Canada

Everything the Americans said about TikTok and more can be said about Twitter/X’s dangerous role in Canada.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-day-1-1.7479519

A Reuters photographer snapped a picture of Trudeau later carrying a House of Commons chair out of the West Block chamber as he winds down his time in government. Under parliamentary rules, an outgoing MP can purchase a replica of their chair in the chamber.

The Liberal mailing list sent this an hour or two ago. "From" Mark Carney:

I am deeply honoured to be our next Liberal leader – and I’m ready to get to work.

...

We’re going to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7.

We’ll cut taxes that divide us and put money back into your pockets.

We’ll invest in health care, seniors, and affordable child care.

We’ll take bold action on climate, and we’ll protect Canadian workers from Trump’s tariffs.

I really hope that ol affordability crisis just slipped his mind. Tax cuts are fine (even if it's coded language for dropping the carbon tax), but groceries are still crazy expensive and housing is still hard to come by.

With American encroachment on Canada, their threats to our sovereignty alongside the tariffs, Canadians have become emboldened and restless. This has manifested itself in a resurgence of Canadian nat

Ford's aggressive remarks earn the attention of Trump's commerce secretary

Doug Ford struck his most aggressive tone to date this week as he blamed Donald Trump for "causing chaos" with his tariff threats, and experts say the attacks from Ontario's Conservative premier and appeals to the president's Republican allies might be gaining traction.

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According to a report from the Globe and Mail, confirmed by CBC Toronto, that tone sparked a call from Trump's own commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. He asked Ford to ease up with his rhetoric, a request the premier refused.

Conservative strategist Shakir Chambers said Lutnick's call shows that Ford has managed to grab the attention of people in the White House and his appeals have them concerned. He's also channeling the frustrations of many Canadians who are angrily watching the tariff threats unfold.

We need to escalate faster and hit harder in our tariff war with the US. That's the argument the most recent Hatchet episode. The reasoning makes sense:

1. The uncertainty around tariffs means that businesses will decide to relocate away from Canada, even if tariffs are never fully implemented. It's just easier to set up shop in the US and skip the tariff risk entirely. The longer the uncertainty drags on, the worse Canada's position becomes.

2. Trump and Musk are doing so many ridiculous things that the US public isn't focusing on the trade war with Canada, which means they aren't putting pressure on their representatives to end the trade war.

3. As time goes on, Canada's unity will fracture. Individual provinces will cave as they receive individual concessions.

The argument is that we should keep export tariffs on potash, energy, and other stuff we're selling into the US so that there's significant short term pain. That pain will convince Trump and co to back off on tariffs and return to our previous relationship.

I apologize if this has already been asked before, but I couldn’t find a previous post.

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Surcharge part of initial retaliatory measures that will remain in place until U.S. tariffs are removed for good

Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on all U.S.-bound electricity as part of its retaliatory measures against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

Good job, Doug!

Nothing says "classy" like flying that flag.

Good L🍁ck Trudeau! (But also, don't let the door hit you on the way out...)

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Donald Trump is a troll trying to own the libs and get under our skin. Let’s ignore him and get on with the task of peace, order and good government.

Hi There! I'm new to Lemmy! I'm from Cape Breton Island and want to connect with other Cape Bretoners. Let's here from you all.

B.C. unlikely to follow Ontario's lead in slapping surcharge on power exports, premier says

"We're working with other premiers and with the federal government on how we can support the Team Canada approach with no-tariff responses," he said on March 5 about the possibility of B.C. imposing its own surcharges. [...]

Eby also said he is working on "contingency planning" should things escalate.

For example, he noted the impacts of Elon Musk's DOGE — Department of Government Efficiency — on B.C.'s power partners.

B.C.'s power grid is connected to the United States through the Bonneville Power Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that both buys from and sells to British Columbia, as needed.

The agency is down hundreds of positions following mass firings by the Trump administration. [...]

Eby and Harrison both said B.C. has been hindered in the past because Alberta has its own regulatory scheme for managing power, focused around private providers, while B.C.'s grid relies on the publicly-owned B.C. Hydro.

But with increased interest in interprovincial trade, Eby said progress was being made on harmonizing standards to allow power to flow more freely across the Rockies, something Harrison applauded.

Eby also said similar conversations were happening with Yukon, where the barriers are more about geography and a lack of infrastructure rather than politics. [...]

B.C. has also announced plans to rapidly increase its own power supply both through the finalization of the Site C dam and the fast-tracking of several wind power projects across the province.

Trump’s threats to Canada are not idle boasts and shouldn’t be taken as such. They call for a whole of society response.

Liberal Party members have chosen former central banker Mark Carney to be their new leader and the next prime minister of Canada.

Carney secured enough votes in the first round of voting to win the job, party president Sachit Mehra announced.

Shifting geopolitics, climate change, and U.S. President Donald Trump's volatility have highlighted the urgency for Canada to secure its Arctic. Mike Armstrong reports from Chisasibi, Que., on how the Canadian military is training for the bone-chilling challenges of sub-Arctic warfare.

Surcharge will generate up to $400K per day to be used for worker, business supports: province

Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on all U.S.-bound electricity as part of its retaliatory measures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods.

The new levy took effect Monday and will add about $10 per megawatt-hour to the cost of power heading south, the province says. It will generate an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day, money that will be used to support workers and businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.