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Waiting
Next, unless anything unprecedented happens, will be Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on September 8. After that, nobody knows even Donald Trump probably doesn’t know what he would do next.
Donald, you tried to get the public focussed away from the Epstein files. They are still haunting you by the way. So you use Iran as a diversion. That’s not going too well. This two week war is now just six months or is it seventh. So, now you are using Canada as a diversion. Where do you go next Donald? Canada is not turning out to be the easy mark you thought it would be. In fact you have called us Canadians NASTY!!! a number of times, saying that we are the worst country to negotiate with.
Donald, you are screwing things and screwing your supporters so bad that you now got them voicing that communism is bad but,that, you Donald love North Korea. Can you get any more twilight zone- ish than that? Actually, I believe you can and that’s scary.
That’s all I have for today.
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Goodbye Dolly
Dolly Parton has passed away at the age of 80. She was a terrific songstress and songwriter. The two songs I most associate with her is Jolene, which she sang, and I will always love you which she wrote and was made famous by Whitney Houston in the movie, The Bodyguard. She was also a terrific actress, as evidenced in the movie 9 to 5.
She was a philanthropist donating millions upon millions in charities. As proof of how she crossed divides, Donald Trump is lowering flags to half mast in honour of her. To me that says something.
That’s all I have.
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Ford Goes To Town
To all the Pierre Poilievre supporters out there. If you have him leading the conservative party in the next federal election, the conservatives will get whipped. Even JD Vance calls him a non-entity. If you want your party to have a real shot at becoming the next ruling party, after the next federal election, look no further than Doug Ford.
Mark Carney has reestablished his role as Captain Canada in the past few days. Doug Ford should be considered as co-captain. Doug Ford wants to use every tool in Canada‘s toolbox on this trade war with Donald Trump, including adding a surtax on energy resources sent to the states such as electricity and oil.
Doug Ford went in front of the cameras yesterday and he went to town on Donald Trump. He knew that Donald Trump was watching and he went out out of his way to get Donald Trump’s goat.
I don’t respond to a dictator like President Trump, a bully like President Trump. As I said before, he’s the type of guy in school that would take your lunch money one day, take your toque off your head the next day, and then steal your running shoes. But I’m not going to take any advice off a guy that’s the king of bankruptcies. He’s actually tariffing his own people, taxing his own people.
Doug Ford also called Trump a loser, a bully, and said that Trump could kiss his ass..
And then we have Danielle Smith. Doug Ford called Daniel Smith, after being in front of the cameras. Smith later came out and again said that retaliatory tariffs are not productive and she is not going to use Alberta oil in this war for Canadian survival. Danielle, you are a sniffling, traitorous coward.
That’s all I have.
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Dust Settling
These are just some of the demands that the US was making of Canada in this trade negotiation. They wanted to launch an attack on one of our to recognized national languages. They wanted the right of first refusal to our critical minerals. They wanted to change us to our Buy Canada policy. They wanted control over who we could make trade agreements with.
They did not come into this, wanting to negotiate a trade deal. They came into this wanting to take away our sovereignty.
Mark Carney, on Saturday, called this a war. It is it’s an attack on our Canadian identity. He was right on when he said the US makes deals that are written in pencil. Any deal that could’ve been made would’ve been changed soon after depending on Donald Trump‘s moods.
A poll, just taken over the weekend, shows 76% of Canadians supporting Canada walking away from this travesty. The premieres are full support. Well, one is a bit wishy-washy. Can you guess who that would be?
Of course. Alberta’s Danielle Smith. She is vowing to hold a separation referendum, as early as next spring, should the separatists win the October vote to have a referendum. Yes Alberta is having a vote first to have a referendum before they actually have a referendum.
Danielle, first of all, the vote to have a referendum will be voted down. Second of all, there will be a provincial election, next year, and you will be voted out on your traitorous ass.
That’s all I have.
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Danielle’s Folly
John Ivison is a political journalist on the National Post, a major right wing newspaper in Canada. He is a super pro right winger. Following, Canada, walking away from the trade negotiations and following Mark Carney’s press conference, Saturday morning, all the premieres of Canada’s provinces and territories gave full support to Mark Carney, except for one. Sadly it is our own premier, Daniel Smith. Of course it is.
Smith is in a trap. She has set up an environment for herself such that half her supporters are separatists who would not be totally displeased with becoming a 51st state. She has already said that if there is a yes on the October 19 vote, she will hold a referendum on separation. She will hold it as soon as next Spring. So we can see what her stripes are. That would be the stripes on the US flag.
Canada, this Albertan, is fully supportive of the decision made by Mark Carney to pull out of the negotiations and to impose retaliatory tariffs on September 8. All the provinces and territories will be behind Mark Carney, and team Canada. Unfortunately, our province because of Daniel Smith, will be on the sidelines.
That’s all I have.
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Stagecoach Turns Pumpkin
Midnight came and Cinderella‘s stagecoach has turned back into a pumpkin. But we are still all here and most likely united more than ever before.
The details kept getting worse all week. No relief on softwood lumber. Aluminum and steel tariffs would still be at 25%. Auto tariffs still at 15%.
Trump saying that a deal was in place on Tuesday. JD Vance, laughing at Canada, particularly at Pierre Poilievree, calling him a non-entity. You did get that one right JD. How has your couch been doing lately? No, never mind.
Then there was talk about how the results of these negotiations would affect the results of the CUSMA negotiations. And after all this, the US still wanted their booze back on our shelves
Mark Carney had no choice. Basically he said screw this and he sent his negotiating team back home.
No one knows, right now, how this is gonna end. But, everything Donald Trump has touched of late has turned into crap. Just look at Iran. Canada will stick this out. It will be tough, but you don’t mess around with an angry Canada goose, you just don’t.
That’s all I have.
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Headwinds For Carney
Mark, the 50% tariff deadline is tonight. You gave a briefing to the premiers as to how the negotiations are going. Initially, you got favourable responses from premiers, such as the premiers of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Of course Danielle Smith because it is not going to affect her at all.
But things are getting a bit messier, Mark. Wab Kinew, premier of Manitoba, came out swinging.
“Everybody knows the American president by now, he’s erratic, he’s irresponsible, and he’s not to be trusted. And this is the person that we were supposed to make a deal with, and we’re going to make additional concessions for it. That’s why I say you can’t make a good deal with a bad person, because who’s to say it’s not going to be undone?”
Kinew added that he would support the team Canada approach and he would possibly put US alcohol back on the shelves. But at the same time he urged Canadians to keep buying Canadian goods, including Canadian liquor.
Christine Frechette, premier of Quebec, gave similar comments about Donald Trump.
“As Donald Trump’s threats continue to loom over Quebec, my priority remains the same: to protect our workers, our jobs, and our businesses, and to avoid an escalation of tariffs.”
She added that she still needs more information, so she’s kind of waiting and seeing. She is in a bind because she’s facing an election and right now her party is losing to the Parti Quebecois. So any weakness she shows on Quebec economic interests will be used against her, immediately.
Mark, you also have Ontario. Doug Ford, who has so far been silent. The mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, a steel town and my hometown has been doing interviews the last day or so and he says the reduction from 50% to 25% on steel will do the steel industry no good
Mark, you have a high approval rating currently. A lot of that is due to your elbows up approach. Saying that no deal is better than a bad deal. Given the responses by the premiers of Manitoba and Quebec and most likely Ontario,
where a number of your seats come from, you need to tread very carefully. Canadians if they think there are too many concessions could turn on you. The problem is where would they go given Pierre Poilievre’s favourability rating of only 18%
That’s all I have.
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Valuable Lesson
A trade deal might be in the works. Tariff rates for goods such as steel aluminum and vehicles will go down. The question is, will the degree of decrease, be enough to satisfy Canadian producers of these goods. If they can live with it fine. If not, it becomes another story.
Two premieres, including Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, have already expressed support for the tentative deal. The thing is, the goods that Saskatchewan exports are not really being hit by the tariffs.
As of this morning, Doug Ford has been silent. Ontario has been hit hard with tariffs on steel and the auto industry. If he comes out in support of the tentative deal that’ll be a big plus for Mark Carney. But if he’s against the deal that pretty well guarantees back to the drawing board.
Mark Carney has asked provinces to put US booze back on the shows. The question is will the Canadian consumer buy US booze. It appears that a majority won’t.
Another issue is Donald Trump himself. He might agree to a deal tomorrow and then next week might want to renegotiate again. That’s what happens when you deal with someone with mental stability issues.
Will Canadians start going back to the US. Some will. Many, including myself, won’t.
Canada has learned a valuable lesson here. Never depend on one country for trade again, ever. Mark Carney has spent the last year diversifying, but Canada still has a long and painful way to go
That’s it for today.
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TACO Trump Strikes Again
TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) has struck again. He has delayed his 50% tariff threat on Canada until Saturday now. Big surprise, not.
Trump even says that a deal is in place. Sure, like a deal with Iran is in place. Ottawa, on the other hand, says there’s still a lot of work to do, before a deal is set.
One sticking point would be Canada importing alcohol from the US, again. The Americans fail to understand that alcohol distribution is a provincial responsibility. All-the Canadian provinces except for my home, province, of Alberta, of course, and Saskatchewan have banned US alcohol sales on shelves. Do you think British Columbia will allow US imports if nothing is done on software lumber. Do you think Ontario will allow US imports of liquor if the province is hard hit by tariffs on automobiles. So there needs to be a tit for tat and I can’t see that happening right now.
But probably the main reason that Trump has delayed the imposition of tariffs is because Canada has turned NASTY. Our negotiation team has turned. NASTY. Mark Carney has turned NASTY.
One last thing, Mark Carney is a successful businessman. Donald Trump is a failed casino owner.
That’s all I have.
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Memory Of A Flea
Polls across the spectrum shows Mark Carney with a much higher favourability rating than a Pierre Poilievre and the liberals with much higher polling numbers than the conservatives. PP supporters are saying that the polling companies are being funded by the liberals or that the polling process conducted favour the liberals
These supporters need only go back to December 2024, the month before Justin Trudeau resigned and two months before Mark Carney won the liberal leadership convention and became Prime Minister. All the polls, each, and everyone, had the conservatives with a big lead, a major they cannot lose the election lead. Yet they did. PP supporters were not complaining then that the polling companies were funded by liberals
Same thing is happening in Alberta right now, with separatist polling numbers trending downward, OK donkey cookie cookie in a major way. Reality is raising its head.
That’s all I have for today
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