Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Google Surrenders to Trump, Renames Lake Ontario | The Palki Sharma Show
Monday, August 31, 2026
‘Trump Pushes Canada Out of NATO?’: Mark Carney Drops Stunning Europe Bomb Amid Tariff War
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Ontario Premier Unveils Lake Ontario Sign in Response to Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Order
Aug 30, 2026 | The Canadian province's premier, Doug Ford, installed a billboard-sized sign on the lake's shoreline after the US president signed an executive order on Thursday directing US federal agencies to change the lake's name on US maps, documents and databases to 'Lake America'.
Ford told reporters the lake's name, which is more than 400 years old, would remain unchanged.
Trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed last week, with each side blaming the other for derailing three days of intensive negotiations Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
Ford told reporters the lake's name, which is more than 400 years old, would remain unchanged.
Trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed last week, with each side blaming the other for derailing three days of intensive negotiations Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
Saturday, August 29, 2026
‘If It’s Made in the US, I Don’t Buy It’: Canadians on Boycotting Trump’s America
THE GUARDIAN: Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living
Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | A sign in a liquor shop in Vancouver, British Columbia promotes native Canadian alcohol. Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters
For William McDonald, 38, a diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, “Canadian is always the first choice,” even if it means his weekly bills are higher.
“As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February [last year], I started boycotting US goods,” he said. “Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I’m still happy to do it.
“I used to drink US beer, but now I drink Canadian beer, and that costs me an extra C$1,000 (£531/US$720) a year. Likewise, groceries cost about C$50 more a week, but you work that extra hour to pay for it.”
McDonald likened Donald Trump’s behaviour towards Canada as “a lot like the schoolyard bully yelling and stomping their feet when they don’t get the cowering reaction they expect”. » | Jane Clinton | Saturday, August 29, 2026
For William McDonald, 38, a diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, “Canadian is always the first choice,” even if it means his weekly bills are higher.
“As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February [last year], I started boycotting US goods,” he said. “Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I’m still happy to do it.
“I used to drink US beer, but now I drink Canadian beer, and that costs me an extra C$1,000 (£531/US$720) a year. Likewise, groceries cost about C$50 more a week, but you work that extra hour to pay for it.”
McDonald likened Donald Trump’s behaviour towards Canada as “a lot like the schoolyard bully yelling and stomping their feet when they don’t get the cowering reaction they expect”. » | Jane Clinton | Saturday, August 29, 2026
This Is What Happens When a Toddler Runs a Country
b>August 29, 2026 | Donald Trump has officially directed the U.S. government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” as his trade war with Canada escalates.
Canada refused to simply accept Trump’s tariff demands, and now we’re watching a dispute between two of the world’s closest trading partners descend into presidential name-calling and symbolic stunts.
This isn’t strength. In my view, it’s childish politics with real economic consequences. Trump imposed massive new tariffs on Canadian goods, Canada retaliated, and one of America’s closest relationships is deteriorating while the president focuses on renaming a lake shared with another sovereign country.
At what point do Americans admit that this is embarrassing us on the world stage?
Has America ever been led by such an imbecile before? — © Mark Alexander
Canada refused to simply accept Trump’s tariff demands, and now we’re watching a dispute between two of the world’s closest trading partners descend into presidential name-calling and symbolic stunts.
This isn’t strength. In my view, it’s childish politics with real economic consequences. Trump imposed massive new tariffs on Canadian goods, Canada retaliated, and one of America’s closest relationships is deteriorating while the president focuses on renaming a lake shared with another sovereign country.
At what point do Americans admit that this is embarrassing us on the world stage?
Has America ever been led by such an imbecile before? — © Mark Alexander
Canadians Laugh Off a Lake Name Change - But What about an Ocean? | DW News
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Canada Stands Up to America as Trump Imposes 50% Tariffs on Its Closest Ally
Aug 27, 2026 | Donald Trump’s ludicrous tariff policy has become a defining feature of his second term, imposing costs on American businesses and consumers while raising serious questions about the limits of presidential power.
His escalating trade dispute with Canada, which has chosen to resist rather than submit to American pressure, highlights both the economic and constitutional consequences of his approach.
With courts challenging the legality of his tariffs, Congress and the judiciary now face a crucial test of whether they will enforce constitutional limits and prevent the president from using trade policy to punish American workers and consumers.
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His escalating trade dispute with Canada, which has chosen to resist rather than submit to American pressure, highlights both the economic and constitutional consequences of his approach.
With courts challenging the legality of his tariffs, Congress and the judiciary now face a crucial test of whether they will enforce constitutional limits and prevent the president from using trade policy to punish American workers and consumers.
ANTHONY DAVIS can be supported on Patreon here »
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Donald Trump Just Started a Fight He Can't Win | Steve Schmidt"
Guerre commerciale : Donald Trump veut rebaptiser le « lac Ontario » en « lac d'Amérique »
LE FIGARO : « Les États-Unis réfléchissent sérieusement à changer le nom du lac Ontario en lac d’Amérique, car nous ne comptons plus faire beaucoup de business avec l’Ontario », a écrit le président américain sur son réseau Truth Social.
Donald Trump, cible d'attaques virulentes du dirigeant de la province canadienne de l'Ontario, a dit mardi vouloir changer le nom du lac Ontario, frontalier des États-Unis et du Canada, en « lac d'Amérique ». Cette idée, lancée en pleine reprise des hostilités commerciales entre Washington et Ottawa, rappelle évidemment l'une des premières décisions du président américain après son retour au pouvoir, à savoir changer le nom du « golfe du Mexique» en «golfe d'Amérique ». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 25 août 2026
Trump’s Trade War with Canada Could Get ‘Very Nasty’ | Sarah Baxter
Aug 25, 2026 | “It could get very nasty indeed, economically, for both sides.”
Trump’s latest attack on Canada is “particularly farcical”, with threats to increase tariffs on Canadian car imports. However, a trade war could damage both countries, says Sarah Baxter, director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting.
Trump’s latest attack on Canada is “particularly farcical”, with threats to increase tariffs on Canadian car imports. However, a trade war could damage both countries, says Sarah Baxter, director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting.
« Ça a toujours irrité les Américains » : pourquoi la langue française s'invite dans le bras de fer commercial entre le Canada et les États-Unis
LE FIGARO : Le premier ministre Mark Carney a rompu les négociations vendredi pour défendre l’exception culturelle québécoise et notamment l’usage du français, remis en cause par l’administration Trump.
Le Canada monte au créneau pour défendre le français. La défense de la culture québécoise et de la langue de Molière s'est imposée comme l'un des principaux points d'achoppement des négociations commerciales entre Ottawa et Washington, selon Mark Carney, qui affirme avoir refusé de transiger face aux exigences américaines. « Il y a un écart énorme entre les perspectives canadiennes et les perspectives américaines » en matière de culture, a souligné lundi le premier ministre canadien, à qui il a pourtant été souvent reproché un manque de sensibilité au français.
Mark Carney, qui poursuit son apprentissage de la langue française, a ainsi fustigé les demandes introduites « dans les dernières heures » par la partie américaine, qui remettaient en cause les subventions à la culture francophone, la place des médias francophones en ligne et l'obligation d'étiquetage bilingue des produits vendus au Canada. C'est aussi une question de « découvrabilité » des productions québécoises, a ajouté lundi le premier ministre canadien, c'est-à-dire de « disponibilité (du contenu) en ligne et (de) sa capacité à être repéré parmi un vaste ensemble », comme l'indique le gouvernement du Québec sur son site internet officiel. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 25 août 2026
Le Canada monte au créneau pour défendre le français. La défense de la culture québécoise et de la langue de Molière s'est imposée comme l'un des principaux points d'achoppement des négociations commerciales entre Ottawa et Washington, selon Mark Carney, qui affirme avoir refusé de transiger face aux exigences américaines. « Il y a un écart énorme entre les perspectives canadiennes et les perspectives américaines » en matière de culture, a souligné lundi le premier ministre canadien, à qui il a pourtant été souvent reproché un manque de sensibilité au français.
Mark Carney, qui poursuit son apprentissage de la langue française, a ainsi fustigé les demandes introduites « dans les dernières heures » par la partie américaine, qui remettaient en cause les subventions à la culture francophone, la place des médias francophones en ligne et l'obligation d'étiquetage bilingue des produits vendus au Canada. C'est aussi une question de « découvrabilité » des productions québécoises, a ajouté lundi le premier ministre canadien, c'est-à-dire de « disponibilité (du contenu) en ligne et (de) sa capacité à être repéré parmi un vaste ensemble », comme l'indique le gouvernement du Québec sur son site internet officiel. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 25 août 2026
Mark Carney Says Canada Can’t Accept US Trade Deal That Would Weaken French Language
THE GUARDIAN: Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute
Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Canada-US trade minister Dominic LeBlanc at a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday. Photograph: Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP
Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture.
The prime minister’s remarks came hours after the US president, Donald Trump, showed little interest in retreating from the spat, posting on social media that Canada had been “ripping off the United States of America for years” and threatening a swath of new, economically devastating tariffs on cars and trucks.
Carney instructed his negotiators to walk away from trade talks last week. Tariffs on an array of Canadian products took effect over the weekend, affecting around 5% of Canada’s exports to the US, and Canada said it will retaliate in early September.
On Monday, Carney toured a shipyard with Quebec’s premier, telling attendees Canada “could not accept” a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections after trade talks collapsed between the two countries last week, adding that his government “will not give what they have asked”.
The prime minister’s decision to abandon trade talks with the US spurred declarations from political leaders and pundits in Canada that the country is now fully locked into an economic war with its longtime ally. » | Leyland Cecco in Toronto | Monday, August 24, 2026
How lucky Canadians are! They are being led by a cultured gentleman with oodles of refinement, sophistication, intelligence, and class. Americans, by contrast, are being led by a philistine! — © Mark Alexander
ALSO READ:
From ‘Fortress North America’ to All-Out Trade War: How the U.S.-Canada Talks Collapsed: Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable. »
U.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs: The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say. »
Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture.
The prime minister’s remarks came hours after the US president, Donald Trump, showed little interest in retreating from the spat, posting on social media that Canada had been “ripping off the United States of America for years” and threatening a swath of new, economically devastating tariffs on cars and trucks.
Carney instructed his negotiators to walk away from trade talks last week. Tariffs on an array of Canadian products took effect over the weekend, affecting around 5% of Canada’s exports to the US, and Canada said it will retaliate in early September.
On Monday, Carney toured a shipyard with Quebec’s premier, telling attendees Canada “could not accept” a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections after trade talks collapsed between the two countries last week, adding that his government “will not give what they have asked”.
The prime minister’s decision to abandon trade talks with the US spurred declarations from political leaders and pundits in Canada that the country is now fully locked into an economic war with its longtime ally. » | Leyland Cecco in Toronto | Monday, August 24, 2026
How lucky Canadians are! They are being led by a cultured gentleman with oodles of refinement, sophistication, intelligence, and class. Americans, by contrast, are being led by a philistine! — © Mark Alexander
ALSO READ:
From ‘Fortress North America’ to All-Out Trade War: How the U.S.-Canada Talks Collapsed: Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable. »
U.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs: The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say. »
Monday, August 24, 2026
Democracy Now! “Most Stupid Trade Fight in History”: US & Canadian Workers Lose in Trump’s New Tariff War
August 24, 2026 | The US-Canada trade war is deepening after talks collapsed without a deal on Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused the Trump administration of issuing demands that would compromise Canada’s sovereignty and undermine key industries.
On Saturday, the United States slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, and Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of US products set to go into effect on September 8.
Democracy Now! can be supported here »
On Saturday, the United States slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, and Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of US products set to go into effect on September 8.
Democracy Now! can be supported here »
Here’s Why the US Sees Québec’s French-language Laws as a Trade Barrier
Aug 23, 2026 | The fallout from the collapse of Canada-U.S. trade talks goes beyond tariffs. One of the issues that derailed negotiations is a familiar point of tension – Québec’s French language laws.
The U.S. says the rules create barriers for American businesses seeking access to the Québec market. But as Felicia Parillo explains, Québec says protecting the language is non-negotiable.
Trump is such a philistine! — G Mark Alexander
The U.S. says the rules create barriers for American businesses seeking access to the Québec market. But as Felicia Parillo explains, Québec says protecting the language is non-negotiable.
Trump is such a philistine! — G Mark Alexander
Sunday, August 23, 2026
US-Canada Trade War: The Cost of Fighting Back | DW News
Droits de douane : Donald Trump empêtré dans sa croisade tarifaire mondiale
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le locataire de la Maison-Blanche a réussi à tordre le bras à l’Europe et à d’autres pays pour obtenir des conditions avantageuses. Alors que le bras de fer avec le Canada est relancé, l’annulation, il y a six mois, d’une grosse partie des tarifs par la Cour suprême fragilise largement sa politique.
Œil pour œil, dent pour dent. Après l’échec des négociations commerciales avec Washington, le Canada a choisi la riposte. Dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, Ottawa a annoncé à son tour des droits de douane d’un montant équivalent aux 20 milliards de dollars d’importations canadiennes ciblées par la Maison-Blanche. Un nouveau front de la guerre commerciale tous azimuts du président américain se rouvre.
Depuis son retour au pouvoir, Donald Trump a fait des droits de douane le principal instrument de sa politique étrangère, frappant tour à tour la quasi-totalité des partenaires économiques des États-Unis. Mais en l’espace de dix-huit mois maintenant, à force d’accords et de revirements, d’exemptions sectorielles, de pauses tarifaires, de petits arrangements ainsi que de dispositifs invalidés par la Cour suprême, la politique commerciale américaine est devenue un maquis insondable. » | Par Lucas Mediavilla | dimanche 23 août 2026
Réservé aux abonnés
Trump s'est mis dans un sacré pétrin ! Il a entraîné ses compatriotes et lui-même dans une guerre contre l'Iran qu'il ne peut tout simplement pas gagner. Il est également engagé dans une guerre commerciale avec le Canada — qu'il ne peut pas remporter non plus — qui coûte cher à de nombreux acteurs américains, notamment aux producteurs de spiritueux et autres boissons alcoolisées.
Qui plus est, l'économie sous l'ère Trump bat de l'aile et les prix s'envolent. Pourtant, Trump continue de s'enfoncer dans un trou toujours plus profond !
Pour couronner le tout, la dette nationale américaine a explosé, dépassant les quarante mille milliards de dollars. La seule guerre contre l'Iran coûte environ un milliard de dollars par jour !
Voilà bien toute la maîtrise dont fait preuve Trump en matière d'économie et de géopolitique ! — © Mark Alexander
‘Trump Is Very Weak’: Canadian Premier Delivers Stunning Blow To Trump | World News | US | Canada
August 22, 2026 | A Canadian premier delivered a series of sharp attacks against President Donald Trump, calling his political position weak and issuing a stark warning about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.
The remarks included the striking prediction that Trump and Republicans could be “slaughtered in the midterms,” adding another dramatic chapter to the political tensions surrounding Trump’s leadership and his relationship with Canada.
The comments come as the 2026 midterms approach and the battle for control of Congress begins to intensify. …
The remarks included the striking prediction that Trump and Republicans could be “slaughtered in the midterms,” adding another dramatic chapter to the political tensions surrounding Trump’s leadership and his relationship with Canada.
The comments come as the 2026 midterms approach and the battle for control of Congress begins to intensify. …
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