Canada to join Mexican narco state in complaint about U.S. auto industry move

OTTAWA — Canada will sign onto a complaint against the United States over its interpretation of how free trade should apply to the continental auto industry, another sign of souring ties between the two neighbours.

Trade Minister Mary Ng said on Thursday that Canada would join Mexico in asking for a dispute settlement panel under the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact.

… Mexico and Canada are also unhappy about proposed U.S. tax breaks for American-based manufacturers of electric vehicles. This, they say, could undermine the highly integrated North American auto industry.

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Trudeau’s environment minister wants to phase out fossil fuels in two years

“My timeline is two years,” Guilbeault said. “So in the next two years, more stringent methane regulations, zero-emission vehicle standards, net-zero grid by 2035, cap on oil and gas and obviously phasing out fossil fuels – all of these things must be in place in the coming eighteen months.”

A definite sign they know Trudeau is not being reelected.

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O’Toole says Canada-U.S. relations have never been worse

Speaking at a virtual event with Nova Scotia chambers of commerce, O’Toole said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has done little to stop the U.S. from pursuing punitive policies. O’Toole pointed to a list of grievances, including recent hikes to softwood lumber tariffs and an ongoing dispute over P.E.I. potatoes.

But I thought orange man bad? Dementia man worse? They say if you have problems with everyone you know, they aren’t the problem.

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The coming war with…um…Canada?

 

A columnist from Up North warns that soon Canada might have to intervene in America

We begin today by heading north, past Vermont, over Winterfell, above the Arctic Circle, beyond the part of the map labeled “monsters be here,” and into Canada. There do we find a writer named John Ibbitson, who recently published a piece for the Toronto Globe and Mail warning that American democracy may not be long for this world. “If the next presidential election reveals the U.S. hurtling toward possible violence and autocracy,” Ibbitson asks, “should Canada try to intervene?”

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Diane Francis: Canada’s immigration policy needs to focus on what’s best for the economy

The South China Morning Post published a disturbing story recently about an immigration to Canada scheme involving bogus credentials.

“Hongkongers keen to move to Canada offered MBAs for cash, without classes or homework,” read the headline to a January 8 story. “For the tidy sum of up to HK$250,000 (US$32,000) emigration firms offer no-show degrees and experts to write dissertations for ‘postgraduate students’,” it said.

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Canada’s spy agency warns MPs to beware of influence operations from Communist China … and other foreign bodies like the Liberal Party

Canada’s spy agency for the first time is warning individual MPs and senators from all major parties about influence operations being carried out by China and other adversarial states.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has become increasingly alarmed about efforts by China and its agents of influence to covertly cultivate relations with elected officials to gain sway over parliamentary debates and government decision-making.

John Townsend, a spokesperson for CSIS, told The Globe and Mail agency officials are briefing parliamentarians, telling them to beware of foreign influence and interference operations.

Justin has been talkin semi-tough about China of late. This isn’t a belated awakening to the inherent evil of the ChiCom regime rather I suspect Junior was read the riot act by formerly staunch allies.

I bet ChiCom infiltration of Canada by fellow travelers and useful idiots like Trudeau is in fact far worse than we know and we are now considered a security risk. We see the greed motivated subservience to their ChiCom masters by our Captains of Industry & Academics. You can bet a lot of palms have been greased by Beijing and their proxies in Canada’s China Class.

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Judge hands refugee 44th conviction, asks why he has not been deported

Mohammed Al-Samaneh, a 32-year-old man who came to Canada as a Syrian refugee, has 44 convictions for multiple violent crimes such as assault and forcible confinement. Al-Samaneh had been placed on the National Flagging System, which identifies high-risk, violent criminals.

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Canada offers to help U.S. de-escalate Russia-Ukraine crisis with potential deterrence measures

Canada has told the U.S. that it’s willing to help with possible deterrence measures against Russia — which could include sanctions — to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine, CBC News has learned.

Canada made the offer during a meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Dec. 31, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

The source said the message was received well by Blinken.

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‘We need to learn to do things faster’: Canada’s new environment minister talks climate — and compromise

From overseeing 2030 targets to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with one of the largest to-do lists of the entire federal cabinet. The environment minister says he’ll act quickly, even if it means not getting exactly what he wants.

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FUREY: Are Canadians finally fed up with lockdowns?

Are we witnessing a societal shift in Canada?

The milder Omicron variant has resulted in thousands of COVID cases in recent weeks. Many Canadians know of others who have tested positive but have very mild symptoms – with only a small percentage of people having to go to the hospital.

As a result, many Canadians are starting to wonder why we’re in lockdown yet again.

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