“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

Many Canadians have avoided the U.S. for over a year. Have we reached the point of no return?

Fredericton landscape painter Bruce Newman used to be a frequent visitor to the United States. Up to a dozen times a year, he’d travel to the country to vacation with his wife, meet up with fellow artists or capture picturesque landscapes on canvas.

But those visits abruptly ended early last year, when U.S. President Donald Trump started a trade war with Canada and suggested the country should become the 51st state.

Newman says recent events in Minnesota, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers clashed with protesters, further reinforced his resolve.

Elbow Cranks supporting illegal alien criminals in Canada on CBC!

The Trump administration is now offering Canadian and Mexican aluminum and steel companies immediate tariff relief if they commit to moving production to the United States in the future.

The U.S published the notice on Thursday during a tense week that saw both American and Canadian officials publicly air their grievances.

“It’s a very aggressive tactic by the United States,” said international trade lawyer William Pellerin. “This really reinforces the approach that we’ve seen from the United States for a while now, which is simply: We win if you lose.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drivers are tiring of sticker shock at the pump.

Before U.S. President Donald Trump began waging war with Iran in late February, Canadians were paying roughly $1.32 a litre, while Americans were paying around US$2.98 per gallon. Today’s prices, on average, are about $1.75 per litre and US$4.03 per gallon, respectively.

Canada and the United States have yet to start negotiations over their free trade deal, but they are already publicly squabbling over various issues, reflecting the depth of their ruptured relations.

As their talks to renew the North American trade pact that also includes Mexico have failed to get underway, Ottawa and Washington over the past week exchanged threats and insults, with the United States particularly perturbed over the decision by eight Canadian provinces last year to remove American wine and spirits from the shelves of government-owned liquor stores.

WOW

Ambassador Wiseman blames Donald Trump for strained U.S. relations amid reports that PM Carney obstructed talks as a negotiating tactic.

Wiseman reiterates Canada is "ready, willing and able" to engage in negotiations under the CUSMA review. pic.twitter.com/0bEqLlIvpr

— Juno News (@junonewscom) April 23, 2026

Mark Carney’s YouTube video is being praised in the usual circles as sober, statesmanlike realism. It is nothing of the sort. It is the same old Ottawa delusion in a better suit.

Carney says Canada’s close economic ties to the United States (US) have become a weakness that must be corrected. That may sound sophisticated in Toronto and Liberal campaign war rooms, but from Alberta, it sounds ridiculous. Alberta’s relationship with the US is not a policy mistake. It is the basis of our prosperity.

Sad cuz it’s true.

Canada is not a democracy. It’s not even a free nation anymore.

How could it be when Parliament is sidelined for eight months, allowing the executive branch to reign unchecked?

Or when foreign interference is ignored and elections are gamed?

Or when courts rule that the… pic.twitter.com/668Bpkw72S

— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) April 23, 2026

New Democrat MP Leah Gazan probably thought she was communicating only with a small and like-minded group of Canadian NDP supporters when she rolled out a lengthy acronym during a news conference in Ottawa earlier this month.

In fact, she had wandered into the wood chipper of U.S. culture war politics.

Her use of the phrase “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” — which many Canadians would probably also struggle to decipher — became fodder for hilarity on Fox News and was mocked across the MAGAsphere. Everyone from Elon Musk to Ted Cruz chimed in with their thoughts on the matter.

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