BEIJING — In April 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney was standing on the stage of the federal election leaders’ debate when he was asked to identify the greatest threat to Canada’s national security.
Without hesitation, Carney declared: “China.”
“Canada’s China Class”
Doug Ford calls on Carney to ‘step up’ to help Ontario’s auto sector after Chinese EV deal
As Prime Minister Mark Carney moves to allay concerns about lifting tariffs on Chinese EVs, Premier Doug Ford says Ottawa needs to “step up” to protect Ontario’s auto industry.
Speaking to Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference delegates at the Sheraton Centre on Monday, Ford reiterated his alarm at Carney’s new agreement with China.
US Lawmakers Warn Canada Against Allowing ‘Beijing a Foothold in the North American Auto Market’
The U.S. House Select Committee on China is warning Canada that it should reconsider opening its auto industry to Beijing and risking thousands of jobs, ahead of the upcoming renewal negotiations for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By opening its market to Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), Canada risks distorting its auto industry by giving “Beijing a foothold in the North American auto market, threatening thousands of jobs and undermining a century of integrated automotive leadership,” the committee said in a Jan. 16 post on X.
“China’s state-subsidized overcapacity has already distorted Europe’s auto industry, and North America will be next if this precedent stands,” the committee said.
Canada’s decision to open its market to Chinese electric vehicles risks giving Beijing a foothold in the North American auto market, threatening thousands of jobs and undermining a century of integrated automotive leadership.
China’s state-subsidized overcapacity has already…
— Select Committee on China (@ChinaSelect) January 16, 2026
LEDREW: Mark Carney lacks courage on deal with China
Surrender!
Without even a single shot being fired.
Without a murmur of protest.
That is what Mark Carney has done with his lame capitulation to the Dictatorship of China.
A dramatic B.C. court case reveals how one family moved huge sums of money from China to Metro Vancouver
First of two. Go here for part 2.
The saga of how one extended family transformed their wealth from China into roughly $60 million worth of property in Canada, specifically in Metro Vancouver, has come to light in a lawsuit that has been working its way through B.C. courts.
The case, presided over by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gordon Funt, tells a remarkable story that blends the trans-national transfer of huge sums out of China with the yearning of migrating families for a more secure lifestyle abroad.
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Mark Carney brushes off Doug Ford’s anger and Autoworkers fears over China EV tariff cuts
DOHA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s response to Doug Ford’s criticism of Ottawa’s deal to reduce tariffs on Chinese EVs: he’s out to build the auto industry of the future, not the past.
“Remember, this is a market that is the auto sector, which is evolving very rapidly,” Carney told reporters at a news conference. “We don’t want to be competitive in the market of 2000, 2010. We want to become competitive in the market in the future. That’s what’s going to get great jobs for Ontarians going forward,” said Carney.
The auto industry of the future? Sure Carney.
The only thing this carpetbagger is building is policy to funnel ill-gotten gains to his pals.
‘Looking like a supplicant is undignified’: Michael Kovrig on Carney’s China trip
Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig — who was detained by China for more than 1,000 days between 2018 and 2021 — says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tone and messaging during his trip to China were “worrisome.”
In a bid to reset relations with China and counter trade threats from the United States, Carney became the first Canadian prime minister to travel to the Asian country in eight years this week.
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The announcement by Canadian PM @MarkJCarney of a reset in Canada-China ties accompanied by a trade deal of dramatic proportions will likely go down in history as a major political blunder. But don’t listen to me: Premier Doug Ford of Ontario already denounced the deal. 1/9
Anger, however justified, should never be the principal driver of policy. This is true both about our Canadian brethren, and true about our European allies. We are living through a rocky transformation of the international system, but the geopolitical realities remain
From surge in patriotism to fewer US trips – Trump’s impact on Canada
In the year since US President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term, he has brought with him significant global shifts.
Like many countries, Canada – America’s closest neighbour to the north – has felt the impact and seen a change in the long-standing relationship with its close security ally and trading partner.
Trump has imposed tariffs on several key Canadian sectors and has warned of more to come. He has also referred to Canada as “the 51st state” — a jab that has been met with a mix of anxiety and an uncharactaristically fierce display of patriotism.
🤯 “China quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that could give Beijing more ways to impose control in contested seas. The two recent operations unfolded… pic.twitter.com/jTvEQmsDJV
— Michael Kovrig (@MichaelKovrig) January 17, 2026
Terry Newman: Was Mark Carney really the best choice to negotiate with Trump?
Canadians have not heard much about why negotiations with the United States seem to have gone nowhere. One has to ask: was Mark Carney really the best choice to negotiate with Donald Trump? All signs point to “absolutely not.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing this week, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other high-ranking Communist party officials. After landing in China on Wednesday, Carney posted a video of himself waving before descending the steps of his plane to enjoy the red-carpet treatment.
We’ve secured a new trade agreement with China — unlocking more than $7 billion in export markets for Canadian workers and businesses.
Watch my full remarks ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/0Nyrilm1DM
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) January 17, 2026
Canada May Fall Into China’s Strategic Trap as It Seeks New Energy Sources After Losing Venezuela, Analyst Warns
Ottawa may be walking into a trap by seeking a “strategic partnership” with China, which is losing energy suppliers like Venezuela under U.S. control and could pull Canada into its orbit for resources and away from its allies, longtime China analyst Sheng Xue warns.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his government is pursuing a “strategic partnership” with Beijing, as he and several of his cabinet ministers have been meeting with Chinese officials throughout his visit in Beijing in an effort to build closer relations between the two countries.
Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official
Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official.
The official, who spoke on the condition they not be named, said the goal is for Canada to become the first country in North America to build this type of EV.
It’s a fundamental error, the official said, to think that U.S. President Donald Trump will not allow Chinese electric vehicles into the United States.
Will that include OEM surveillance tech?
I love my friends in Canada, but they will live to regret the day they let the Chinese Communist Party flood the market with their EVs! https://t.co/IW1FBl3DUh
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) January 17, 2026
The Prescient Warning Behind Ottawa’s China Influence File—and Carney’s Beijing Electric Vehicle Gamble
A Canadian immigration control official who warned of influence from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s Beijing–Montreal business networks, predicted the types of outcomes unfolding under Carney.
This abridged 2023 Bureau investigation is being reposted in the aftermath of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade mission to Beijing. It offers a plausible lens on how Ottawa can arrive at policy choices that may ultimately damage the interests of most Canadians—and erode Canada’s standing as a Western middle power.
PM Carney pre-election (2025):
“Our biggest security threat is China”PM Carney post-election (2026):
“Our partnership with China sets us up well for the New World Order” pic.twitter.com/ZLZfAH9hR3— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 16, 2026
🚨NEW
The agency responsible for investigating Chinese Police stations in Canada
is the RCMP..!
…who just signed an MOU with the People's Police of China for enforcement cooperation.
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) January 17, 2026
Carney Cozies Up to China
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is selling out to China, and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping is loving it.
Over the past few days, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been in China in an open attempt to pivot to China and spurn Canada’s relationship with the United States. In a jubilant press release on Friday, the prime minister’s office declared that Carney is “forg[ing] [a] new strategic partnership with the People’s Republic of China.” The government went on to repeatedly tout this “new strategic partnership,” framing the relationship as entirely overhauled.
Further, Carney announced that Canada is dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles from 100 percent to 6.1 percent, opening the door to importing cheap Chinese cars (heavily subsidized by the communist government) that promise to sink the Canadian car industry. That decision signals a major break from Canada’s previously united stance with the U.S. against such vehicles.
Xi’s Enforcers Punished Nearly a Million in 2025—and China’s Leader Wants More
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has directed relentless purges to assert a degree of autocratic control unseen in China in decades, with Communist Party enforcers punishing nearly a million people last year. But when it comes to getting things done, he still wants more commitment to his agenda.
Weeks before Beijing is set to launch a new economic blueprint for the next five years, Xi ordered the party’s discipline inspectors to flex their supervisory powers even more forcefully and ensure his policies are executed as intended.
“Corruption is a major obstacle and a stumbling block in the advancement of the party and the nation’s causes,” Xi said this week at a conclave of the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. This year, he said, party inspectors must help enforce the top leadership’s decisions more resolutely, and ensure Beijing achieves its goals in the new five-year plan.
Pretty sure Carney will be dropping a dime on all of us.
Carney and Xi ink MOU on “Cooperation in Combating Crimes Between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China.” Wanna bet Ottawa will honor this MOU, unlike the BS one it inked with Alberta?https://t.co/4S2BGrsxHO
— Perilous Times (@_periloustimes_) January 17, 2026
Carney’s EV deal with Beijing is high-wire diplomacy with risks on both sides
One day before Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing, U.S. President Donald Trump offered his latest dismissal of the Canadian auto industry. The North American free-trade pact is “irrelevant,” Mr. Trump said while touring a Ford Motor Co. plant in Michigan, and the U.S. should stop buying Canadian cars.
Mr. Carney’s response came on Friday.
It will be great for Carney and the China class and that’s all it was intended to be.
Prime Minister @MarkJCarneyney’s trip to Beijing was widely touted as a chance to stabilize relations. In reality, it was a test of whether Canada can manage pressure without giving ground where it matters. How do you think the PM performed? pic.twitter.com/T2yeZdt5DR
— Michael Kovrig (@MichaelKovrig) January 17, 2026