We sure hope someone is still keeping an eye on Daniel Khoshnood.
The 33-year-old has just returned to Toronto from a three-year stint in a British Columbia jail on charges he threatened to harm his parole officer. He was arrested in June 2022, right after his 10-month terrorism peace bond had expired.
U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing in on domestic Canadian politics as his deadline to impose steep tariffs on Canada inches closer.
In an interview with The Spectator, Trump called Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland terrible and “a whack” — and claimed credit for her resignation as finance minister.
Trump also remarked on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, saying that “his biggest problem is he’s not a MAGA guy.”
If the Poilievre team is smart they'll take this remark from Trump and blast it everywhere, with Poilievre saying:
"He's right, I'm not a MAGA guy, I'm not a Trump guy, I'm a Canada guy…" etc etchttps://t.co/xgnvVDtVa1 pic.twitter.com/HPabgOC3Bf
— Robyn Urback (@RobynUrback) February 28, 2025
The Spectator’s interview with President Trump: full transcript
OTTAWA — From the billionaire financier who dined with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the adviser who warned there was “a special place in hell” awaiting Trudeau, some key figures have emerged in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration as the faces redefining Canada’s relationship with its closest ally.
During Monday night’s Liberal leadership debate, there was a lot of talk about President Donald Trump. But whatever your views on Trump, one thing is certain — he’s revitalized his country’s energy sector. Through executive orders, Trump instructed agency heads to identify “actions that impose an undue burden on the identification, development or use of domestic energy source” and “exercise any lawful emergency authorities available” to facilitate energy production and transportation. In other words, let’s become an energy superpower.
In a speech this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, clearly annoyed by import tariffs levied by President Trump and his threats of making Canada “the 51st state,” suggested that Canadians might act individually to respond to the affronts.
“Now is also the time to choose Canada,” Mr. Trudeau said, adding, “It might mean changing your summer vacation plans to stay here in Canada and explore the many national and provincial parks, historical sites and tourist destinations our great country has to offer.”
In the weeks since, it appears that at least some Canadian citizens are taking his directive seriously.
Research suggests even foreign aid that isn’t outright wasted or sent to dictators fails to achieve the development goals held out for it
Consistent with the Conservative party’s “Canada First” message and its criticism of Liberal overspending, in recent days Pierre Poilievre has reiterated his plans to “dramatically cut” foreign aid. Earlier this month, he vowed to reallocate foreign aid money to expand Canada’s military presence in the Arctic. Then at his rally in Ottawa he said, “We must bring home our money by ending wasteful aid to dictators, terrorists and global bureaucracies — like the Asian Infrastructure Bank and UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East).”Consistent with the Conservative party’s “Canada First” message and its criticism of Liberal overspending, in recent days Pierre Poilievre has reiterated his plans to “dramatically cut” foreign aid. Earlier this month, he vowed to reallocate foreign aid money to expand Canada’s military presence in the Arctic. Then at his rally in Ottawa he said, “We must bring home our money by ending wasteful aid to dictators, terrorists and global bureaucracies — like the Asian Infrastructure Bank and UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East).”
Several polls indicate that the Liberal Party has made a recovery in support in the last two months. The polls suggest differing results, with some showing the Liberals catching up to the Conservatives or in one case even surpassing them, while another shows the Conservatives still maintaining a two-digit lead despite the Liberals gaining more ground since December.
While different methodologies or even formations of questions could account for the wide-ranging results, two major changes have occurred since last year when the Tories held a steady two-digit lead over the Liberals. One is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Jan. 6 announcement of his intention to resign, and the other is the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, along with his tariff policies and comments about wanting Canada to be part of the United States.
NEW POLLING from Abacus
Shows conservative majority government
as the negative impression of Carney rises by 15% in a month and a half. pic.twitter.com/KPyVkfrKGe
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) February 27, 2025
Trump’s White House is using misleading data about drug seizures and their links to Canada, a Globe investigation finds
The Trump administration is using misleading fentanyl figures to justify tariffs against Canada, relying on a dataset that includes drugs traced to Mexico, a Globe and Mail investigation has found.
Citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, the White House has asserted that 43 pounds of fentanyl was intercepted at the border last fiscal year, marking a “massive 2,050 per cent increase” compared with the year prior, when two pounds of the deadly synthetic drug was seized.
Not sure an ex-dealer/addict is the most reliable of sources.
OTTAWA—The tariff threat tightrope drew tauter Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to slap all-encompassing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China next week, despite signals Wednesday from his officials that it was still open to negotiation.
In Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also doubled down on his vow to retaliate.
Nestled between two mountains in British Columbia’s southern interior, the tiny town of Falkland used to be known mainly for its mammoth Canadian flag, perched on a hill 500 feet above the community.
On a chilly day in October 2024, a team of RCMP officers clad in hazardous-material suits descended on a compound in the forest they would later describe as the biggest fentanyl “super lab” ever discovered in Canada.
Peter Navarro is pushing negotiators to discuss reworking country’s boundaries, The Telegraph can reveal
A top White House official has threatened to redraw the Canadian border amid Donald Trump’s ambition to turn the country in America’s “51st state”.
Peter Navarro, one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, is pushing US negotiators to discuss reworking the border with their Canadian counterparts, The Telegraph can reveal.
“Navarro recommended revising the Canada-US border, which is just crazy and dangerous,” a source close to negotiations told The Telegraph.
Grain of salt time … The article propagates the ‘Kick Canada Out Of 5 Eyes’ rumour, also attributed to “unnamed sources.”
Even the U.S. president knows what all Canadians should have known about The Great One.
“He supports Canada the way it is, as he should,” President Donald J. Trump posted to his Truth Social account Wednesday.
In other words, Gretzky has no interest in Canada becoming the 51st state, as Trump has been trolling about.
The Conservatives first recorded a 20-point lead in public opinion last June and pundits concluded that the Liberals coming back from such a deficit was as likely as growing flowers in the desert.
Yet, a mere eight months later we have the first poll to suggest the governing party, which is not even under new management yet, has overhauled Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, according to Ipsos findings released Tuesday.
The Lazarus-like revival suggests the Liberals have gained 10 points of support since Ipsos’s last poll in January. For a brief moment before Justin Trudeau resigned, it looked as if they were on track to lose official party status after the next election; now it’s the NDP that is facing that prospect.
Latest Abacus Data poll modelled out
CON: 209 seats (+90)
LIB: 93 seats (-67)
⚜️BQ: 23 seats (-9)
NDP: 15 seats (-10)
GRN: 3 seats (+1)Conservative Majority Government
Feel free to ask for any ridings https://t.co/v4Qz8cRhxm pic.twitter.com/gsb0tlvPzM
— Charestiste (@RealAlbanianPat) February 27, 2025
The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States, Donald Trump has declared.
Speaking during his first cabinet meeting, the US president said: “The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States, that’s the purpose of it. And they’ve done a good job of it. But now I’m president.”
The president says his administration planned to impose tariffs on the EU very “very soon”.
A journalist asks if anyone at the cabinet meeting is unhappy with Elon.
Donald Trump’s response?
“If you are, we’ll throw them out of here.”
Something a dictator would say. pic.twitter.com/0Kdx0dQnDZ
— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) February 26, 2025
Jill Biden
Hunter Biden
Nobody VOTED for them
They BOTH attended Cabinet meetings.
In fact, wasn’t Jill the HEAD of those meetings?!
Dems r desperately seeking something that they can hang their hats on against our Commander-in-Chief.
They got NADA
Trump & Elon rock! pic.twitter.com/bFQ1qh7a8C
— ProudlyPatriotic (@johnschambers) February 26, 2025
Full meeting.
President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025 https://t.co/E84fapwMhB
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2025
It’s nice to see people getting passionate about public broadcasting, but what went on this past weekend was something else. Some Canadians were losing their minds over a CBC call-in show.
Cross Country Checkup, hosted by Ian Hanomansing, teamed up with U.S. radio show The Middle to simulcast a live two-hour show on CBC, NPR stations and C-SPAN. The idea was to hear from listeners on both sides of the border about U.S. President Donald Trump’s offensive comments regarding his desire to see Canada become the 51st state.
Donald Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs now set for April 2
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada would take effect on April 2, about a month later than an earlier deadline for the levies to take effect.
Trump’s remark came during his first cabinet meeting.
Earlier this month the administration had set March 4 as the effective date for 25% duties on goods from Mexico and non-energy goods from Canada.
