Evaluating President Trump’s tariff policy involves examining it from two different perspectives: completing the shift from post-Cold War containment of the Soviet Union to addressing the next challenge, from China, and the assurance that Trump is sincere in his desire to negotiate new fair-trading arrangements to effectively eliminate America’s anachronistic trade deficit.
The unhinged left, fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome and seething hatred for Elon Musk, is trending more violent, according to a new study that finds political violence targeting President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser is “becoming increasingly normalized.”
h/t XC
Pierre Poilievre’s campaign pivot to focus more on Donald Trump’s trade war may be helping the Conservatives narrow the polling gap with Mark Carney’s Liberals in the April 28 election.
According to the Star’s election predictor, the Signal, as of Monday the Liberals led with 42.3 per cent to 40 per cent for the Tories.
That’s slightly closer than on Friday when the Vox Pop Labs aggregator, which crunches publicly available polling information in a supercomputer, had the Grits at 43.2 per cent and the Tories at 39.9 per cent.
I think Carney is becoming “Known” as part of the braintrust behind Trudeau’s misrule and that is the real cause of his erosion in public perception.
So well deserved! @fancypants_s https://t.co/zTxpoFtzbR
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) April 8, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
Unsourced claim that Donald Trump was considering 90-day pause on sweeping tariffs caused momentary chaos
Wall Street was braced for chaos when the US markets opened for trading on Monday, but no one could have anticipated the $4 trillion meltdown that ensued.
An unsourced claim that Donald Trump was mulling a 90-day pause on the sweeping tariffs he imposed on virtually all of America’s trading partners sent stocks flying upwards before plummeting back down at breakneck speed.
Former federal Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty says he had planned to spend Easter with his wife, Julie, at the condominium they have owned for about 12 years in Naples, Florida. But he decided to return last week to Ottawa after United States President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs on April 2.
“We’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe that our country has a right to exist,” said Beatty before departing his winter home in a country whose president has repeatedly pushed the idea of annexing Canada as its 51st state.
The Hill Times is uber left and uber bought.
Russian internet users were searching for information about a terror attack in Germany several days before it occurred, according to an investigation that suggests Moscow may have had advance knowledge of the violence.
In May last year a rejected asylum seeker from Afghanistan killed a police officer and wounded five other people with a knife in the western city of Mannheim, as he apparently sought to assassinate a far-right critic of Islam.
Elections are supposed to help voters differentiate between candidates so they can decide who to support. The idea is to get a clear grip on what the rival contestants are all about. But two weeks into the federal election campaign, differences between the two front-runners are less apparent than they once seemed. In style and personality they may be worlds apart, in their plans for running Canada there’s less substance than either might claim.
BRUSSELS — The EU has offered the United States a “zero-for-zero” tariff scheme, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, seeking to avoid a tit-for-tat trade war.
“We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners. Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table,” she told a press conference alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
BREAKING: The European Union says they're ready to negotiate with the United States, says they've offered zero for zero tariffs.
The announcement was made by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
"Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the… pic.twitter.com/yTRTS8B4us
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 7, 2025
Why Gaza matters to every Canadian in the federal election
As Canadians head into the federal election, much has been made of the key issues shaping the campaign: affordability, national security, trade and foreign relations. But one issue cuts across all of these — Gaza.
At first glance, many Canadians may see Gaza as a foreign issue, far removed from their daily lives. But it isn’t. The principles at stake in Gaza — respect for international law, human rights and the rules-based order — are the same principles that protect Canada in trade, security, and foreign policy.
Canada exists and thrives in a world where international law is respected. Our trade relationships, national security and economic stability depend on a rules-based order where smaller countries are not pushed aside by the whims of the powerful.
This is precisely why U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as a threat to Canada. His disregard for trade agreements, alliances and global norms puts Canadian industries, jobs and sovereignty at risk. The same logic applies to Gaza. If we allow powerful nations to violate international law with impunity, we weaken the very system that protects Canada’s interests.
‘Who do you think was guiding the Trudeau government all these years?’
OK, the Trump tariff dump is in the rearview mirror, and we have a better idea of what to expect.
So, it’s time to put the Canadian federal election back in the headlines and what we can expect from that, as we navigate the hallways of promises, exaggerations and, too often, pure BS.
You can carry on burning petrol and diesel in your car so long as it is a pricey, niche sports car. If you are a pleb who can only afford a family hatchback, on the other hand, you will have to convert to electric – and the government will pretend that it is saving you money. That just about sum up the government’s new policy on electric vehicles. The Zero Emission Vehicle mandate will be relaxed, but mostly for car manufacturers who produce fewer than 2,500 cars a year, who will be given a free pass. Given that these manufacturers – like Aston Martin – tend to be at the upper, more polluting end of the market, it is rather as if the government had just come up with a tax on airline travel which exempted private jets.
Damon Joshua, an employee of Severn Trent Water Supply in the U.K., has been fired from his job due to a social media post he put up in observance of the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on innocent Israelis.
On Oct. 7, 2024, the sewage worker took to an employee website and characterized those who raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered 1,200 Israelis as a “group of violent and disgusting terrorists.”
For mildly — one might say, timidly — stating an obvious truth, he was let go within hours.
Advocate of Trump tariff playbook to speak at Canadian conservative think tank taking place during election campaign
A prominent Canadian conservative think tank has invited the top tariff power broker from Donald Trump’s first cabinet to a conference in Ottawa this week that includes a who’s who of premiers, former politicians and Conservative strategists.
Former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, who supports dramatically higher tariffs and dismisses concerns about tanking the global economy, will be the keynote speaker at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference.
Are their fears coming true?
In the twilight of Joe Biden’s presidency, ex-rock star turned MAGA maven Ted Nugent posted an ominous message: “They are not ‘predicting’ food shortages. They are planning them.”
At around the same time, shit-posting Disney action hero and mixed martial artist Gina Carano spotted a grand historical pattern: “Mao attacked farmers. Stalin attacked farmers. Now, world governments are attacking farmers. Same group throughout history. It’s a playbook, it’s not a chance happening. Wake up.” Then Wide Awake Media posted an image of thousands of acres of “prime agricultural land” squandered by solar panels, captioned with a rhetorical question: “is this one of the reasons for the globalist war on agriculture?”
