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"Tariff Relief" Means Pack Up Your Workers and Leave
Read more . . . →Trump dropped his “tariff relief” offer to Canadian steel companies yesterday: move your production to the US or keep paying 50%. The United Steelworkers — the union representing the people actually doing the work in Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie, and across the country — called it blackmail and extortion. Not metaphorically. That’s the actual terminology for “relocate everything or face consequences.” They chose a precise word and they meant it. The workers on those lines are already being laid off under the current tariff regime. Trump’s offer doesn’t save them — it gives their employers an offramp to close up...
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Poilievre Calls Reality 'Fear-Mongering'
Read more . . . →Mark Carney looked at the camera Sunday and said the thing every Canadian already knew in their gut: the Americans aren’t our partners anymore, the relationship is a weakness, and we need to diversify or we’re cooked. Premiers from both parties nodded along. New Brunswick’s Susan Holt called it exactly what it is — a vulnerability. Pierre Poilievre’s response? Carney is “pushing fear.” A grown man who wants to run the country watched a full year of tariffs and betrayals and a customs portal owing businesses $166 billion, and decided the real problem is the Prime Minister being honest about...
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Poilievre Got Triple-Trounced and Still Won't Quit
Read more . . . →Mark Carney just locked down a majority government. Three byelections, three wins, double-digit margins. Poilievre’s Conservatives got embarrassed in ridings they should have been competitive in, and four of his own MPs had already crossed the floor before voters even got a chance to confirm what everyone already knew. Fifty-three percent of Canadians prefer Carney as PM. Twenty-three percent back Poilievre. That’s not a political gap, that’s a restraining order. And Pierre’s response? “I’m not going anywhere.” Which is technically true — he’s been going nowhere for months. The man watched his caucus defect, got demolished in every byelection, and...
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Poilievre Can't Even Keep His Own Caucus
Read more . . . →Pierre Poilievre has lost five MPs to the Liberals since the election. Five. Four of them were his own Conservatives. The latest, Marilyn Gladu, said her constituents want “serious leadership and a real plan” — which is Canadian politician for “my boss is a clown and everyone knows it.” Poilievre’s response was to whine about “backroom deals,” because when your own caucus can’t stand you, it’s obviously someone else’s fault. This is what happens when your entire political identity is being angry on YouTube. Eventually the people who have to work with you figure out the act isn’t an act...
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Poilievre Wants to Kill High-Speed Rail So You Can Save on Gas for Eight Months
Read more . . . →Pierre Poilievre’s big pitch this week is to cancel the Alto high-speed rail project — a $90 billion line connecting Toronto to Quebec City — and use the savings to fund a gas tax holiday for the rest of 2026. That’s the whole plan. Scrap generational infrastructure that would move millions of people between two of the country’s biggest corridors so drivers can save twelve hundred bucks before Christmas. He’s literally proposing to burn the future to subsidize the present, and he’s framing it like he’s some kind of populist hero for doing it. This is the Conservative playbook every...
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Poilievre Went on Rogan to Audition as America's Landlord-Friendly Neighbour
Read more . . . →Pierre Poilievre went on Joe Rogan this week to pitch Canada as America’s “resource partner,” which is just “51st state” with better manners. Carney’s polling at +25 approval by telling Trump to kick rocks while Poilievre’s down at -8 trying to sell the country off on a podcast. Canadians don’t want a resource partner — they want a prime minister who doesn’t flinch.
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