He was performing in a church in Quebec and the police entered the Christian place and stopped everything. Banana republic is that what we are now. Rebel news has put it on .
People were so anti Trump, that they voted for the guy who would destroy Canada instead of negotiating with our largest trading partner and shared border.
From thirty-three burning churches to the ground and now banning church concerts from a few e-mails, it certainly puts a stain on the liberals. I can't wait to see the end of the liberal party of Canada.
Mr. Lilly you said:"Trump bears plenty of responsibility for the mess we are in" . How wrong can you be in saying that. I am surprised you said it. He is not to blame, The Liberal government is fully to blame. The Liberals are a real joke...the peole who voted for them are to blame for the mess we are in. They are so naive and blind for voting someone who is incompetent. Trump is Trump. Like him or hate him...he has all the cards. Carney will bring Canada to its knees into debt. Trymp is not the problem...it is Carney & the Liberals.
Before retirement, I was the head of international tax for a multinational oilfield services company with operations in 90 countries, including the U.S. & Canada. Our experience with the Canada Revenue Agency was consistently terrible – not because of the people in the CRA field offices, but because of the aggressive policies coming out of Ottawa.
The O&G business is highly cyclical worldwide, but CRA’s attitude was that when the U.S. operation was profitable, Canada should be EXTREMELY profitable, and when the U.S. lost money, Canada should still be profitable.
Canadian government types have an inbred and overinflated view of their country’s financial entitlements vis-à-vis other countries.
Canada is a great country. I’ve been there many times. My sister-in-law and nieces are Canadian. (Another irritant: paying 10% duty on Xmas presents for our nieces valued over C$60.) But your government ministers think you collectively walk taller than everyone else. That doesn’t leave a good impression.
And it’s not just us Yanks. I was in London negotiating a tax agreement with Inland Revenue for my employer, and during a break, the CRA came up, and a SENIOR UK tax official rolled his eyes and said “Tell me about it…”
The truly informed Canadians, admittedly few it seems, understand your point of view, John. Here in Canada, we have this, I’ll call it shameful, flag-waving, sponsored by tv media who truly cannot see what a failure our country and economy have become. At this juncture in our history, I see no reason to be proud of what this country has become. The idiots voted, then they cheered when they put another idiot in to administer the nation’s business. There are none so blind…
I attribute Poilievre’s loss to Trump’s tone-deaf, asinine & ill-timed “51st state” string of remarks. I can’t think of a line of comments from a foreigner MORE likely to provoke a defensive reaction from persuadable voters in any country. (I strongly support Trump in general, but he really screwed up on this one.)
I did some voting trend research & math at the time of the remarks, and they were insane: if all provinces & territories came in as states, “former Canada” would attract 45 House seats with over half going to Democrats, and 20 new Senate seats, with 14 going to Democrats. (I’m assuming Liberals & NDP would join the Democrats. The U.S. has never had an effective or long-lasting 3rd party.) Assuming the popular vote for POTUS would break the same way, the expanded U.S. would never have a Republican-controlled government again.
Wow. Mr Lilley does a stout reasoned job and a commenter suggests that US trade agreements with Japan ,UK ,Philippines, Indonesia are “ no deals in place?
Trump is a bully and sees Canada as weak and holding very few cards! Trudeau and Jagmeet pretty much destroyed the country with their weak socialist agenda! Too many special interest groups in Canada that put their own agenda ahead of the well being of the country! Weak productivity because we are taxed to the point that there is no incentive to work harder and build productivity because the government is there to take or be in the way! To many immigrants that put where they came from instead of being Canadians first and contributing! Way too much environment legislation to the point nothing gets done and scares away investment dollars. Acting and spending like we have a population of 400 million where there is less than 42 million! Government leadership that really has a hidden agenda ! To many voters living in a dream world that have got fat of government subsidies ! The list is endless. Donny knows that Canada is ripe for the picking and Canadians are in a weak position ! Elbows up ! lol when Carney puts up his elbows he looks like a chicken ready to fly !
You certainly can see the reality of the situation in Canada, yet you proclaim that Trump is a bully. Why? Should USA defend us forever while we fail to develop and waste our resources? Leave out the bully language and you’ll appear to be someone who understands that Canada has created its own problems, not Trump. That “bully” talk makes you sound like Joy Malbon, Rosie Barton, and Dawna Friesen. Name-calling seems to assuage their audience, and you’ve bought in, when you clearly can see the truth.
How many times do we have to be exposed to the CBC crap before it can be confined to the garbage pile where it belongs along with it the many contributors who ride its coat tails supported by our tax dollars!
Trump wants to take over Canada. There was never going to be a deal We were always going to be “last.” It doesn’t matter what Canada does. So, no, “Blame Canada” isn’t the truth of it.
I think you may have been clobbered one too many times, to think like that. No one is taking over Canada. The liberals will hand it to anyone, like Europe, on a silver platter. Just watch.
Canada looks too silly playing games that it can’t win. Elbows up? Embargo on American booze? WTF? It’s so clear that all they want is to irritate Trump and try to show him that somehow Canada will stand its ground. Nobody believes you and that’s why you can’t get the deal that you want. You need to give Trump something so he can have it his own way(at least a big chunk of it). Because no matter how you try to go about it, in the end Canada has no chance and no choice but to accept anything that’s on the table. And the longer they take, the worse the deal on that table.
Broaden your scope for information - to hear about the real success in America. Of course,that means doubting things you’re hearing on mainstream media. Have you ever stopped to question why you don’t hear anything positive about Donald Trump? That’s how bias is recognized.
The incorporation of white Christian nationalism, the overt dismantling of democracy, the blatant political corruption is not success unless your a beneficiary of those goals.
It's absurd. Trump has imposed a 50 percent tariff on steel and aluminum—key components in the cost of manufacturing a car. Japanese manufacturers don't face these tariffs. As a result, even with a 15 percent tariff imposed on them, it's likely that cars made in Japan will become more competitive, not less.
You realize those tariffs on substantial elements in our economy are there mainly because of the Quebec dairy industry. Another shameful control by Quebec, which is also stopping the eastern provinces from benefiting from LNG and cheaper fuel, who see Canada only as a means to their own advantage.
Show us the list of countries with “deals”, then show us proof those “deals” are real. We had a deal, remember? One Trump negotiated. What happened to it? Maybe you can explain this for us…
«The inconsistent interpretations of the deal could possibly be owing to the fact that it was hastily pulled together over the course of an hour and 10 minutes between Trump and Akazawa on Tuesday, according to the FT, which cited “officials familiar with the U.S.-Japan talks.” And, moreover, “Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington—and no legally binding one would be drawn up.”
Some are thus beginning to wonder whether Trump’s avowed “largest deal in history” even technically counts as a deal at all. Brad Setser, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote on X: “If something like this is not ‘papered’ it isn’t really a deal.”»
Your US hedge fund ideology doesn’t stand up to scrutiny very well.
Carney is everything he isn’t .Canada for the most part hates Trump . Trump punishes those who refuse to submit to his dominance and Carney has made him look like an idiot several times .When Trump sees 80% of Canadians hate the idea of being part of the U.S - his reaction as always - I will make them submit . Now that he’s gotten the media to submit - he will expect the same from Canada and Europe .
Nobody in the Republican Party has the guts to stand up to him . Expects everyone to do the same
Trump is not a complicated guy and everything is personal . Everything .
Gotta stand up to the bully but remember Zelensky stood up to him . Lots of suffering for Ukraine but saved the countries soul .
He was performing in a church in Quebec and the police entered the Christian place and stopped everything. Banana republic is that what we are now. Rebel news has put it on .
Darn right!
People were so anti Trump, that they voted for the guy who would destroy Canada instead of negotiating with our largest trading partner and shared border.
I think the elbows up crowd seeing that Carey not doing so well against Trump are looking for another saviour in Ford!!
From thirty-three burning churches to the ground and now banning church concerts from a few e-mails, it certainly puts a stain on the liberals. I can't wait to see the end of the liberal party of Canada.
That will include all the justices and every supposedly political neutral board and organization. Not going to happen in my lifetime.
Ugh! We need a deal! I thought Carney was a genius at negotiating? Yeah right!
Hope you never voted for the lie-brals after 10 yrs of turdope dictatorship.
Mr. Lilly you said:"Trump bears plenty of responsibility for the mess we are in" . How wrong can you be in saying that. I am surprised you said it. He is not to blame, The Liberal government is fully to blame. The Liberals are a real joke...the peole who voted for them are to blame for the mess we are in. They are so naive and blind for voting someone who is incompetent. Trump is Trump. Like him or hate him...he has all the cards. Carney will bring Canada to its knees into debt. Trymp is not the problem...it is Carney & the Liberals.
I cannot understand why Mr Lilley fails to comprehend this; I fear he is pandering as he’s not without knowledge and vision.
Before retirement, I was the head of international tax for a multinational oilfield services company with operations in 90 countries, including the U.S. & Canada. Our experience with the Canada Revenue Agency was consistently terrible – not because of the people in the CRA field offices, but because of the aggressive policies coming out of Ottawa.
The O&G business is highly cyclical worldwide, but CRA’s attitude was that when the U.S. operation was profitable, Canada should be EXTREMELY profitable, and when the U.S. lost money, Canada should still be profitable.
Canadian government types have an inbred and overinflated view of their country’s financial entitlements vis-à-vis other countries.
Canada is a great country. I’ve been there many times. My sister-in-law and nieces are Canadian. (Another irritant: paying 10% duty on Xmas presents for our nieces valued over C$60.) But your government ministers think you collectively walk taller than everyone else. That doesn’t leave a good impression.
And it’s not just us Yanks. I was in London negotiating a tax agreement with Inland Revenue for my employer, and during a break, the CRA came up, and a SENIOR UK tax official rolled his eyes and said “Tell me about it…”
The truly informed Canadians, admittedly few it seems, understand your point of view, John. Here in Canada, we have this, I’ll call it shameful, flag-waving, sponsored by tv media who truly cannot see what a failure our country and economy have become. At this juncture in our history, I see no reason to be proud of what this country has become. The idiots voted, then they cheered when they put another idiot in to administer the nation’s business. There are none so blind…
Carney is the ne plus ultra of credentialism.
I attribute Poilievre’s loss to Trump’s tone-deaf, asinine & ill-timed “51st state” string of remarks. I can’t think of a line of comments from a foreigner MORE likely to provoke a defensive reaction from persuadable voters in any country. (I strongly support Trump in general, but he really screwed up on this one.)
I did some voting trend research & math at the time of the remarks, and they were insane: if all provinces & territories came in as states, “former Canada” would attract 45 House seats with over half going to Democrats, and 20 new Senate seats, with 14 going to Democrats. (I’m assuming Liberals & NDP would join the Democrats. The U.S. has never had an effective or long-lasting 3rd party.) Assuming the popular vote for POTUS would break the same way, the expanded U.S. would never have a Republican-controlled government again.
Wow. Mr Lilley does a stout reasoned job and a commenter suggests that US trade agreements with Japan ,UK ,Philippines, Indonesia are “ no deals in place?
Mind boggling.
Trump is a bully and sees Canada as weak and holding very few cards! Trudeau and Jagmeet pretty much destroyed the country with their weak socialist agenda! Too many special interest groups in Canada that put their own agenda ahead of the well being of the country! Weak productivity because we are taxed to the point that there is no incentive to work harder and build productivity because the government is there to take or be in the way! To many immigrants that put where they came from instead of being Canadians first and contributing! Way too much environment legislation to the point nothing gets done and scares away investment dollars. Acting and spending like we have a population of 400 million where there is less than 42 million! Government leadership that really has a hidden agenda ! To many voters living in a dream world that have got fat of government subsidies ! The list is endless. Donny knows that Canada is ripe for the picking and Canadians are in a weak position ! Elbows up ! lol when Carney puts up his elbows he looks like a chicken ready to fly !
Very nice to read actual truth. Thank you.
You certainly can see the reality of the situation in Canada, yet you proclaim that Trump is a bully. Why? Should USA defend us forever while we fail to develop and waste our resources? Leave out the bully language and you’ll appear to be someone who understands that Canada has created its own problems, not Trump. That “bully” talk makes you sound like Joy Malbon, Rosie Barton, and Dawna Friesen. Name-calling seems to assuage their audience, and you’ve bought in, when you clearly can see the truth.
How many times do we have to be exposed to the CBC crap before it can be confined to the garbage pile where it belongs along with it the many contributors who ride its coat tails supported by our tax dollars!
Robin the Rebel
Exactly, every pay cheque received by CBC employees comes out of the taxpayers’ pockets to hear Liberal propaganda.
Trump wants to take over Canada. There was never going to be a deal We were always going to be “last.” It doesn’t matter what Canada does. So, no, “Blame Canada” isn’t the truth of it.
I think you may have been clobbered one too many times, to think like that. No one is taking over Canada. The liberals will hand it to anyone, like Europe, on a silver platter. Just watch.
Canada looks too silly playing games that it can’t win. Elbows up? Embargo on American booze? WTF? It’s so clear that all they want is to irritate Trump and try to show him that somehow Canada will stand its ground. Nobody believes you and that’s why you can’t get the deal that you want. You need to give Trump something so he can have it his own way(at least a big chunk of it). Because no matter how you try to go about it, in the end Canada has no chance and no choice but to accept anything that’s on the table. And the longer they take, the worse the deal on that table.
You are fully aware of the reality of the situation, Romeo. A refreshing and accurate commentary.
This is garbage “reporting” kowtowing to American hedge fund ownership.
Orange Shitler doesn’t have deals with anyone else and any deal he makes (Alaska??) , he breaks.
Stop being part of the media problem.
Broaden your scope for information - to hear about the real success in America. Of course,that means doubting things you’re hearing on mainstream media. Have you ever stopped to question why you don’t hear anything positive about Donald Trump? That’s how bias is recognized.
The incorporation of white Christian nationalism, the overt dismantling of democracy, the blatant political corruption is not success unless your a beneficiary of those goals.
It's absurd. Trump has imposed a 50 percent tariff on steel and aluminum—key components in the cost of manufacturing a car. Japanese manufacturers don't face these tariffs. As a result, even with a 15 percent tariff imposed on them, it's likely that cars made in Japan will become more competitive, not less.
You realize those tariffs on substantial elements in our economy are there mainly because of the Quebec dairy industry. Another shameful control by Quebec, which is also stopping the eastern provinces from benefiting from LNG and cheaper fuel, who see Canada only as a means to their own advantage.
Show us the list of countries with “deals”, then show us proof those “deals” are real. We had a deal, remember? One Trump negotiated. What happened to it? Maybe you can explain this for us…
«The inconsistent interpretations of the deal could possibly be owing to the fact that it was hastily pulled together over the course of an hour and 10 minutes between Trump and Akazawa on Tuesday, according to the FT, which cited “officials familiar with the U.S.-Japan talks.” And, moreover, “Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington—and no legally binding one would be drawn up.”
Some are thus beginning to wonder whether Trump’s avowed “largest deal in history” even technically counts as a deal at all. Brad Setser, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote on X: “If something like this is not ‘papered’ it isn’t really a deal.”»
Your US hedge fund ideology doesn’t stand up to scrutiny very well.
Consider the source, that’s all. Bias, for most, is fairly easy to spot, but for others it’s easier to latch onto Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Everything is personal with Trump
Carney is everything he isn’t .Canada for the most part hates Trump . Trump punishes those who refuse to submit to his dominance and Carney has made him look like an idiot several times .When Trump sees 80% of Canadians hate the idea of being part of the U.S - his reaction as always - I will make them submit . Now that he’s gotten the media to submit - he will expect the same from Canada and Europe .
Nobody in the Republican Party has the guts to stand up to him . Expects everyone to do the same
Trump is not a complicated guy and everything is personal . Everything .
Gotta stand up to the bully but remember Zelensky stood up to him . Lots of suffering for Ukraine but saved the countries soul .
You do not speak for this Canadian. You sound like an elbows up, CBC watching, liberal.
And you sound MAGA.
That’s what’s great about democracy . We have differing opinions but love hockey .
Be well
Oh, please. Your “facts” are not real, just media propaganda - blather…”hate Trump”, “he’s a bully”, etc.
I believe Trump is a bully .