Christy Laverty (she/her)

Media Coach & PR Strategist | Former Journalist | CityTV|CP24|CBC|680News

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

New: In a phone call with me after U.S.-Canada trade negotiations collapsed, President Trump suggested the US had added conditions late during talks. 

“That sounds like me,” Trump responded, when asked about Canadian officials' assertion about US late-stage demands.

When I pressed, “So you don't deny it?”

The president replied, “No, no, I don't deny anything. So no, they have to pay a fair amount. And if they don't pay a fair amount, we won't make a deal. That's fine.“

More on the broader effects of tariffs here: https://t.co/lIJwVSpYkD

[Christy Laverty (she/her) @ChristyALaverty]

@sarobertson_ This is all a bit hilarious. Trump negotiated CUSMA ...

[🇨🇦Ｒｏｎ░Ｊｏｎｅｓ🇨🇦 @Penrhos88]

@sarobertson_ The simple reality is that Canada collects 0% actual tariff revenue on the vast majority of U.S. dairy imports because most shipments enter completely duty-free within allocated Tariff-Rate Quotas.

Not hitting the quotas means US dairy products enter Canada DUTY FREE you morons!

[Christy Laverty (she/her) @ChristyALaverty]

@RepTimKennedy There are so many people who just need to go touch some grass!

[Cheri DiNovo @CheriDiNovo]

US meat is banned in 160 countries
US milk is illegal in Europe
US 60% of food contains chemicals banned elsewhere

NOBODY NEEDS TRUMP CONTAMINATED FOOD

Check your food is Canadian not only for patriotism but for your own health

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Trump post yesterday morning: “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!”

Trump in a tele-rally yesterday evening: “You know, selfishly, we need aluminum in this country. We don't have it. We get it all from Canada, for the most part, and we need it badly.”

H/t @josh_wingrove

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

President Trump's criticism of Canada has been filled with lies – a remarkable variety of assertions that either wildly distort a kernel of truth or are plain made up. Here's just part of the list, which doesn't include yesterday's nonsense: https://t.co/xa5mtsrnnZ

[Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @stavridisj]

Fact: Canada has a brave and professional military. It has deployed into combat with us many times, including D-Day. Canadian troops, under my NATO command, faced intense fire in Afghanistan where many were killed in action. I honor their memory and salute them. 🇨🇦 https://t.co/9kkvWXHTub

[Flavio Volpe, C.M. @FlavioVolpe1]

A reminder.

[Cormac Mac Sweeney @cmaconthehill]

The White House releases a statement saying that it is done giving Canada a “free ride”
It is essentially just a list of claims President Trump has made throughout the trade war
https://t.co/YqOqYmb0FG

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Today VP Vance said Canada and China are "the two worst countries" on trade policy. That's an opinion, his right. But because Vance specifically complained about Canada's super-high dairy tariffs (which, again, only kick in above a quota), here's some interesting WTO data via @trevortombe:
96.7% of US agricultural exports to Canada are duty-free compared to...4.5% of US agricultural exports to China.
https://t.co/s38Z5gxNdm

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

THE PAST 24 HOURS in the Canada-U.S. trade war:

• Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts & steel starting Jan. 1, 2027.

• Carney says a deal with the U.S. is still possible, but only if Washington comes to the table with the “right attitude” and respects Canadian sovereignty.

• Carney says Canada will begin talks with the EU this fall on a “much stronger and deeper” economic and security partnership.

• Trump says Canada should “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs.

• Ford tells Trump he can “kiss my ass.”

• Ford says Canada needs to “throw everything and the kitchen sink” at Trump, including potentially restricting exports of Ontario’s electricity and critical minerals.

• Ontario expands its $1B financing program to help tariff-hit businesses keep workers on the job.

• Trump calls Ford and Carney “clowns” and calls Ford a “flunky.”

• Ford calls Trump a bully, dictator and loser and tells Americans: “don’t vote in a person who’s gonna kill your jobs.”

• Ford says he has “a lot of real estate” on his ass for Trump to work with.

• And then, this morning: Trump says the U.S. is seriously considering renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”

• At 11 a.m.: Carney is expected to announce countermeasures & new supports for Canadian workers.

[Christy Laverty (she/her) @ChristyALaverty]

@Acyn disgusting...even more disgusting that people laugh and think this is funny.

[Christy Laverty (she/her) @ChristyALaverty]

@atrupar It is offensive to say that Canada does not have a military. But not surprised to hear this kind of disrespect from a U.S official

[Karen Markle 🟧 @skirri]

@AshleyBurkeCBC Look for the 100% Canadian dairy logo.

[Mark Towhey @towhey]

RETURNING US BOOZE to Canadian shelves doesn’t mean it should get the shelf space it used to.

Other products have moved onto those shelves and should stay.

Put a small selection of Yankee plonk on a few short shelves at high prices. Or sell it from the storeroom like the 1980s.

[Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @LauraBabcock]

I didn’t trust USA dairy before Robert Kennedy Jr took over health and safety but now? (I don’t blame the cow)

[Christy Laverty (she/her) @ChristyALaverty]

@HQNewsNow hilarious

[Christy Laverty (she/her) @ChristyALaverty]

@TaraArmstrongBC Your comments are awful. How does being a trans woman have anything to do with this? So what is your explanation for all the shooters in other mass shootings? Pulling in US shootings into your argument? So 1 shooting by a trans woman in Canada is now an epidemic?