Canada

OTTAWA — No half measures.

That was the message Friday from Canada’s opposition leader, who said he wasn’t swayed by the White House’s latest walkback on its trade war.

“We need to keep the counter-tariffs in place until the president removes all tariffs, forever, for Canadians,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters.

‘It’s a little bit too much like the story of Little Red Riding Hood, in which Canada fails to see the big teeth grinning at it.’

Canadians are rightfully angry. Our best friend has stabbed us in the back with tariffs and while we laughed for a while, we are now tired of the 51st state joke.

However, if Canadians want to preserve our sovereignty we need to set aside our emotions and face facts.

We cannot win a trade war. Or any kind of war. The US Gross Domestic Policy is about $25 trillion, and at $2.2 trillion, Canada’s is not even a tenth of that. In other words, the Doberman meets the chihuahua in the alley. Guess who wins that fight?

A darkening mood is settling in across Canada as it becomes clear that our country has come under siege by those we had previously believed to have been our closest friends and partners. We may have hoped that this would not come to be, but we are here now and we can’t pretend otherwise. Despite the appearance of randomness and incoherence, we are beginning to more clearly understand the rudimentary strategy at play behind what some have observed as “a dumb” move.

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose new tariffs on Canadian dairy products, claiming that Canada has been unfairly shutting out American farmers.

Trump insists Canada’s “tremendously high tariff of 250%” makes it “impossible for us to sell dairy products into Canada,” and warns the US could respond with reciprocal measures.

“This isn’t fair,” said Trump in the Oval Office.

Trump slammed Canada for unfair trade, citing a 250% dairy tariff and restrictions on U.S. lumber.

He vowed reciprocal tariffs as early as Monday.

Trump also said it’s been very difficult to deal with Canada’s representatives. pic.twitter.com/7UOJo14Lz9

— ️ Kat Kanada (@KatKanada_TM) March 7, 2025

Over the past few weeks, tensions between Canada and the United States have intensified, spurred by President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs and the constant threat of annexation. This heated political landscape has ignited a surge in Canadian patriotism, which is now expressing itself in a very tangible way: through consumer behaviour. In other words, shopping choices, travel plans, and overall spending patterns are no longer driven simply by cost or convenience—political considerations are increasingly at play.

Three out of four Canadians would support a national energy corridor and pipeline from Alberta to Eastern Canada, according to a new Nanos survey – even if there were environment and Indigenous land claim concerns about the route.

The survey of 1,001 Canadian adults between Feb. 28 and March 5 found that 54 per cent “support” a cross-country pipeline, while 21 per cent “somewhat support” the idea.

Eleven per cent of those surveyed opposed the idea of a pipeline, while ten per cent “somewhat opposed” the concept.