Trump and Ontario's wildfires, time to blame Canada...

Plus could the Americans deport her somewhere else, and the Gordie Howe Bridge deal.

“We must blame them and cause a fuss. Before somebody thinks of blaming us!”

Those are the closing lyrics to South Park’s satirical song Blame Canada.

I thought about that song when Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Canada over the wildfire smoke blowing into the American northeast.

I explain in my column for the Toronto Sun today, Trump is wrong for blaming Canada while pointing to forest management practices.

Parks Canada may not believe in clearing away dead trees and undergrowth, but Ontario does. The province also does prescribed burns as part of their wildfire strategy.

Now, Ontario is massive, it’s about the size of Texas and California combined.

That means when lighting hits a forest in a remote and uninhabited part of the province, that fire is going to spread and spread fast.

I also tackle NDP Leader Marit Stiles, among others, claiming that Premier Doug Ford has cut the wildfire budget or didn’t budget enough for it. It’s all a lie and Stiles should know better, but I guess she figures it’s good politics.

Ford called out those spreading this false information.

Sticking with Doug Ford as he looks to shuffle…

Stan Cho is no longer in cabinet and soon Neil Lumsden will leave.

Cho was Ford’s minister in charge of tourism and gaming, two big files in the province. Lumsden is the minister in charge of sport until August 4 when he will resign from cabinet and as an MPP.

While Cho is resigning after a hotel expense mini-scandal, Lumsden, the former CFL star, is just retiring at the age of 73.

So what does this mean for Ford’s cabinet?

I don’t think Ford’s team has a clue yet about who is going where, this is all new and I still don’t expect a shuffle until later in the summer, but I had a go at who might move and who is likely to stay put.

You can read the column here or watch the video below.

Can you deport her somewhere else…

I think the Trump administration is absolutely right to deport Kaitlyn E. Tracey out of the United States.

I just wish they would deport her to another country rather than Canada.

Tracey is the trashy woman who was arrested for assaulting a teenager at a beach in New Jersey. The teenager was wearing Trump gear, Tracey didn’t like that and so decided to attack the girl unprovoked.

Police got involved, arrested and charged Tracey and then discovered she was in the United States illegally after overstaying her visa.

Turns out, she’s Canadian and now she is in ICE custody and they are looking to send her back.

In Canada, we’d have a tribunal give someone like her welfare. Oh wait, we did that recently.

Tracey’s husband has launched a fundraising campaign and a social media campaign to try and help his wife stay in the United States. Apparently he is American and she went down to join him two years ago and then didn’t follow the law.

They’ve been living in Ashbury Park, New Jersey and apparently listening to too much Bruce Springsteen which can lead to Trump Derangement Syndrome.

What’s the truth about the Gordie Howe Bridge…

I was asked by one of my editors if I could write a column on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal, I said no. It’s not that it’s not an interesting issue or one worthy of my consideration, it’s that we don’t know enough about the deal.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney asking him to release details of the deal.

“So, what’s the deal? It’s been a week; it’s time for you to release the deal so Canadians can see for themselves what you negotiated away to the Americans,” Poilievre wrote.

Seems Carney and the Americans have been putting out contradictory statements, Carney hasn’t exactly been forthcoming with details.