I agree with your comment about Carney bring a deceiver. In his arrogant superior manner, I believe he “knows best” for not only Canadians, but also the global population in general. By spinning a positive outlook ( no matter how distant or concrete), his belief is based on his assumption that most underlings are either naive or ignorant concerning world affairs. Those affairs would be far above their “need to know” access to actual facts.
If Carney were to reveal detailed plans and deployments and real timelines and complicit actors…the masses would revolt. There is far too much evidence that points to a serious global restructuring, and it does not favour the general population. That is the primary reason behind the stifling of actual legitimate fact based journalism.
The next Great Depression may not be far away. This may be the opening to the proposed AI digital entry into the financial sector. Collapse of the US dollar in favour of the new era of digital financial system. Macklem has suggested recently, that private sector finance is overtaking the long accepted current system. Apologies for not explaing further. My economic acumen is not that far advanced…yet. However he addressed a group recently concerning the state of the global economy and the level of debt and how unsustainable it is.
It may be a theory, but was this always the plan for at least the past decade, if not more. The collapse of Wall Street. The elite technocrats and their One World Order coming to the rescue?
I remain so disappointed that Canadians can't see the corruption in the Government and think that the PM is doing a 'good' job. Carney has amazing wealth already, and now building and breaking on the backs of Canadians. Was his Telesat appointment without conflict of interest? Is any deal in India above board and not predominantly to benefit Brookfield??? Too many to list....
Legacy media is guilty of gaslighting, and that's how the Liberals will continue on, as CBC Rosie said recently....it's all made up anyways.......
my apologies....the Telesat appointment was supposed to read the first contract to Telesat for the Canadian Defense Investment Agency (nearly $3M) went to Carney's long, long time buddy, Dan G.......no conflict there eh Canada?
You set up a false choice. Working with allies in Tokyo or Berlin does not replace the US relationship. It strengthens it. Diversification gives Canada leverage when Washington becomes protectionist or transactional. Structuring 75 percent of exports around one partner and hoping politics there never shifts is the real risk.
It is also worth noting that the Supreme Court of the United States has now ruled many of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs illegal. So building Canada’s strategy around negotiating concessions under those tariffs may not have been the solid foundation some commentators (hint) assumed.
In a volatile legal and political environment, diversification and resilience are simply prudent economics.
I don’t believe that anyone disputes diversification. However, we cannot discount that n based on geography alone plus intertwined existing profitable trade trade with the US is essential. We already have free trade with a multitude of other nations that we can definitely expand. The question is, who exactly is benefiting. Conflict of interest comes to mind. This is entirely unethical.
I love these commentators that keep saying “where is the deal on tariffs?”, “Carney hasn’t got a deal on tariffs yet”. Please oh please tell us all what a good deal on tariffs looks like. 20% tariffs? 15% tariffs? 10%? The truth is that no one knows. However anyone that knows the first thing about negotiations knows that you cannot strike an equitable deal with someone, or another party or country that has zero respect for you. Let alone the irrational aspect - Spain refused to let the US use their bases for strikes on Iran and Trump threatened to cut off all trade with them. How do you deal with that? The answer is you don’t. Delay the CUSMA negotiations for as long as possible, Trump and his idiotic regime will not last for much longer. Just look at how the Iran war debacle is going so far, I doubt that the Trump regime will even last until the November midterms. Even if they do manage to survive, Trump will be a lame duck. So the smart play is to delay and pivot to more rational partners over the short term.
Agreed!! Carney has done F A w/ respect on tariffs not found common denominator in negotiations but spend us poor :( 2.1 trillion dollars in debt w/ a shamed lucrative energy&minerals income stream. We’re bankrupt broke 🤬 🇨🇦 😭
Maybe the end game in Iran is more than regime change and returning Iran to the people…legitimately. There is the obvious connection to Russia and China. Cripple their supply change (as with Venezuela, Cuba and the coordinated efforts with Mexico) and this may result in a cease fire/ end to the war in Ukraine. Or just a change in the evil axis.
No matter what the outcome we cannot severe ties with our closest most lucrative neighbour. Change is inevitable but it has to be an intelligent path forward to benefit Canadians.
The most frustrating thing to me is the fact that the MSM in Canada completely ignore Pierre Poilievre’s speeches and right now his trip to Europe. His speech to the Economic Club in Toronto about a week ago was a landmark speech - he offered both solutions and conclusions as to how we arrived to the place we are now at as Canadians and how we should fix it. Especially significant to me was his point that Canada already has over 50 Free Trade deals - the majority signed by the Harper Conservatives. Now - I am not saying this to be partisan, but that’s pretty impressive. Harper signed deals with the EU, Britain, China, India, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Brazil , Ecuador, the Philippines, Switzerland, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan and many others. Poilievre’s point that Canada already has all of these deals in place- they are ironclad, solid treaty’s - unlike the never ending string of MOU’s Carney has come home with - described today in the New York Times as non binding, some already announced anyway, and vague. In reality it was the Liberals who completely ignored these trade deals and actually doubled down on trade with the USA, yet now somehow they want us to believe that they are the ones who can dig us out of the hole they created ? What strikes me most is Poilievre’s conclusion- and he is 100% spot on here - the biggest obstacle is not foreign countries blocking access to Canadian imports - they actually welcome them, it’s the Liberals themselves who refuse to get out of the way and who actually block our exports from leaving Canada. This is exactly our dilemma, and it is why Canada has gone from a wealthy progressive society to a broke ass, barely making ends meet society. Let’s count the number of key Liberal cabinet ministers still in key positions in the Carney government - LeBlanc, Joly, Champagne, McKinnon, Hajdu, Guilbeault, Anasangareee, Miller. Frasier, Anand, and let’s add in those who have recently departed as well. - Freeland, Blair, and Wilkinson. All of these are the same clown posse who passed the following laws: Bill C- 69 which prevents the permitting of new oil and gas pipelines, the building of new LNG pipelines and port facilities, new mine development and new refinery development. It was the Liberals who blocked oil tankers from the BC coast, it was the Liberals who passed so many anti development laws that it now takes 19 years just to get a new mine approved in Canada and who sent away Japan, Germany and other nations who came calling on us begging Canada to sell them our oil and gas so they could free themselves from Russian oil and gas, whose proceeds were used to fund the war against the Ukraine. And what was it that the Liberals told them - we are not interested in selling these commodities to you - they are best left in the ground. Now - somehow these dolts who vote Liberal think that these idiots are going to now solve our problems ? Imagine if we had built those pipelines to the east and west - what with the oil disruption due to the conflict in the Middle East, how much money Canada and therefore all of us would be making right now ? But oh no, instead we had to listen to morons like Steven Guilbault who stated that peak oil consumption wouid peak by 2030 - so 4 short years from now. Sure buddy. Canada is a joke right now except that a lot of Canadians are not laughing and I am one of them
Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump.
It's brutal.
"Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?"
Al Habtoor's a major figure: billionaire, former diplomat, outspoken political voice in the Gulf. When he talks, UAE leadership's listening.
His questions:
* Was this your decision or Netanyahu's pressure?
* Did you calculate collateral damage before firing?
* You placed GCC countries at the heart of danger they didn't choose
* Your "Board of Peace" initiatives were funded by Gulf states. Now we're getting attacked. Where did that money go?
* You promised no wars. You've conducted operations in 7 countries: Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria, Iran, Venezuela
* 658 airstrikes in your first year back = Biden's entire term (which you criticized)
* War costs $40-65 billion for operations, possibly $210 billion total
* Your approval rating's down 9% in 400 days
* Americans were promised peace. They're getting war funded by their taxes
The sharpest line: "Before the ink has dried on your Board of Peace initiative, we find ourselves facing military escalation that endangers the entire region. So where did those initiatives go?"
Al Habtoor's not some random critic.
He's establishment. Connected.
When UAE elites start publicly questioning Trump's decision-making, that's America's closest Arab allies saying "we didn't sign up for this."
The letter ends: "True leadership is not measured by war decisions, but by wisdom, respect for others, and pushing toward achieving peace."
________________________________
Cannot say it better than that.
And don't say I have TDS. I am a supporter of his domestic policy. Bring jobs back to the continent. Right on.
But Trump promised NO REGIME change wars and look where we are.
Shut up, Brian. There’s nothing wrong with diversification whether Trump is in office or not. Besides, you’d have to be some dumbass bitch to believe you can make a deal with Trump and that he will honour it. You must be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome if you don’t think the US is abusing us
Today’s 1010 newstalk survey disagreed with your position on Carneys flip
Flop Iran statement. I agreed with you. But the majority did support the USA in this operation. Interesting.
Carney is a deceiver. So far he has delivered nothing but wealth for Brookfield and debt for Canadians.
I agree with your comment about Carney bring a deceiver. In his arrogant superior manner, I believe he “knows best” for not only Canadians, but also the global population in general. By spinning a positive outlook ( no matter how distant or concrete), his belief is based on his assumption that most underlings are either naive or ignorant concerning world affairs. Those affairs would be far above their “need to know” access to actual facts.
If Carney were to reveal detailed plans and deployments and real timelines and complicit actors…the masses would revolt. There is far too much evidence that points to a serious global restructuring, and it does not favour the general population. That is the primary reason behind the stifling of actual legitimate fact based journalism.
The next Great Depression may not be far away. This may be the opening to the proposed AI digital entry into the financial sector. Collapse of the US dollar in favour of the new era of digital financial system. Macklem has suggested recently, that private sector finance is overtaking the long accepted current system. Apologies for not explaing further. My economic acumen is not that far advanced…yet. However he addressed a group recently concerning the state of the global economy and the level of debt and how unsustainable it is.
It may be a theory, but was this always the plan for at least the past decade, if not more. The collapse of Wall Street. The elite technocrats and their One World Order coming to the rescue?
I remain so disappointed that Canadians can't see the corruption in the Government and think that the PM is doing a 'good' job. Carney has amazing wealth already, and now building and breaking on the backs of Canadians. Was his Telesat appointment without conflict of interest? Is any deal in India above board and not predominantly to benefit Brookfield??? Too many to list....
Legacy media is guilty of gaslighting, and that's how the Liberals will continue on, as CBC Rosie said recently....it's all made up anyways.......
my apologies....the Telesat appointment was supposed to read the first contract to Telesat for the Canadian Defense Investment Agency (nearly $3M) went to Carney's long, long time buddy, Dan G.......no conflict there eh Canada?
One of many to come.
You set up a false choice. Working with allies in Tokyo or Berlin does not replace the US relationship. It strengthens it. Diversification gives Canada leverage when Washington becomes protectionist or transactional. Structuring 75 percent of exports around one partner and hoping politics there never shifts is the real risk.
It is also worth noting that the Supreme Court of the United States has now ruled many of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs illegal. So building Canada’s strategy around negotiating concessions under those tariffs may not have been the solid foundation some commentators (hint) assumed.
In a volatile legal and political environment, diversification and resilience are simply prudent economics.
I don’t believe that anyone disputes diversification. However, we cannot discount that n based on geography alone plus intertwined existing profitable trade trade with the US is essential. We already have free trade with a multitude of other nations that we can definitely expand. The question is, who exactly is benefiting. Conflict of interest comes to mind. This is entirely unethical.
I think that Carney can be proud. All his anti US propaganda has worked in large segments of Canada.
The democrats in the states have had the same success with Trump propaganda.
The Muslim Brotherhood could write a user's guide on how to get the western world to be anti-western and anti-israel.
The west is destroying itself and the guard rails are gone because our politicians are more concerned about votes than truth and common sense.
In other news ... beer is still good.
Carole, I agree with all that you say with particular emphasis on your last line.
I love these commentators that keep saying “where is the deal on tariffs?”, “Carney hasn’t got a deal on tariffs yet”. Please oh please tell us all what a good deal on tariffs looks like. 20% tariffs? 15% tariffs? 10%? The truth is that no one knows. However anyone that knows the first thing about negotiations knows that you cannot strike an equitable deal with someone, or another party or country that has zero respect for you. Let alone the irrational aspect - Spain refused to let the US use their bases for strikes on Iran and Trump threatened to cut off all trade with them. How do you deal with that? The answer is you don’t. Delay the CUSMA negotiations for as long as possible, Trump and his idiotic regime will not last for much longer. Just look at how the Iran war debacle is going so far, I doubt that the Trump regime will even last until the November midterms. Even if they do manage to survive, Trump will be a lame duck. So the smart play is to delay and pivot to more rational partners over the short term.
Agreed!! Carney has done F A w/ respect on tariffs not found common denominator in negotiations but spend us poor :( 2.1 trillion dollars in debt w/ a shamed lucrative energy&minerals income stream. We’re bankrupt broke 🤬 🇨🇦 😭
Maybe the end game in Iran is more than regime change and returning Iran to the people…legitimately. There is the obvious connection to Russia and China. Cripple their supply change (as with Venezuela, Cuba and the coordinated efforts with Mexico) and this may result in a cease fire/ end to the war in Ukraine. Or just a change in the evil axis.
No matter what the outcome we cannot severe ties with our closest most lucrative neighbour. Change is inevitable but it has to be an intelligent path forward to benefit Canadians.
The most frustrating thing to me is the fact that the MSM in Canada completely ignore Pierre Poilievre’s speeches and right now his trip to Europe. His speech to the Economic Club in Toronto about a week ago was a landmark speech - he offered both solutions and conclusions as to how we arrived to the place we are now at as Canadians and how we should fix it. Especially significant to me was his point that Canada already has over 50 Free Trade deals - the majority signed by the Harper Conservatives. Now - I am not saying this to be partisan, but that’s pretty impressive. Harper signed deals with the EU, Britain, China, India, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Brazil , Ecuador, the Philippines, Switzerland, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan and many others. Poilievre’s point that Canada already has all of these deals in place- they are ironclad, solid treaty’s - unlike the never ending string of MOU’s Carney has come home with - described today in the New York Times as non binding, some already announced anyway, and vague. In reality it was the Liberals who completely ignored these trade deals and actually doubled down on trade with the USA, yet now somehow they want us to believe that they are the ones who can dig us out of the hole they created ? What strikes me most is Poilievre’s conclusion- and he is 100% spot on here - the biggest obstacle is not foreign countries blocking access to Canadian imports - they actually welcome them, it’s the Liberals themselves who refuse to get out of the way and who actually block our exports from leaving Canada. This is exactly our dilemma, and it is why Canada has gone from a wealthy progressive society to a broke ass, barely making ends meet society. Let’s count the number of key Liberal cabinet ministers still in key positions in the Carney government - LeBlanc, Joly, Champagne, McKinnon, Hajdu, Guilbeault, Anasangareee, Miller. Frasier, Anand, and let’s add in those who have recently departed as well. - Freeland, Blair, and Wilkinson. All of these are the same clown posse who passed the following laws: Bill C- 69 which prevents the permitting of new oil and gas pipelines, the building of new LNG pipelines and port facilities, new mine development and new refinery development. It was the Liberals who blocked oil tankers from the BC coast, it was the Liberals who passed so many anti development laws that it now takes 19 years just to get a new mine approved in Canada and who sent away Japan, Germany and other nations who came calling on us begging Canada to sell them our oil and gas so they could free themselves from Russian oil and gas, whose proceeds were used to fund the war against the Ukraine. And what was it that the Liberals told them - we are not interested in selling these commodities to you - they are best left in the ground. Now - somehow these dolts who vote Liberal think that these idiots are going to now solve our problems ? Imagine if we had built those pipelines to the east and west - what with the oil disruption due to the conflict in the Middle East, how much money Canada and therefore all of us would be making right now ? But oh no, instead we had to listen to morons like Steven Guilbault who stated that peak oil consumption wouid peak by 2030 - so 4 short years from now. Sure buddy. Canada is a joke right now except that a lot of Canadians are not laughing and I am one of them
In my humble opinion, the #MarkCarney Govt is treasonous ineffective.
Reality Check on this WAR:
Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump.
It's brutal.
"Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?"
Al Habtoor's a major figure: billionaire, former diplomat, outspoken political voice in the Gulf. When he talks, UAE leadership's listening.
His questions:
* Was this your decision or Netanyahu's pressure?
* Did you calculate collateral damage before firing?
* You placed GCC countries at the heart of danger they didn't choose
* Your "Board of Peace" initiatives were funded by Gulf states. Now we're getting attacked. Where did that money go?
* You promised no wars. You've conducted operations in 7 countries: Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria, Iran, Venezuela
* 658 airstrikes in your first year back = Biden's entire term (which you criticized)
* War costs $40-65 billion for operations, possibly $210 billion total
* Your approval rating's down 9% in 400 days
* Americans were promised peace. They're getting war funded by their taxes
The sharpest line: "Before the ink has dried on your Board of Peace initiative, we find ourselves facing military escalation that endangers the entire region. So where did those initiatives go?"
Al Habtoor's not some random critic.
He's establishment. Connected.
When UAE elites start publicly questioning Trump's decision-making, that's America's closest Arab allies saying "we didn't sign up for this."
The letter ends: "True leadership is not measured by war decisions, but by wisdom, respect for others, and pushing toward achieving peace."
________________________________
Cannot say it better than that.
And don't say I have TDS. I am a supporter of his domestic policy. Bring jobs back to the continent. Right on.
But Trump promised NO REGIME change wars and look where we are.
The ME is a mess.
The economic consequences are coming.
A friggin' disaster.
Shut up, Brian. There’s nothing wrong with diversification whether Trump is in office or not. Besides, you’d have to be some dumbass bitch to believe you can make a deal with Trump and that he will honour it. You must be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome if you don’t think the US is abusing us
What a pejorative comment. But so is your post account name.