Famed entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary eviscerated Canada’s leadership for its defiant stance against U.S. trade policies, calling the rhetoric from Interim Prime Minister Mark Carney “sheer stupidity” and warning that the country is in no position to win a trade war with President Trump.
Canada may still be reeling from a bout of political and diplomatic shock—call it Post-Disruption Stress Disorder (PDSD)—following the April 2 announcement in the Rose Garden by President Trump.
But for both Canada and Mexico, the news was less damaging than feared. Despite the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs unveiled that day, our two nations were spared. So were American grocery shoppers.
OTTAWA — Canada is hitting back against U.S. auto tariffs, slapping a 25 per cent retaliatory border levy on all American-made vehicles not covered by free trade deals but exempting auto parts.
In Ottawa Thursday morning, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada would retaliate to part of the new 25 per cent U.S. border levy on foreign-made autos and parts as he warned that more American border levies may be coming on lumber, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A third defendant pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in an attempt to bribe a juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for acquittals in a massive COVID-19-related fraud case in Minnesota.
Abdulkarim Shafii Farah pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a juror. He was the third of five defendants to admit to federal charges arising from the bribery case, which broke last year during the first trial of people charged in the Feeding Our Future scandal. Two of the seven defendants in that trial were Farah’s brothers.
Ilhan Omar was likely married to all of these guys at one point.
Yes, poor gullible, fearful Canada. You were played.
Not by U.S. President Donald Trump. You were played by power-seeking politicians in this country. You were played by many in the press in this country.
Reality came to call one day after the date set aside for playing jokes on people.
Chicken Little was wrong. The sky isn’t falling. Canada’s end times are not upon us.
It’s not quite a presidential pardon, but we could call it a reprieve. Canada didn’t get any additional tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated what he called “Liberation Day.”
Trump has been talking about new tariffs on Canada for months; he even went on a rant during his Rose Garden ceremony about how he sees Canada’s dairy industry as ripping off American farmers.
.@MarkJCarney only weeks before seeking @liberal_party leadership lobbied Beijing’s mayor to “deepen co-operation.” According to @EpochTimes, Carney lobbied as chair of Brookfield though cabinet had censured China for unfair trade practices.https://t.co/TBxYAcm0BX #cdnpolitics pic.twitter.com/Z76lKM994E
— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) April 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s mindless, and frankly pointless, comments about Canada becoming the 51st state have stirred up latent Canadian patriotism . But it also may result in Canada, which is already economically moribund, further aligning itself with the permanent European Union bureaucracy.
A tilt towards Europe would be natural for Liberal Leader Mark Carney , the former pre-Brexit head of the Bank of England. He’s an advocate of the very environmental, social and economic policies that have led the EU — and, to some extent, Canada — into economic and social decline.
Donald Trump’s politics have shifted considerably over his decades in the public sphere. But one thing he has been consistent on, since the 1980s, is his belief that tariffs are an effective means of boosting the US economy.
Now, he’s staking his presidency on his being right.
At his Rose Garden event at the White House, surrounded by friends, conservative politicians and cabinet secretaries, Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on a broad range of countries – allies, competitors and adversaries alike.
Here's the truth about tariffs: For 60 years they destroyed the American working class to funnel money upwards into the pockets of the rich. Donald Trump is the first president in generations to tell Wall Street to screw itself—he's for the working men and women of this country. pic.twitter.com/sCZRFeITYh
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) April 3, 2025
A long-awaited tariff announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday spurred confusion and concern in Canada’s automotive capital.
The president, in a lengthy Rose Garden address at the White House, provided some relief to Canada by leaving it out of a list of nations facing new reciprocal tariffs from the U.S.
But the Trump administration is maintaining previously announced tariffs affecting Canada, including up to 25 per cent levies on assembled vehicles and some automotive parts.
Donald Trump didn’t add any new tariffs on Canada, we are CUSMA exempt, but still have steel and aluminum like every other country.
But Carney’s entire campaign is based on picking a fight with Trump on the tariff issue which is why he might look distressed here. pic.twitter.com/DS2rInsX5W— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) April 2, 2025
To be clear…
You are protecting supply management to protect YOUR job as a politician. https://t.co/zeZRZ10p7i
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) April 2, 2025
David Scarlett’s The Battle at the Border documentary is an insightful and impactful look into one of the most contentious and critical issues facing the United States today: immigration and the security of our southern border. Through a blend of first-hand accounts, historical context, and eye-opening visuals, Scarlett delves into the complexities of the U.S.-Mexico border, highlighting the human and political struggles that occur daily in this often misunderstood region.
Last summer, after Old Joe Biden was forced out of running for reelection and Kamala Harris was anointed as the Democrat candidate for president, the far left’s propaganda arm (that is, the establishment media) made a massive push to make this failed vice president and longtime party hack seem new and exciting. A key part of this effort was a gaggle of young “influencers” who took to Instagram and TikTok with an enthusiastic pro-Harris message. It was sincere, it was spontaneous, it was exciting — or at least that’s what it seemed to be. Now (I know, knock me over with a feather) it turns out that the whole thing was faked: the entire Harris bubble was the artificial creation of a bunch of leftist billionaires.
Sounds vaguely familiar …
President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for new import taxes on all goods entering the US, in the biggest upheaval of the international trade order since the aftermath of World War Two.
His plan sets a baseline tariff on all imports of at least 10%, consistent with a proposal he made on the campaign last year.
Items from about 60 trade partners that the White House described as the “worst offenders”, including the European Union and China, face higher rates – payback for what Trump said unfair trade policies.
FULL REMARKS: Watching Trump. President Trump Participates in the Make America Wealthy Again Event at the Rose Garden on Liberation Day – 4/2/25 #Trump #TrumpTariffs
“The U.S. can no longer pay the deficits of Canada and Mexico… The Great Depression was caused by the US… pic.twitter.com/MeRrAqXvWj
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) April 2, 2025
U.S. senators vote to block Trump’s Canadian tariffs in stinging, but likely symbolic, rebuke
A bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators voted in favour of ending the state of emergency that allows the Trump administration to unilaterally impose tariffs on Canadian goods, arguing that the White House overreached by targeting its northern neighbour.
The vote is the most significant Republican rebuke of the Trump administration’s second term, with four Republicans – Kentucky senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, as well as Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, and Susan Collins, of Maine – breaking rank. The vote passed 51 to 48. The win is largely symbolic because it’s unlikely to have any practical effect in Congress. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has pledged not to intervene in Mr. Trump’s tariff agenda, and the president has veto power that can only be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote in each chamber. The fate of the resolution was unclear until votes were tallied late Wednesday evening.
‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs: See Which Countries Have the Highest Rates
President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on Wednesday afternoon, announcing a minimum 10 percent tariff on all trading partners as well as so-called reciprocal actions on dozens of other countries, including some of America’s biggest trading partners.
In announcing the new tariffs, his most expansive to date, Mr. Trump said that the global tariffs would help correct decades of unfair relationships and stop other countries from ripping off the United States.
China, for example, will see its tariff rate rise to 34 percent, which includes a previous blanket import tax imposed on the country’s goods earlier this year. Vietnam’s imports will be taxed at nearly 50 percent.
Canada exempt from Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs, PM Carney promises countermeasures to auto, sectoral levies
As CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to NATO in the Obama administration, Ivo Daalder is a member in good standing of the foreign policy establishment. In a recent piece on the Foreign Affairs website, Daalder, after the obligatory criticism of Donald Trump’s alleged undermining of NATO, concludes that Trump has been right all along: Europe is “fully capable of ensuring [its] future security [and] [t]he time to start is now.” NATO faces the worst crisis in its 76-year history, Daalder writes, because Trump has “questioned the two core principles” of the alliance: its shared threat perception and its commitment to collective defense.
The US was as close to being orchestrators of the battles with Russian forces as could be
The US-led coalition to help Ukraine was always more than just a production line of arms deliveries to the Kyiv government.
Much of what has been going on over the past three years has been secret: a covert collaboration between Ukraine and the West involving commanders at the highest level, and special forces out of uniform. Now the full extent of the extraordinary partnership between Ukraine and the West has been revealed after a year-long investigation by Adam Entous, a reporter at the New York Times.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to implement reciprocal tariffs on several countries, and confirmed 25 per cent tariffs on all foreign-made automobiles are coming into effect as of midnight.
CTV News is awaiting confirmation about an exemption for Canada, however there are multiple reports that Canada is exempt from the 10 per cent baseline tariff on other countries that Trump also announced Wednesday.
“Reciprocal. That means they do it to us and we do it to them,” Trump said. “Very simple. Can’t get any simpler than that.”
“It’s our declaration of economic independence,” the president also said, before continuing to address the crowd while holding a chart listing the tariffs other countries have in place on American products.
Canada was not listed on the board.
Trump is for his nation and fellow citizens. Carney is a carpetbagging globalist shill.
“He Is Shattering The System” Steve Bannon Reacts To President Trump’s Liberation Day pic.twitter.com/kV3COhEqVq
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) April 2, 2025
.@PressSec on unfair trade practices on the U.S.:
50% tariff from the EU on American dairy
700% tariff from Japan on American rice
100% tariff from India on American ag products
300% tariff from Canada on American butter & cheeseT-1 DAY UNTIL LIBERATION DAY! pic.twitter.com/EzYqL42efJ
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 2, 2025
More Brookfield business entities registered to Bermuda building that houses bike shop
Several entities of global investment giant Brookfield Asset Management’s core business are registered to an address in Bermuda that also houses a local bike shop, CTV News has learned.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney previously served as chair of Brookfield’s board, from August of 2022 until mid-January of this year, when he resigned to run for the party leadership.
Last week, Radio Canada reported that two Brookfield pension funds, worth a combined $25 billion, were registered in Bermuda.
