Canada’s counter-tariffs are paid by Canadian importers—and ultimately often by Canadian consumers. Canada gets hit both ways.
Case in point: This customs broker knows this...⬇️
Mexico still has a higher food-insecurity rate than Canada—but the trajectories are moving in opposite directions. ⬇️
Between 2017–2019 and 2023–2025, Mexico’s rate fell from 23.8% to 16.5%, while Canada’s more than doubled, from 5.1% to 10.5%.
Canada calls itself a food superpower. These numbers suggest we are increasingly failing to feed our own population.
I combed through hundreds of videos since the 1970s and put together this compilation
Either we give the politicians, bureaucrats, and the activist class trillions of dollars and shut down the economy tomorrow or we're all gonna die
50 years of climate grift
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