Roxane Pothakos

Former SIM Lab Facilitator, University of Ottawa

[RMC86 @RMC19861987]

👺 Even after @CBC backtracks over the incredibly evil 9/11 "don't label it as terrorism without attribution" fiasco, they are blasted by Fox News who accurately compares them to gov't funded PBS & implies CBC should have their funding ended. 🎉
🤡 Nice one, CBC. We're not getting to the trade negotiating table for a long time.

[Roxane Pothakos @roxanepothakos]

@BenMulroney Perfectly said!

[Rebel News @RebelNewsOnline]

🚨Carney says Canada is 'at war' — so why is Parliament still on vacation?

If 80,000 Canadian jobs really are poised to disappear, the people whose salaries Canadians pay should probably be at their desks trying to save them. Get back to work.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is at war.

After trade negotiations with the United States collapsed, Carney was asked whether Canada was now in a trade war.

He said: “You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked.”

If the Prime Minister truly believes Canada is facing an economic war with our largest trading partner, MPs should not be sitting at cottages, travelling or enjoying the remainder of their summer recess.

The Americans have imposed punishing new tariffs, Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs, businesses are staring at enormous uncertainty, and tens of thousands of Canadian jobs are potentially on the chopping block. Yet Canadians still haven't been shown exactly what Mark Carney walked away from.

That's the part I cannot accept.

Carney says it was a bad deal, but the Americans say something very different. So show us the deal.

Remember the Gordie Howe International Bridge? Canadians were initially given one version of what happened between Carney and Trump. Then more details emerged, and suddenly the story wasn't nearly as straightforward as we'd been led to believe.

So forgive me if I'm not willing to simply take Mark Carney's word for it when the economic livelihoods of tens of thousands of Canadians are hanging in the balance.

And apparently I'm not alone. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is now demanding Parliament be reconvened.

He says Canadians deserve answers about how the negotiations collapsed, what these tariffs are going to cost Canadian families and what the government intends to do to protect Canadian jobs.

After all, this is what Parliament is for. If we're really at war, as Carney says, then Canada's elected representatives should be sitting in the House of Commons.

The government should table what was offered, and table what Canada offered in return. Tell us precisely what changed, tell us precisely why Carney walked away, and allow opposition MPs to question the government about the consequences.

Canadians are being asked to accept an extraordinary proposition: that the most important economic relationship in this country's history has fundamentally changed, or ended, that we should prepare for a trade war, and that Canada must retaliate. Canadian workers and businesses may have to suffer through the consequences, which will throw more jobs, like energy ones unaffected by the tariffs, into this bonfire of retaliation.

But we're not allowed to see the deal that supposedly made all of this necessary? No. That's not good enough.

If Carney was right to walk away, prove it. Make the case. If the Americans demanded something outrageous, show us. Do it in front of Parliament for all to know and judge it.

If Canada's sovereignty was genuinely on the table, Canadians will see that for themselves. But if there was a reasonable agreement available and this government blew it, Canadians have every right to know that too.

If 80,000 Canadian jobs really are poised to disappear, the people whose salaries Canadians pay should probably be at their desks trying to save them. Get back to work.

[Roman Baber @Roman_Baber]

We know @MarkJCarney lies - just think of the Gordie Howe Bridge!

That's why Canadians deserve to know what was the deal Carney walked away from.

Nothing confidential, just the basic terms please!

[Western Standard @WesternStandard]

Should Alberta's resources be sacrificed in trade talks to preserve national unity?

Tell us what you think!

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

HOLY S*{T

U.S. Officials say the DEAL exploded because Mark Carney needs to win Bi-Election in Canada 🇨🇦

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

Mark Carney is BUSTED

He LIED about the last minute US tariff changes.

[Concerned Canadian @Concern70732755]

I unequivocally agree !!

[Sue Mac 🇨🇦 @GreatBig_Sea]

"The prime minister revealed that the U.S. had issues with Canada's subsidies for French culture; the prevalence of French-language media online and even the requirement to have bilingual labels on products sold in Canada.

That was never on the table for Canada, and it would not have been acceptable to Canadians.

https://t.co/aH4vLQ433d

[Stephen Taylor @stephen_taylor]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith comes out against retailiatory tariffs against the United States. Understands the emotional rush of retaliation. Worries about effect on Canadian consumers. (via CHQR)

[John Smith @yonkojohn]

Carney is concerned with the By-Elections so no Trade Deal means Mark Carney can ramp up the Trump hate to secure By-Election victories at home!

[Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth]

Canadians want to know what happened.

As it stands, Carney is making unilateral decisions, that affect all of us, without consulting with the House of Commons.

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

USTR Jamieson Greer tells the NYT Canada walked away from what he describes as the most preferential U.S. trade treatment in the world.

According to Greer, the offer included:

• Auto tariffs as low as 7%
• Lower steel and aluminum tariffs
• Elimination of the 10% lumber tariff

And now Canada faces a widening trade war.

The NYT says Carney’s office declined to comment.

If Greer’s account is wrong, Ottawa should correct the record.

If it’s right, Canadians deserve to know why Carney walked away.

Release the deal.

[RC @RealChange__]

#BREAKING: Jameison Greer REVEALS the details of the trade deal Carney rejected.

Canada was offered the most "preferential treatment in the world".

Reduced tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos at 7%, the elimination of 10% lumber tariff.

Mark Carney has LIED to Canadians.

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

Conservatives call on government to release U.S. trade offer details https://t.co/XMqBVEyKDL #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

[The Bush Archive @TheBushArchive]

When Prime Minister Stephen Harper left office Canada had:
The richest Middle Class in the G7.
A $1.9 billion surplus Budget.
Canada ranked 1st in Financial Stability.
Canadians had the lowest Tax Burden since the 60s.
Reduced crime by 26%.

[Hon. Rona Ambrose Veitch @RonaAmbrose]

@MarkJCarney it’s time to recall Parliament. Thousands of jobs and billions in cross border business are at stake. This is why we vote for our representatives. Canada is not a corporation, it’s a democracy.

[Suzanne Allen🇨🇦 @suzannealma]

Well said by Hon. Rona Ambrose Veitch..recall Parliament PM Mark Carney!

[John Gatti @johngatti2]

When someone lies for 2 weeks about something as simple as the Gordie Howe bridge it's hard to believe anything he says after that.