Maple Watch

Canada’s watchdog on politics. Fact-checks, contradictions & receipts daily. #cdnpoli | 🇨🇦

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Politicians talk. We keep the receipts. 📂

From Ottawa to every corner of 🇨🇦 — we track:

- What they say

- What they do

- Where they don’t match

Follow for daily fact-checks, Then vs Now, & quick breakdowns.
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**Carney has concluded Budget 2025 consultations across 26 cities.**

With GDP still in decline and deficits ballooning, is he listening, or just collecting notes?

Engagement ≠ execution.
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Canada filed a USMCA challenge over softwood lumber tariffs, just months after Ottawa promised swift economic relief.

Tariff talk without trade results? Canadians deserve more than paperwork.
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Thursday Briefing, Canada Headlines:

1. Manufacturing showed signs of stabilization. PMI ticked up to 48.3 in August, the best reading since January. Still in contraction, but slowing. https://t.co/tE3GivVXQb

2. Canada has officially asked for a USMCA review of U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber. https://t.co/9Sbit7JX5q

3. Alberta pauses controversial book ban after backlash over removing classics like 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale. https://t.co/b9c0UL6Dt5

What’s on your radar today?
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**Carney promised help for workers hit by tariffs.**

But as GDP continues to slide and deficits rise, where is the economic resilience?

Hard talk vs hard facts.

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Canada’s economy just shrank more than expected: –1.6% GDP, while exports cratered by 25% in autos.

Carney called it a “reset moment.” But the numbers say Canada’s still reeling from failed trade protections.

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@WhiteHouse @POTUS @PressSec U.S. Q2 GDP revision to 3.3% sounds strong, but it’s largely driven by a nearly 30% drop in imports, not real demand. Yes, consumer spending and AI investment helped, but that rebound may not last unless tariffs ease.

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1. Canadian GDP battered again, second consecutive quarter of contraction at -1.6%, with auto exports down 25%. https://t.co/o6hTN3f9nA

2. Budget deficit climbing, Q1 already sits at C$3.34B, up from C$2.88B last year. https://t.co/dRpgg0Dlh5

3. Long-lost Lake Huron beach returned to Saugeen First Nation after 170 years. Justice at last. https://t.co/T3KDVhZBbA

4. Canada and India finally thaw ties, new high commissioners exchanged. New Hampshire
https://t.co/ixojR2fO9C

5. Alberta book bans expand, targeting LGBTQ+ titles under "parents’ rights" campaign. https://t.co/vSmRuCAcMf

Which one should drive the weekend headlines?
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Campaign vs Reality:

Carney promised to restore Canada-India ties with high-level diplomacy.

Today: New high commissioners.

Promises kept.

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@nationalpost Slashing the sales tax isn’t enough. Canada needs more homes. We’re building just 56% of the units needed to improve affordability. Cut fees, streamline approvals, and boost supply, those are the real levers.

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A new TD Bank survey finds 92% of Ontario post-secondary students are stressed about money as the school year begins, the highest level TD has ever recorded.

That’s not just numbers, it’s a warning to policy makers.
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@jasminlaine Carney promised growth, and delivered the worst trade collapse in history

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@PierrePoilievre Canada’s youth don’t need résumés anymore, just excuses from Ottawa.

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Melanie Joly says Poilievre "never supported the military." That’s blatantly false.

In February, he clearly pledged to:
• Build Canada’s first permanent Arctic base since the Cold War in Iqaluit
• Double the Rangers from 2,000 to 4,000
• Acquire two polar icebreakers

That shows action, not lip service.
She needs to look in the mirror.
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Also during Melanie Joly's interview, she is asked when the Carney decision to pivot away from the F-35 contract will be made, she says "So it's going to be in the coming weeks."

"You know, as the former Foreign Minister, what I can tell you is we are living in a much more dangerous world."

Curiously with respect to Europe, she says "... it is about our hard working entrepreneurs and how they take decisions and how they can align their business decisions to make sure that ultimately we are going towards Europe."

When have the Liberals ever supported entrepreneurs (other than former Liberal MPs) in Canada? They wanted to drive them away with a capital gains tax mere months ago @melaniejoly

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Transport Canada is giving communities more control over local waterways, cutting red tape for safety.
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Ontario PCs spent C$278K on “Canada is not for sale” hats, politics or patriotism?
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Canada and India appoint new high commissioners, signaling a thaw in diplomatic tensions.
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@nationalpost Public money, public broadcaster, so why hide the numbers?

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Green hydrogen is being called a “gargantuan scam”, thin on results, rich in subsidies, and barely 0.04% of global hydrogen production.
Meanwhile, Carney is doubling down on LNG exports to Europe and signing a critical minerals deal with Germany.
Critical support, not blind hype, wins the energy race.
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@CTVNews The problem isn’t foreign workers, it’s a system that relies on them while young Canadians struggle. Fix the system, not scapegoat people.