With the United States’ 119th Congress set to convene in the new year, the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group will be D.C.-bound to build Canadian connections on Capitol Hill.
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Canada has long faced calls to join the U.S.: A short history of saying nope to the American dream
Canada might be America’s staunchest ally, but it’s a relationship many Canadians prefer to keep at arm’s length.
From burning down the White House during the War of 1812 to politicians being branded traitors for growing too cosy with the U.S. in recent decades, Canadians’ at-times rocky relationship with America has become embedded in our national identity.
First Nations want Impact Assessment Act review for massive carbon capture project in Alberta
Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the massive carbon capture and storage project proposed by a consortium of oilsands companies be reviewed under the federal Impact Assessment Act.
The First Nations say the project proposed by the Pathways Alliance is “massive” and “unprecedented” and poses potential risks to both the environment and human health.
Sweden and Finland want citizens to be prepared for war. Should Canada do the same?
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its third year, nearby Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland are preparing their citizens to survive during a military conflict. Should Canada be doing the same?
“If Sweden is attacked, everyone must do their part to defend Sweden’s independence – and our democracy,” a new pamphlet from Sweden’s government(opens in a new tab) states. “You are part of Sweden’s overall emergency preparedness.”
The 32-page document entitled “In case of crisis or war” was published in November and distributed to every household in Sweden. It explains that Swedish citizens and foreign residents ages 16 to 70 are “part of Sweden’s total defence and required to serve in the event of war.”
Pressure up on feds to intervene in postal strike
The Retail Council of Canada said Tuesday that the strike by more than 55,000 workers countrywide is putting businesses and their employees in jeopardy.
John Robson: All I Want for Christmas Is a Capable Canadian Military
In just a few weeks, Santa and his reindeer will cross the North Pole and fly through the Canadian Arctic. And they may well not be alone, though the Canadian Armed Forces proudly tracking the sleigh could easily miss the other stuff. So at the risk of asking that more be loaded into his sack than can reasonably be delivered, I request a working military for Christmas.
Tasha Kheiriddin: Trump’s ’51st state’ comment has Trudeau, premiers running in different directions
Canada as the 51st state? Apparently, that’s what U.S. president-elect Donald Trump suggested at his impromptu dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago last Friday.
When Trudeau said Canada couldn’t stomach 25 per cent tariffs, Trump mused about annexation and suggested that while prime minister is a better title, Trudeau could be governor of this 51st state. Sources told Fox News that another guest then suggested that Canada would be a very liberal state, whereupon Trump offered that Canada could be split into a conservative and a liberal state.
Millennials helped elect Trudeau in 2015. Nearly a decade later, they’re turning to the Conservatives
Back in 2015, Cisco Armstrong was so inspired by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau that nothing was going to stop him from voting in the federal election.
He and his now wife were going abroad and would miss the election, so they voted early to make sure they could register their support for Mr. Trudeau. “He symbolized progress,” says Mr. Armstrong, who is now 35 and lives outside Sherbrooke. “It was inspiring to vote for change.”
The madness of crowds.
The Road Ahead for America and Canada
Under the Trudeau regime, Canada and the U.S. may have been working at cross purposes but that will not be the case after Canada has elected a Conservative government.
When Justin Trudeau was first elected prime minister of Canada in 2015, it was partly because of the sort of empty bombast that had helped get Barak Obama first elected president in 2008. Obama had promised “Hope and Change” while Trudeau promised “Sunny Ways.” By the time Trudeau was first elected, America had already soured on Obama, among other things because of his abysmal economic management, his divisive rhetoric, and his stoking of racism.
The return of Trump has Poilievre talking about a crackdown beyond the U.S. border
… On Sunday, he called for a crackdown on people coming to Canada – tightening visa requirements to make it harder to visit and setting a cap on the number of asylum-seekers.
For a long time, Mr. Poilievre didn’t go there. His party wanted MPs and candidates to steer clear of anything that suggested tough talk on immigration. It’s only in the last few months that
Mr. Poilievre has ramped up criticism of the Liberal government’s failure to control a surge of temporary residents.
Now, he’s talking about cracking down on “false refugees” and warning “our Canadian jobs are being taken.”
A good start but he better learn how to pronounce the words “mass deportation” because Trudeau has literally allowed millions of illegal alien scammers to remain in Canada.
Trump’s fentanyl ultimatum puts Canada’s ‘super labs’ under microscope
The growth of illegal Canadian fentanyl production came into focus over the weekend after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reportedly gave Canadian government leaders a clear impression that the runaway drug problem is his top priority, even in Canada-U.S. relations.
Canada’s China class must be concerned.
What does Donald Trump want from Canada? The after-dinner surprise has yet to be served
We know a lot about that dinner in Mar-a-Lago: Who sat where, what was discussed, the menu (“Mary Trump’s meat loaf,” among other things), and, above all, what made the get together so urgent – namely president-elect Donald Trump’s social media post promising that his first day in office would bring a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States.
But why is Mr. Trump talking about hitting Canada – the No. 1 buyer of American exports? That’s not at all clear.
So long as Trump continues to humiliate Justin I’m good.
Despite humiliating dinner with Trump, Trudeau is showing leadership
I’m glad Justin Trudeau managed to get face to face with Donald Trump and make the case that Canada shouldn’t be socked with tariffs that would send our economy into a recessionary spin.
Obviously it’s better to talk directly to the Great Khan in his stately Mar-a-Lago pleasure dome than to be left on the outside peeking in. If you’re invited for dinner, of course you go, and you make the very best of it. On the face of it, it must mean something positive that Trump agreed to see the PM so quickly after dropping his tariff bombshell. Doesn’t it?
ICYMI Mar-a-Lago talks not exactly as friendly as LeBlanc, Hillman and Trudeau described them "The president-elect told the prime minister if Canada cannot fix the border issues and trade deficit, he will levy a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods on day one when he returns to… pic.twitter.com/gOkWX2WUNV
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) December 3, 2024
PETER DOOCY: “Tonight, we’re getting new details about that Trump-Trudeau dinner from two people who were at the table. We are told that when @JustinTrudeau told President-elect Trump that new tarrifs would kill the Canadian economy, Trump joked to him that if Canada can’t… pic.twitter.com/eAYNJL6SCq
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) December 2, 2024
Trump suggests Canada become 51st state after Trudeau said tariff would kill economy: sources
h/t Mauser
Joe Adam George: Dirty money from Canada mustn’t prop up Hezbollah’s narco-terrorism any longer
A 60-day ceasefire deal between Israel and the Shiite Muslim terrorist group Hezbollah is now in force after months of a full-scale war between the two sworn enemies. However, it would be delusional to think that this deal will keep the Jewish state safe from an army of genocidal jihadists whose hybrid-guerilla warfare methods inspired fellow Iran proxy, Hamas, to carry out the October 7 massacre. If anything, this temporary truce offers Hezbollah much-needed respite from the pummeling it has received at the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) since September.
Canada’s ambassador says Trudeau told Trump the Canadian border can’t be compared to Mexico’s
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and key Cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. is unfair.
Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador in Washington, told The Associated Press in an interview that Trudeau’s dinner with Trump on Friday was a very important step in trying to get Trump to back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner.