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An expert on insurgency says an American military incursion into Canada would be a disaster — for the United States.

A military move by President Donald Trump could eventually destroy America’s worldwide power, says Dr. Aisha Ahmad, an associate professor at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Ahmad has studied insurgencies and visited many conflict zones for more than 20 years. She sees a pattern of resistance that repeats itself every time.

The claim that tariffs are inherently misguided and inevitably harmful does not stand up to scrutiny, especially when it comes to U.S. trade with China

Donald Trump is back—and so is the tariff. “It’s a beautiful word, isn’t it?” the president quipped before the joint session of Congress on Tuesday—so beautiful that he referenced tariffs 17 more times in his address. In the short time since his second inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump has imposed—and sometimes walked back or temporarily suspended—tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico, and declared a policy of tit-for-tat “reciprocity” or retaliation for any foreign tariffs on American exports that are higher than U.S. tariffs on imports. And he has justified tariffs with multiple rationales, ranging from protecting or reshoring defense-critical American industries to pressuring America’s neighbors to take action to reduce the cross-border flow of illegal immigrants and drugs like fentanyl. In fact, he told members of Congress, tariffs were “about protecting the soul of our country.”

The chaotic and inconsistent nature of Trump’s second-term policy to date can be criticized. But when it comes to tariffs as a tool of economic statecraft in general, the gap between establishment rhetoric and actual government practice is big enough to drive a Chinese EV through.

Fellow Democrats, the party needs to rethink all the anti-tariff absolutism. I’m a Rust Belt Democrat from swingy Western PA—where lousy trade deals like NAFTA stripped us for parts. Democrats need to break free from the zombie horde of neoliberal economists who think tariffs…

— Congressman Chris Deluzio (@RepDeluzio) March 7, 2025

Canada uses them, nearly all nations do. In Canada they typically protect the politically favoured and are not objectively implemented to serve the common good.

h/t XC

Canadian shoppers wanting to boycott US products are outraged that many retailers appear to be hiding “product of USA” labeled foods in a sneaky effort to sell the suddenly “toxic” inventory.

Complaints to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency about country of origin claims have skyrocketed across the country in February, as the trade war with the US escalates, the consumer watchdog told The Post.

h/t LS

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump’s repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S. state, though interest in it rises among Conservative supporters and those living in Alberta.

The Leger poll, released this week, says just nine per cent of Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state, while 85 per cent do not.

The rejection appears clear across all regions, political parties and age groups.

Support for the idea is highest in Alberta, at 15 per cent, and lowest in Atlantic Canada at just three per cent, with fewer than one-in-10 people in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia wanting it.

Charles Barkley is the latest public figure to defend Wayne Gretzky against criticism from Canadians over his ties to Donald Trump.

A friend of Gretzky’s from the Phoenix area, where the hockey legend once coached the Coyotes and Barkley previously played for the NBA’s Suns, Sir Charles offered support to the NHL legend on TNT this week.

OTTAWA — No half measures.

That was the message Friday from Canada’s opposition leader, who said he wasn’t swayed by the White House’s latest walkback on its trade war.

“We need to keep the counter-tariffs in place until the president removes all tariffs, forever, for Canadians,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters.