I think it would be wise for Conservatives to focus on why Mexico isn't facing new tariffs—not because Mexico has a smaller trade imbalance with the U.S. (it doesn't, it's four times larger than Canada's), but because Mexico chose quiet dealmaking over public defiance, and got a materially better outcome for it.
That's the actual lesson here, and it's a better argument than 'unjustified and wrong,' which is the same victim framing Liberals have been running all year.
Give credit where it's due: unblocking pipelines, a real Strategic Energy Reserve, a Tariff-Free Auto Pact... those are specific, leverage-building policies, and they're on the right track.
But leading with 'Canadians deserve better treatment from our neighbours' undercuts the entire point.
You don't build leverage by asking to be treated better. You build it by being the kind of partner (or the kind of competitor) the other side actually has to take seriously. Mexico figured that out. It's time we did too and started acting like victors instead of victims.
Canada has what the world wants... and our Liberal government would rather look like they're fighting something than to actually fix it. Cut through that noise, and you're off to the races.
Mark Carney decided to release another fear mongering statement to do to keep the charade going;
"Many of our former strengths based on our close ties to America have become our weakness."
No, Canada won the lottery being right next to the largest economy in the world and selling to them with the best trade deal in the world.
The problem is that we squandered it all with red tape and lack of ambition to do anything and build anything ourselves.
We got so used to thinking we can just make more money off the US which gave us the false confidence that we can solve the world's problems with carbon tax, mass immigrating refugees and virtue signaling.
In other words, Canada became delusional, ungrateful and complacent.
Here is the untold story about Venezuela that the media will never tell you.
This man breaks down exactly why it was absolutely CRITICAL for Dictator Nicolas Maduro to be taken down.
- Venezuela has been strangled by a narco-dictatorship for over 25 years
- The regime erased entire families’ lives. Jobs, savings, pensions, and investments gone
- Venezuela is now the second-largest mass displacement on Earth, after Syria
- The regime has imprisoned hundreds of political opponents
- Thousands have been murdered for opposing the government or speaking the truth
- One-third of the country has fled
- Iranian militias, Chinese corporations, and Russian intelligence operate freely inside the country
- Foreign powers looting Venezuela’s land, oil, gold, and institutions
- The country has become a forward operating base for authoritarian regimes
- It is a direct threat to the Western Hemisphere
$60M for ArriveCan
$300M to a Quebec pharma plant
$2B for shares in a company that doesn't exist
$15B Stellantis
$20B Ukraine
$90B+ misplaced infrastructure money
$350B Covid spending
ALL GONE
Some things money can't buy, but for everything else there's the Canadian taxpayer!
Pierre Poilievre was RIGHT.
Justin Trudeau BROKE THE LAW in SNC and then ABUSED his power to COVER IT UP.
RCMP confirm this.
CBC why are you not showing this clip?
Poilievre moments ago "I would further add that Canada could have helped defund Putin."
"We could have approved the Energy East pipeline which would have sent a million barrels of Western Canadian Oil. To the Atlantic where could have been shipped to Europe. We could have approved LNG plant projects in Quebec and Atlantic Canada as the Germans the ukrainians the Greeks and others pleaded with us to do."
"All of that would have broken the dependence on Putin. But Justin Trudeau said there was no business case, he killed the Energy East Pipeline and Mark Carney supported him in killing all those projects."
Trump suspends the Canadian tariffs for 30 days in exchange for Trudeau agreeing to ramp up border security.
Question remains: Why didn’t we do this 2 months ago? Or at any point over the past 10 years?
Pierre Poilievre: Full Speech on Securing Canada’s Border & Fixing Trade
Fellow Canadians,
For too long, our leaders have failed to secure Canada’s border, failed to protect our economy, and failed to put Canadians first.
The result? We are now facing a trade war with the United States—a crisis that could have been avoided with strong leadership and common sense.
But instead of doing the obvious—securing our border—Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have ignored the problem, escalated tensions, and put hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs at risk.
This stops now.
TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE BORDER & SAVE 🇨🇦🇺🇸 TRADE
To restore order, protect trade, and secure our future, we must act immediately:
1️⃣ Deploy Canadian Forces to the border—send troops, helicopters, and surveillance NOW to stop illegal crossings and criminal activity.
2️⃣ Hire at least 2,000 additional border agents and extend CBSA’s powers along the entire border, not just at designated crossings.
3️⃣ Install high-powered scanners, border surveillance towers & truck-mounted drone systems to monitor for incursions and smuggling.
4️⃣ Scrap interprovincial trade barriers—why should it be easier to trade with the U.S. than between provinces? A true free market within Canada is key to economic strength.
5️⃣ Cut the carbon tax & boost domestic energy production—Canada needs to stop selling itself short and unleash its full economic potential.
No more delays. No more excuses.
Securing our border isn’t about politics—it’s about Canada’s survival.
It’s time to put Canadians first. It’s time to fight for our jobs, our economy, and our future.
Let’s bring common sense back to Ottawa. 🇨🇦💪