Lutnick: "Canada walked away. We had a deal. We shook hands. The president announced it. Right? Everybody was positive.
Canada made the decision for political purposes. they wanted to walk away. This is politics only....
Do I care about how the Quebecois speak? I mean what could matter less to America? We don't care. So, the fact is, we never brought those words up. This is manufactured..."
So, there's the sovereignty party trying to run, and they're in the lead in Quebec. And so this was Mark Carney manufacturing something that would try to keep them from winning. And then you have Alberta, has an independence resolution. These are elections in October, so he's this making this a political thing for Canada.
And my guess will be as soon as his elections are over, you're gonna see a plane full of Canadian negotiators flying down, going, come on, come on, we'll give it to you before your election. We're just being used by them.
Right? That's what happened. That's why it ended. It didn't happen for math. The math was sensational. It was a great deal that we shook hands."
Since Prime Minister Carney misled Canadians about the Gordie Howe Bridge agreement, Canadians deserve to know exactly what deal Canada rejected so they can make up their own minds.
If Ottawa proceeds with counter-tariffs, Canadian consumers and businesses will bear the cost.
Transparency is essential.
Important information is emerging from American sources about the failed Canada–U.S. deal.
Washington apparently sought restrictions on Canada’s future trade agreements—likely aimed at China—and changes affecting Quebec’s French-language commercial rules.
BUT NO DRAFT TEXT has been released.
Claims that the U.S. wanted to prohibit all Canadian trade deals or eliminate French labels entirely remain UNVERIFIED.
Ottawa should RELEASE the proposed terms. Canadians deserve to know exactly what Washington demanded—and what it offered in return.
We need to see the whole deal and understand the reasoning behind it before judging any components. I have my doubts this government will ever make this information available to Canadians. This is nuts.
I know she's getting slammed from all sides, but I really do think that Danielle Smith is handling a challenging situation around federal overreach, judicial activism, and an upset separatist minority within the province pretty well.
Like her, I don't want to separate, but I care enough about the country that I want us to fix the issues that make others want to--they're my neighbours, for goodness' sake--instead of just calling them treasonous and saying they have to shut up.
Danielle Smith is probably the best premier Alberta has had since Ralph Klein. If she is forced out by her own supporters, Alberta will see the return of the NDP next election. Be careful what you wish for Jeffrey Rath.
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Here is the checklist to get shovels in the ground on a Pacific pipeline.
I’m excited to find out tomorrow which are DONE a year after Prime Minister Carney promised to build at speeds not seen in generations.
With details of the MOU (aka. The Grand Ransom) between Alberta and the Federal Government seemingly imminent, I would like to offer the following:
🛢️a 1MM Bbl/d pipeline to the West Coast is a "pipe dream" if not funded by taxpayers, and the likelihood of getting firm volume commitments for that scale is highly unlikely
🛢️Pathways, a ~$30BN project, was conceived in a different world than now and should be scrapped immediately
🛢️Carbon taxes make the industry at the margin less competitive and encourages investment elsewhere - the oilsands are 0.1% of global emissions - we are irrelevant
🛢️The industry does not need to be "future proofed" nor need a "social license" - the world is desperate for more energy and not a single purchaser of oil in the world asks nor cares about a barrel's carbon profile
🛢️With expansion on existing pipelines plus the Prairie Connector/Bridger project (which I'm now incrementally more confident will proceed) Canada will add ~1.6MM Bbl/d of incremental capacity, enough to get us through to the mid 2030's