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News & Current Events Apr 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM

PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians

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‘The U.S. has changed and we must respond,’ says PM Carney in direct address
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‘The U.S. has changed and we must respond,’ says PM Carney in direct address
In a direct address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reframed Canada's long-standing relationship with the United States as a 'weakness' that must be urgently corrected under the shadow of the Trump presidency.
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GLG777 6 days ago +4542
He’s right.  Diversifying your economy is important and Trump proved it.  You are only one nut job away from big problems….  
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Ill_Ground_1572 6 days ago +1646
Not only Pumpkin T***, but it's been shocking to me how many politicians, the media, billionaires, celebrities etc, have lined up the kiss the ring. Clearly, there's major issues in the US that run far deeper than just one person. So yeah diversify and prepare like your life depends on it Canada.
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Vathar 6 days ago +743
Trump's a symptom, the bloated pustule that pops on the tip of your nose. He isn't the disease.
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aesoth 6 days ago +426
>Trump's a symptom, This is the truth. After decades of spouting off how "America is #1", every backwater hick thinks they are superior to other people in the world.
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Badgerman97 6 days ago +300
“I ain’t responsible for none of that slavery stuff so why should I feel badly about it? Weren’t my fault!” But then also… “If it weren’t for us y’all’d be speaking German right now.” “How many of y’all walked on the Moon? That’s what I thought!” You can’t claim credit for the glories of our past, that you had no part in, while also absolving yourself of any of the collective atrocities our country has committed. Either you own both or you own neither.
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Thanks-4allthefish 6 days ago +126
Also you should not claim credit for "winning" WWII - not a glory of the past. Helped with the war in Europe sure - but won?? - nope.
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ars-derivatia 6 days ago +64
> Helped with the war in Europe sure - but won?? - nope. Also try mentioning that FDR didn't make a peep when Stalin wanted to take half of the Central Europe for himself and his bullshit totalitarian system, not because of some political pragmatism, but because FDR genuinely admired him. And he helped him cover up his war crimes like shooting 20k Polish men in the back of their head in Katyn. Obviously since they don't teach anyone about it in American schools it has to be a big fat lie. /s Some great big help.
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jrex035 6 days ago +46
FDR knew the American public had no appetite for war with the USSR after WW2 and the Soviets directly controlled Eastern and Central Europe by then, which would've necessitated more war to expel them from these areas. This was simply realpolitik, the same that Churchill was playing when he was divvying up control over Europe with Stalin during the Yalta Conference.
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DustyBowls 6 days ago +20
> FDR knew the American public had no appetite for war Yes. The Soviets had nearly reached Berlin by the time they were holding the Yalta conference, the US and Britain were both caught unaware and pretty much lost their leverage. Also, the US was still in conflict against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre. Roosevelt needed Stalin to enter into the Pacific and help end the war quickly. US casualties in the Pacific theatre had they gone into Japan alone would have been horrific. During the Yalta conference I believe Roosevelt was also focused on getting the Soviets to join the UN. It would be the legacy he left behind for the world after he passed on. He was dying and knew he wouldn't be alive much longer.
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ManassaxMauler 6 days ago +99
A nation of main character syndrome.
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Maplecook 6 days ago +33
That is painfully accurate. Holy... Edit: I got downvoted. Proves that this is painfully accurate. lol
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cooking2recovery 6 days ago +101
He was like a quickly growing and changing lump on the skin, presumably skin cancer. The dermatologist cut it out the first time and sent us for some more scans. Turns out we are riddled with bone and blood cancer, stage 4, and it had finally metastasised to our skin so we could see it. The lumps grew back quickly, and now we also reflect on how weak and exhausted we have been, how easily our bones could fracture. We need intensive chemo and radiation to wipe out cancerous cells all over our body and there might not be enough healthy cells left to keep us alive. But we can’t just keep cutting tumors out and pretending it’s just melanoma.
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Disastrous_Snow_2871 6 days ago +103
This 1000x.   He’s a loud, violent distraction machine for billionaires.
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aflockofcrows 6 days ago +12
He's a disease that's able to take hold when the immune system has been compromised.
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drmojo90210 6 days ago +141
The US has been slowly eaten by cancer for decades. Trump is just the metastasized version of it.
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GriffinFlash 6 days ago +67
Seriously, the US is literally threatening to blow up another country entirely just to manipulate the stock market. How is this even reality?
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rabidstoat 6 days ago +11
It's also to make Trump feel powerful, and to get him the attention he craves.
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Prudent_Ad4076 6 days ago +60
I genuinely believe very wealthy American knew a Trump presidency was a once in a life opportunity to seize power from workers and the middle class and have done so. Those who actually care about the American economy and future of the nation (some who are very wealthy) are horrified, but want the republic as it is to continue on once Trump loses power in November. Canada can not rely on such fantasies. I do believe the United States is tumbling towards a civil war and Canada can not leave itself economically vulnerable to this mania down south. 
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Cluelesswolfkin 6 days ago +42
They really are saying f*** it for the good set of years the US had on foreign policy. Which makes me think we are close to the end game and everyone is saying f*** it or they have blackmailed them or they really got that much money to agree with whatever
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Geichalt 6 days ago +35
That's exactly what is happening. All pretenses have been dropped because they think it's not necessary as a result of their stranglehold on power. Time will tell if they are right.
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Cluelesswolfkin 6 days ago +32
Time has shown that this recipe of f****** the lower class never works out for them in the long run. It reallt doesn't make sense to me because they could still be rich with us lower class being paid well but not rich enough for them apparently
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adan313 6 days ago +33
Sometimes I think it's really not about them being rich, it's about everyone else being poor. How are they supposed to enjoy their unbelievable wealth and privilege if the average person has a good life too?
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TheRC135 6 days ago +37
Money alone only buys things. Wealth disparity is what lets money buy people.
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MedicalChef103 6 days ago +12
Pumpkin T*** is great
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ClaroStar 6 days ago +49
> You are only one nut job away from big problems And even worse: A nut job that someone else elected. You have to take control back into your own hands.
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hskrpwr 6 days ago +81
Trump certainly hasn't made America great in any way shape or form, but he has done wonders for squashing the dependence on the US and steady rise of fascism around the globe that had been a trend over the last decade plus
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GriffinFlash 6 days ago +70
America great? No. America a legit scary threat to the rest of us? Yes. Between annexation threats and threat to obliterate countries, the US can not be trusted or respected anymore. They are legitimately scary.
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JayString 6 days ago +47
Trump has not only made America weaker, he has exposed Conservative values for how fragile and worthless they really are. We are at a point where America has put on full display that, without a shred of doubt, right wing values are harming human civilization.
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sladestrife 6 days ago +37
That's what he's been doing too. There have been multiple trade agreements that we've secured that used to be between the US, but now we are going with other countries. The biggest example is Canada relaxing its Chinese EV ban. Which is very clear as the orange a****** originally said it was great, but shortly afterwards (likely after one of his peons telling him it was actually BAD for the US) called it terrible.
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TheKappaOverlord 6 days ago +9
> but shortly afterwards (likely after one of his peons telling him it was actually BAD for the US) called it terrible. It was likely just musk, pre friendship dissolution. I dont think anyone in trumps cabinet besides musk has a real investment/care in EV's. Sure the oil barons will be against it, but there will always be a demand for fuel.
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Kevin-W 6 days ago +15
A Canadian PM saying this years ago would have been unthinkable and any US politician that was even responsible would have lost their political careers the next day., It's crazy to see how fast Trump destroyed the US's standing on the world stage.
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BlackberryPi7 6 days ago +14
It's not just one nut job though, it's also: - 75 million nut jobs who voted for Trump - 93 million nut jobs who didn't vote at all - 2.5 million nut jobs who decided to split the vote with a third party 170 million nut jobs away from big problems.
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Specific_Implement_8 5 days ago +6
Trump is only the first of many. Something is seriously wrong with half that country. Even now, the few who condemn trump will happily vote for the next republican nominee despite the fact the next guy will be just as bad if not worse. Even if democrats win 2028, what happens in 2032 when the dems don’t feel like voting anymore? Usa can’t be trusted when half their population is insane. And all this is assuming trump doesn’t take control and cancel the election using war time powers or whatever other bullshit loophole he comes up with.
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Black_Moons 6 days ago +24
Not to mention the lowering of our food quality standards, automotive standards, consumer protection standards, etc to align with the U.S. to ease trade. We could have had adaptive headlights a decade ago like the EU if it wasn't for alignment with US automotive standards.
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whatproblems 6 days ago +15
this is really going to mess up our big international businesses isn’t it p
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Harmonic_Flatulence 6 days ago +42
It certainly will. This will be a major shift for Canada, as we are heavily tied to the US. But as OP states, having more diversification in our trade economy will be better/ more stable. The US will bee less effected by this, as Canada is small part of their economy, but less access to our vast natural resources will be noticeable, especially as drinkable water becomes more scarce.
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GriffinFlash 6 days ago +18
Prob why they're trying so hard with their psy-op to annex alberta, so they don't lose their oil.
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KarAccidentTowns 6 days ago +900
Seems like Trump has lost a lot of leverage, particularly with Canada. Meanwhile his base truly believes they are cracking down on corruption lmao
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DNAturation 6 days ago +582
USA: Endorses candidate in Canada Canadian voters: Votes for other candidate USA: Endorses candidate in Hungary Hungarian voters: Votes for other candidate Other democracies taking notes: Getting close to USA results in losing elections, got it.
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Etheo 5 days ago +94
Meloni flip flopping on Trump is one of the more hilarious news I've read recently... outside of any US news.
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CosineDanger 5 days ago +23
In her mind she is likely revolted by the U.S. takes on carbonara, pizza, and fascism. He doesn't do it like her grandfather.
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Dragonasaur 5 days ago +8
That's what happened with Canada when it looked like Canada was heading towards an elective conservative, until the candidate started spouting pro Trump/anti-Canadian nonsense
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ABadHistorian 5 days ago +8
She also just lost a major push for judicial 'reform'
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Shakewell1 5 days ago +49
US brainwashing doesnt work on countries with a reading level above grade 5.
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Ilyalyubushkin 5 days ago +7
Its time every one learned to keep them out of your economy and your democracy.
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nodonutshere 5 days ago +7
It’s crazy for Canada because PP was a shoe in to win. And then Trump came into the picture and now he doesn’t even have a seat in his own group anymore lol
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PM_ME_PLASTIC_BAGS 6 days ago +147
His base believes he is hurting the 'non-desireables'. They know what's happening and are happy to see people suffering. They don't care about the corruption, destruction of the economy or standing on the world stage.
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daniu 6 days ago +61
> His base believes he is hurting the 'non-desireables'. They're not wrong.  Just deluded that the non-desireables aren't themselves. 
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HoldFast31 5 days ago +50
America will never recover it's identity of "noisy, kinda belligerent, but ultimately loveable cousin" for most Canadians. What they are now is difficult to describe. Like, you've known for ages that your neighbour is a weird prepper and has a billion guns, but whatever... except now he also does a lot of meth...
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DrDetectiveEsq 5 days ago +30
As a fellow Canadian, it really is like seeing an old friend or family member lose themselves to drugs or a cult or something. Like, you miss how it used to be between the two of you, and you hold out hope that they can get better in the future, but for your own well-being you know you have to distance yourself or they'll just drag you down with them.
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maxdragonxiii 5 days ago +10
I mean doing a lot of threatening, tariffs, and having him basically threaten to take over Canada and supporting Alberta separatists, and having the Conversative Party leader gagging his balls will do that.
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CFCYYZ 6 days ago +2079
>"We are either at the table, or on the menu" PM Mark Carney, Davos 2026
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Ritaredditonce 6 days ago +516
"Small acts of solidarity, repeated millions of times is the core of Canada Strong".
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rabidstoat 6 days ago +198
That speech was great.
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Trap_Masters 6 days ago +119
How great it must feel to hear and see an actually intelligent leader leading your country
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oldschoolguy90 6 days ago +58
Funny enough, politically I'm not aligned with him. I should love Trump and Poillievre based on my prior politics but I cant stand either of them. I have so much respect for Carney's leadership
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ShironeWasTaken 6 days ago +69
Poilievre has to be a sleeper agent for the liberals at this point. Never seen a bigger embarrassment in recent Canadian politics. The fumble of the last election will go down in history 😭
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Viridun 6 days ago +42
The same billionaire psychos that have been helping to get Trump in power want PP in power. Canada has huge amounts of resources and open land they want for their dystopian data centre obsession. Same reason they want Greenland. It's really the only explanation, same reason they're trying to stoke separatism in Alberta. The CPC has turfed prior leaders for less egregious fuckups before, PP has nothing on the surface that makes him so necessary as leader. Which means it must be less what he'll do and more what he'll allow if he gets in eventually. Problem is when he actually needed to engage with the populace at large and not just ride off years of "F*** Trudeau" and propaganda, he fell on his face. So many people I talked to seemed to like the *idea* of him, and hadn't ever heard him really speak candidly.
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ShironeWasTaken 6 days ago +17
Oh jokes apart I 100% agree. The fight hasn't been left vs right, libs vs cons for a long time, or ever. It's the Epstein class vs the common people. Billionaires have been making a lot of moves and tbh straight up winning for the longest time thanks to bullshit "culture wars" and social media lately. Most of the world's population is actively fucked over by a (comparatively) handful of resources hoarding scums. Poilievre is just their current vessel in Canada. No war like class war, i just hope the people of north America can wake up to that
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drcujo 5 days ago +24
Carney is what sensible conservatives were 15 years ago. He was appointed to the Bank of Canada but a conservative PM (Harper), and appointed to the Bank of England by a conservative PM (Osborne). If most conservatives thought about it, they align with Carney. That’s likely why we have had so many floor crossers and may see a few more.
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oldschoolguy90 5 days ago +8
Its crazy actually. The liberals have had government for over 10 years now, and theres opposition mp's crossing to the governing party. That sort of thing is unheard of
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arkady48 5 days ago +7
I think it's part to do with how politics have been the last 10 years. Attack ads, belittling the opponent, putting down the left or the right. Only 1 ideology can be believed by a person etc. It's not how the country can work. Carney Ran as a liberal but he's more of a melting pot for how politics should be. Adults in the room, and while ideas may differ, it isn't approached with reprehension and hate. Accept the other ideas, learn and grow with them. Over 33 million people need more than just liberal, or ndp, or PC ideas, they need all of them.
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Qaeta 5 days ago +7
I mean, Carney is effectively an old school Conservative. The CPC has just slid so far into f****** insanity that an old school Conservative ends up having to find their home with the Liberals. Personally, Carney is too far right for me, but at least I can acknowledge that he is actually trying to do what is right for Canada as a whole, even if I often disagree with the details.
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SandIntelligent247 5 days ago +16
Best speech of the decade
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Notgreygoddess 6 days ago +346
“Hope is not a plan; nostalgia is not a strategy”.
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scrambled_cable 6 days ago +1652
The U.S.’s final gift to Canadians was giving them a far more competent leader than Polievre or Trudeau.
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Jackadullboy99 6 days ago +629
“I know you lead busy lives, and you don’t need daily interruptions from me” God, that’s refreshing.
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bianary 6 days ago +307
Canada went, "We need an adult!" and Carney stepped up.
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AnAdvancedBot 6 days ago +37
God I see what you’ve done for others and I want that for me. ~ A (very tired) American
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Nutchos 6 days ago +8
Or hourly, as is the case with some heads of state.
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chmilz 5 days ago +5
That was very intentional
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SnooConfections7964 5 days ago +5
Seriously! Some god damned maturity in a leader.
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PsychologicalFox8321 6 days ago +399
Trudeau is still miles better than Pollievre or Trump.
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Jolly-Masterpiece883 5 days ago +10
Yes, he is. He gets a a lot of hate, and some of it deserved (some of the housing crisis does fall at his feet), but the vicious hate was over the top, and as much about culture wars as anything else.
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NOGLYCL 6 days ago +281
Anybody with more than two brain cells and without a malignant personality disorder understands that the key factor to prosperous trade is, reliability. The idea that the world’s largest consumer was being taken advantage of with the trade deals it negotiated was/is so laughable. America can not go back to a manufacturing super power, American’s love the idea of that but none of them actually want to do that type of work lol. So now Trump creates a double whammy, simultaneously killing reliable trade partnerships in an effort to bring back industry that Americans don’t want all in a timeline of his presidency that manufactures know is finite so why make the investment? It’s so spectacularly stupid/ignorant/foolhardy you have to ask if it’s on purpose and what that purpose is?
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BMCarbaugh 6 days ago +189
Most millennials I know would LOVE to do a mindless 9-to-5 assembly line job -- if they paid like they did in the 60s-70s, where one guy working a union job like that could support a family in a home and live pretty comfortably.
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NOGLYCL 6 days ago +95
Right. But that’s why those manufacturing jobs left originally lol. You can’t produce things in America and pay Americans the salary they want to live the lifestyle they want or the product would be too expensive for Americans to buy.
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BMCarbaugh 6 days ago +118
Treating corporate profit margin as this inescapable thing we all just pretend can't be changed is bullshit.
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FourthLvlSpicyMeme 6 days ago +54
This part. They're the ones squeezing every last cent out, shrinking amounts, cutting corners, making up excuses etc. They're making it up or using temporary material costs to justify permanent price increases. The materials go up by 1% so they hit us with a 65% markup because of "temporary" pricing hardships. That never goes away though, the price stays up. Then they so generously drop the price to only 60% markup, with 50% for special sale days. Now it's 65% more till the NEXT time there's a 1% material price increase, next time they might jump it up by 80% same thing. Over and over and over. We pay 900% of what items are worth or more usually. The margins are insane, and they love it. They will NEVER stop this. **Easiest way to describe the phenomenon for everyone is fountain soda.** That has NOT gone up in cost, except temporarily here and there with shipping issues. Yet, a large soda at McDonald's, which still costs them about 0.19 to 0.35¢ CAD to make, costs 3.79+tax for me to buy in the store?
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Ailly84 6 days ago +23
On the surface, you're right. What's really driving the cost up is the need for corporations to endlessly make increasing amounts of money, year after year. That's what has fucked the average consumer over.
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FairlyUormal 6 days ago +6
Personal profit would be my guess
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radium_eye 6 days ago +101
I really hate that the current people in power in the USA are somehow able to discard 80+ years of mutual struggle, throwing away the world we won together. F***.
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Arlune890 5 days ago +26
They've been building this network since the 80s. This current administration has been half a century in the making, put to fruition
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kidcobol 5 days ago +228
He, the media, and other government officials are starting to socialize the idea of Canada joining the EU. Like it or not, they really want to do it.
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mmoore327 5 days ago +157
Given the choice between annexation from the US or joining the EU - the EU is an easy choice. I'd like to go it alone but realistically that just makes us easy prey for the US - we need to be part of the EU trading block if we are going to survive.
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West-Worth-9359 5 days ago +82
Canada can be a part of the trading bloc without becoming an EU nation. The UK is working on exactly that right now, likely because this framework would then help Canada to do the same, and provide a standardized method for others. When you zoom out and look at the bigger picture, Canada, the UK, and EU members are all working together for the same goals, calling it differently, often being quiet about it, but in agreement that the US is done.
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EconomicRegret2 5 days ago +23
There's already a few, decades old, more or less standardized methods to join the EU single market and/or other EU institutions, *without becoming an EU member* See, for example the sector-specific bilateral approach (Switzerland) and the EEA approach (i.e. Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein)
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youmaynotknowme 5 days ago +8
but then, what will the EU call themselves?
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LesNereides 5 days ago +12
.. The Union
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hobbit-feet 5 days ago +11
Western Union ™️
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Stonegeneral 5 days ago +4
The Federation of Transatlantic States
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dontgetitwisted_fr 5 days ago +20
Allying with a corrupt kleptocracy or joining the largest democratic economic union to ever exist. Tough one.....
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ElMatasiete7 6 days ago +127
F****** unbelievable how much Trump has managed to turbofuck his country in the span of two years.
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tegat 6 days ago +60
I feel that congress is not getting enough credit there. Checks and balances are so old fashioned.
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StormSmacker 6 days ago +42
It hasn't even been 18 months.
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SomethingAboutUsers 6 days ago +180
Meanwhile in Alberta, the ANDP opposition called the UCP's recent desire to gerrymander the f*** out of our electoral map "Trump-like" and the UCP's response to that was literally "how dare you insult our biggest trading partner." Like f*** off.
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GriffinFlash 6 days ago +65
God I hope the UCP just disappears. They are so twisted and backwards, making sure to act as MAGA as possible.
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SomethingAboutUsers 6 days ago +36
They won't, unfortunately. If the latest polls are anything to go by, they'll win the next election even without the gerrymandered map. I'm fairly confident that their separatist referendum will fail, and even if it doesn't they will get fucked legally by the indigenous to say nothing of Canada itself. But goddamn it's frustrating to live here and it's getting worse. For a group of people who b**** about Quebec thinking they're special, Albertans certainly love to crow on about how *they're* special and even through 50 years (minus four) of conservative rule, somehow everything that's wrong in this province is still Trudeau's fault.
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sandiercy 6 days ago +535
Way to go Trump, you have alienated your closest allies. This will take years to fix.
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ScottyBoneman 6 days ago +512
'Years' you think? Probably not in my lifetime.
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TheRC135 6 days ago +246
I was willing to dismiss the first Trump administration as a temporary fit of madness on the part of the American electorate. Not punishing him for January 6th, then *reelecting* him? That tells me the rot goes right to the core. Worse, the American political class isn't even having an honest conversation about what went wrong, nevermind how to fix it. America is cooked and they're so high on their own exceptionalism that they don't even notice.
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No_Criticism_5861 6 days ago +94
Dont forget about him literally raping children
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Prestigious-Lynx-177 6 days ago +44
Americans hate their fellow citizens and Allies more than they hate their supposed enemies.  You could probably get 42% of Americans to say they would be happy to get all liberals, gays, blacks, Latinos, Catholics, and boil them in a giant witches cauldron.
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ICantBelieveItsNotEC 6 days ago +268
Honestly, I don't think the American people have the stomach for the kind of changes that the rest of the world will need to see. "We promise we won't vote for him next time" isn't going to inspire enough confidence to restore trust. It's going to take major constitutional reforms, limiting the power of the president and making congress functional again, for the world to let the US in from the cold.
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jhanley 6 days ago +39
Can’t do that until you get money out of the political system there.
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Ok_Estate394 6 days ago +16
Another big problem that is not being addressed, but is related to this, is outside foreign influence. We keep talking like this is solely the US system’s fault, when countries like Russia and China have rather successfully destabilized the US through bots, misinformation campaigns, and trying to manipulate our election outcomes which has lead to further polarization within the American population. We have seen a GOP going from being adamantly anti-Russia to pro-Russia in 20 years. It’s a bit upsetting we have been manipulated, but we keep putting the blame only on individual American voters who have been manipulated. But we do need stronger laws to protect us from outside influence, but every time we do, someone challenges it in court and it gets stricken down for being against the 1st amendment or some other reason.
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Catsler 6 days ago +118
The fact that 30,000 rando swing voters in rural Wisconsin and Michigan are the people who hold the balance of power and ultimately the direction of the USA is f****** nuts.
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whyuhavtobemad 6 days ago +21
shouldnt have gotten to this situation in the first place
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Sugar_Crash_Brigade 6 days ago +12
Agreed. The fact that he was even allowed to run, and then win? I don't care what the cost, I want America out of my life altogether.
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manondorf 6 days ago +29
What sense does it make to blame the states with a narrow and unreliable margin, instead of the ones who consistently and overwhelmingly vote for the worst possible candidate?
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SgtPembry 6 days ago +46
I blame the ones that didn't vote at all the most. Absolutely pathetic.
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mrsbriteside 6 days ago +16
In Australia we have compulsory voting, this fact alone takes much of the world by surprise. We are a world schooling family and meet many Americans in our journey. The conversation tends to automatically turn to voting. My main input is never ‘who did you vote for?’ It’s ’did you vote?’
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Pixelated_throwaway 5 days ago +4
It’s not blaming the swing states, just pointing out the unreliability of the whole system
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20past4am 6 days ago +37
They are never more than four years away from electing another maniac ripping up every contract and deal made by his predecessor and they have proven that they *will* elect a maniac at least twice. There is never more than four years of guarantees from the USA at any given time. The USA as a country cannot be trusted long-term if they don't have a systemic overhaul.
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sionescu 6 days ago +26
Americans will take a few more generations to admit that their constitution is woefully inadequate and obsolete. The whole country is a cult centered on the constitution and the "founding fathers".
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DukeandKate 6 days ago +67
Agreed. It's a generational problem.
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GoofinOffAtWork 6 days ago +45
Yup The North Remembers
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GriffinFlash 6 days ago +19
Thing about us Canadians, may be polite, but we're stubborn as hell. We will not be forgetting this betrayal for generations.
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carbon_ape 6 days ago +70
I’m Canadian, have sold all my tools/clothes/items that support American jobs. I now google if it’s a Canadian company and China takes higher priority than America. I’d never thought I’d say that but hearing Americans agree with Trump hurt me so bad I will never support my southern neighbours ever again.
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FearlessFrank99 6 days ago +99
Depends what you mean by fix. If by fix you mean return to the way things were, that ship has sailed and it won't return for generations probably. It's just too dangerous for us to ever be so reliant on the US again. But if you mean have a friendly and positive relationship again, then ya, that can be fixed, but will take many years. Even if a "reasonable" president is elected again after Trump, we've seen how quickly things flip back to unreasonable so Canadians will take awhile to return to friendly relations I think.
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RexLatro 6 days ago +42
As neighbours, for years we use to feel comfortable with America coming over and using our tools in the garage if they needed them.  We'd share beers and invite each other over for barbeques. These two terms with Trump is like watching that same neighbour descend into some sort of meth-addicted rage, smashing up your fence and threatening your pets and children.  We're currently installing locks and security cameras while watching America through the blinds, hoping they don't burn our house down while in the process of f****** up their own. "Years to fix" doesn't mean going back to what we once had.  We might be able to get back to a place of a polite nod across the fence or a "Hey, how's it going?" when we see each other outside after years of fixing.  But the suspicion of this all possibly happening again will live on in the minds of many Canadians (Edit: early morning poor grammar)
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ThinkSoftware 6 days ago +42
What does he care, he won’t be around to see the consequences
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Jimmykindaexists 6 days ago +19
If anything he only benefits by forcing the next administration to deal with his shit
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Mike5055 6 days ago +24
We're never fixing this. All the trade agreements being made that maneuver around the U.S. are essentially permanent. Once the Orange Menace is gone, they won't come back because there's no reassurance that the next iteration of Trump won't do the same thing.
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Unuhpropriate 6 days ago +34
Canadian here. You guys could vote in an AOC/Mamdani socialist ticket, and sign a free trade deal with Canada tomorrow. The next 10 years could be spent bootlicking and apologizing for 8 years of bullshit. But we’re never coming back. There’s 70 million of you that I would see crossing the street where I’d hesitate to hit the brakes.  Your country has some amazing people. But it’s littered with trash. Your nationalistic, gun loving bravado culture was always a little pathetic. Now we see the US is the red pilled 16 year old in the global community.  We’ll go this with new friends.
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Jackadullboy99 6 days ago +424
Love this guy. Thank Christ we voted for him, and not the other bloke.
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SillyGoatGruff 6 days ago +152
My goodness yes. Bitcoin Milhouse would have been atrocious
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Comedy86 6 days ago +15
Oh, you don't think Carney is uneducated in economics? /s Pierre needs to leave politics for good. He's so completely out of touch with Canadians.
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LMrningStar 6 days ago +58
I like how there's no political rhetoric in his speech. He's simply stating the facts. More politicians should follow this lead.
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Hystus 6 days ago +25
Direct link to speech. https://youtu.be/uk2TZwkhi4E
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OrneryConelover70 6 days ago +80
The Carney government is treating its relationship with the USA as if we are at war with them. Prime Ministers speaking to Canadians like in this video is straight out of the wartime playbook of reassuring the population and getting everyone working towards a common goal. And it makes total sense since Trump and his cronies are waging economic warfare with everyone, including their closest and historical allies.
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Ctrl-Alt-Q 6 days ago +49
I would say that Canada is, truthfully, in a very precarious position for the next few years. The US is our biggest trading partner; 75% of our exports go there. To be honest, they can cripple our economy, and they even seem eager to - even though it will hurt them as well. We relied on them doing what was in their best interest. That was a mistake.
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insidiouslybleak 6 days ago +20
This morning I told my father “So the PM has put out an ‘address to the nation’ kind of a thing.” We just stared at each other before I went on with “it’s a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride. Patriotic pride in having a PM who is thoughtful and able to speak in full sentences, lol. But it also has a ‘shit about to hit the fan, don’t panic’ feel to it.”
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Wise_Temperature9142 5 days ago +18
I actually really appreciate Carney’s tone tho. What I get from it is that there is no need to play politics at home when there is so much shit happening in the world. Canadians need to be unified, and Carney is leading by example. In his address he didn’t blame anyone, he talked about one economy instead of 13, mentioned indigenous heroes and histories, and always referred to all Canadians. We did great things in the past and we can do them again in the present. I especially loved his rejection of nostalgia for the “good old days” when he himself said young people have never had those days. He acknowledge the major crisis after crisis that robbed young people of “the good old days” and set an ambitious targets for a strong future. This speech was low-key brilliant, and I really welcome our PM’s attempts to unify our nation, while setting us up for future success, but still being pragmatic of the complex reality we’re presently in.
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Alarming-Swim9281 5 days ago +9
We're past shit has about to hit the fan. We're on the second or third shit.
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insidiouslybleak 5 days ago +4
Well, this time last year I was wondering how an invasion would actually start and whether they would behave like russians and what my town would look like compared to Bucha - so at least that particular shit hasn’t happened. I spent March 2025 joking that we could do a lot of defence with snow plows alone, but then dreaded spring melt.  They seem more comically ridiculous now and much less frightening. I wouldn’t say that to an Iranian, but still…
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Vietzomb 6 days ago +10
I mean, they already *literally* threatened to pound our economy into annexation… so, yeah. “*I could use economic force, not military force, to join Canada with the United States—for example, I could impose 50 percent tariffs on Canadian imports.*” - Trump
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Meringue_Better 6 days ago +58
This is so frustrating. On paper, the US and Canada should be two of the closest countries on earth. Sadly, Carney is right, and my president has proven that such a country can't be a guaranteed economic partner.
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3catsincoat 6 days ago +13
The US is an empire. They only see other countries as extension of their power projection, to be assimilated through forces or interference.
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Lamballama 6 days ago +7
Any major power (and former major power) is an empire by that definition
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Any-Needleworker6010 6 days ago +10
Now you've got it
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Melodic_Type_5077 6 days ago +92
I think he knows how to win elections. And much of what he says makes sense.  But I think he also has to grapple with the fact that Trump is not just some freak accident. Trump was elected twice for a reason. Trump is not the disease, he’s a symptom to many problems society is facing that the elitist establishment has utterly failed to respond to due to their deep disdain for the working class. 
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mmoore327 6 days ago +45
Agree - but that is exactly why we need to make a fundamental shift. If it was only Trump we could wait it out, but that isn't the case - Americans are doing this - not Trump
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Shanti-k 5 days ago +17
I think he does know that and demonstrates it in this part of his speech: "There are some who say there’s no need for a comprehensive plan. They believe we should wait it out in the hope that the United States will return to normal, that the good old days will come back,” he said. “But hope isn’t a plan, and nostalgia is not the strategy.”
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Singer-Informal 6 days ago +72
We in EU have a similar situation. USA is a liability for us. Canada and EU should become much closer.
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_Erin_ 6 days ago +60
CANEU (pronounced canoe)
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Singer-Informal 6 days ago +42
EUCAN. (Pronounced we and you can).
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nicethingslover 5 days ago +8
It's CANEU for the French speaking and EUCAN for those willing to speak English - the rest of us. Like how everyone calls it AIDS and the French have SIDA. But that's ok - united in diversity - is our motto!
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WhipassWhiplash 5 days ago +20
It’s the truth, you don’t come back from this backstabbing ever. F*** that f****** country, it’s time to move forward.
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FIContractor 6 days ago +60
As an American who moved to Canada last year, good gravy does it feel good to have a competent well spoken leader running the country you call home.
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Least-Sample9425 6 days ago +15
Welcome to Canada. Do you mind if I ask why you moved here and where you moved from?
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FIContractor 6 days ago +25
I don’t want to get too specific, but we moved from a blue (consistently democratic) state. We started looking into it after the election. We donated, volunteered, and voted for Kamala and were honestly shocked that people voted Trump in again. It’s hard to feel like so many of your fellow countrymen are diametrically opposed to your values. Canada seemed like the most viable option in terms of a clear immigration pathway (albeit not certain), career prospects and maintaining proximity to family. English speaking was also a plus. My spouse got a job that was willing to sponsor us for work permits and help us apply for permanent residency, so hopefully we get that and at least have an option of staying.
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Least-Sample9425 6 days ago +16
I was curious if you left a red state. I hope you end up staying here and hope everything works out for you guys.
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Exciting_Turn_9559 6 days ago +15
He's absolutely right. We can't afford to be shackled to a country that is never more than 2 years away from being run by republicans.
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TheBoringProtagonist 6 days ago +21
This must be that respect that Republicans said the rest of the world would have for the US under Trump. Ah yes, I can feel it now, I'm letting it wash over me. America is finally respected again. ...weird how that respect feels like one of your oldest and closest allies stabbing you in the chest. But hey, the Republicans say this is respect, that just must be what it feels like.
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DramaticIsopod4741 6 days ago +22
This is how a leader should sound.
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LordJebusVII 6 days ago +25
Europe is looking to replace US products, perfect opportunity for Canada to step in 
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PumpJack_McGee 5 days ago +4
We need a stronger manufacturing hub for that. So at least 5-10 years, provided we can get the investment necessary to build it up.
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Splenda 6 days ago +231
Carney is amazing. A once-in-a century kind of leader. Unfortunately Trump is one as well, in the opposite sense, although I've gotta say, he's made Canada stronger and prouder than ever.
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Academic-Science-730 6 days ago +108
Carney is legitimately overqualified for the job, which should not be possible when the job is PM. Ideally, every major party in every country would be led by someone with this type of resume.
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RealWord5734 6 days ago +64
He is objectively the most qualified head of state in the history of the G7, going back since Canada was added to the G6 50 years ago. We don't deserve him but f*** do I thank Christ he chose to serve his country when he could have happily fucked off into the sunset.
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Resident-Variation21 6 days ago +25
I still laugh that PP called him badly educated in Economics. I don’t think there’s anyone on the planet with a better resume in global economics than Carney.
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ClittoryHinton 6 days ago +31
Some countries would rather vote for someone closer to their own intelligence, like a sleazy reality tv star.
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Flimsy-Ad2701 6 days ago +21
The conservative party needs an overqualified leader as well. We need a competent opposition
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Xalara 6 days ago +21
Thing is, that conservative leader *is* Carney. Unless you want to get into culture war bullshit, how much more conservative can a conservative get?
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Flimsy-Ad2701 6 days ago +14
If a liberal is conservative, have a conservative that is liberal. That'll show em.
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xGray3 6 days ago +6
These days it feels like the meaning of "conservative" has been lost in the US. Carney is a quintessential economic conservative. It's hard to call Trump a "conservative" in the same sense. The guy burns money on insane projects. He worships chaos. I would never dare accuse him of being responsible with anything. The US is so lost if they think that Trump is "conservative" by any sense of that word.
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RickRLgrimes 6 days ago +6
I’d trade Danielle Smith for Wab Kinew in a heartbeat. That’s a real man, leader, inspiration.
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West-Worth-9359 5 days ago +13
Carney is saying out loud what all other leaders are saying quietly. Probably because he was pushed into this position by Trump in ways most others haven’t (yet). Trump thoroughly burned this bridge down, he’s still sparking the match when it comes to UK/EU etc. It’s happening anyway. Anyone who watches news from various industries/fields can see allies have been breaking away in everything from intel and military to finance and services. The US won’t recover from this for a generation.
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Gr8Bobbo 5 days ago +14
PP would have us sunk if he was PM and best buds with the orange turd. Carney is a businessman with a proven track record, give him time and we'll be fine.
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T0Papi 6 days ago +15
I think it has always been our weakness. Canada, can be so much more on the world stage. There has been too much complacency because we have been living in their shadow. It is time for us to lead and not follow. Carney is doing the right thing we need to diversify the more the better.
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Yowski 5 days ago +17
Meanwhile, we have Alberta UCP MLAs "cautioning" opposition MLAs not to insult our "biggest trading partner" when comparing UCP conduct to Republican/MAGA. Alberta is not doing okay folks.
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kevloid 5 days ago +12
it is a weakness. it's basically doing business with a crackhead. they elected trump twice. TRUMP. TWICE. they can't be trusted to not do stupid dangerous shit again, and it'll take a long time to earn that trust back.
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Jimmykindaexists 6 days ago +23
Trump's ultimate win right here, ensuring the right keeps and maintains control of America by cutting her off from any allies who might be able to help the next administration. It's just textbook evil shit atp lmao
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djburnoutb 6 days ago +18
Jesus Christ I love this guy. He’s the liberal leader I waited my whole life for!
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Lucky-Mia 6 days ago +18
Truth. The US has been holding us down.
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wdomeika 6 days ago +49
This is the blunt reality of the Trump era. Carney speaks what every other former ally of ours believes.
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frigidmagi 6 days ago +5
I don't blame him for saying that and I know we only have ourselves to blame for this mess but man that hurts.
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awayish 5 days ago +5
build pipelines so you don't pump 5 million barrels of oil into the united states
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fusillade762 5 days ago +5
Man, I hate this. The US is becoming an international pariah.
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Zarxon 5 days ago +5
Ffs Pierre, you’ve lost the election 3 times over now. Stop campaigning and start doing your job maybe you will earn some votes by working to help form the new Canada instead of just saying the opposite of everything the liberals say.
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Sayhei2mylittlefrnd 6 days ago +13
Thank god he is the PM and not PP!
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gatsu01 6 days ago +10
A bond is only as strong as the weakest link. In this case, the US has more holes than Swiss cheese. Of course the Canada US bond is a weakness. Anytime anyone want more global uncertainty, just point a finger at the Trump-Epstein files and another global conflict is going to be underway. Every country except for Russia is open season.
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vizag 6 days ago +9
It’s so hard to spoil a relationship like we have with Canada. There are no issues, no negatives, all positives for both sides, no need to compromise on anything, they really like us, they really want to be friends with us, they help us at the slightest hint that we need help, they are always willing to make sacrifices for us. Then this f***** comes along and makes them hate the U.S.
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BlackberryPi7 6 days ago +12
Really hope other leaders follow suit because world leaders today have been an absolute disappointment in how they're not opposing the US directly.
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ThrowRA_EducatedMan 6 days ago +17
Now can we just shitcan all the nut jobs that are backed by the long term Russian PsyOps and American billionaires? People like Smith, Moe, Ford, Houston, the right wing Quebecers, they are all making things worse while shit talking on a personal level. Every one of them wants to run people down based on bullshit personal attacks. I’d much prefer never to hear from any of those self-serving assholes ever again.
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JagJr66 6 days ago +12
WW2 was 82 years ago. Trump and his wealthy backers are the closest thing the next one happening. A wake up call to the rest of us.
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rubbery_test_tube 5 days ago +8
JFC, a note to commentators from other hegemons: could you just stay on the thread topic without bringing up how great Pabst Blue Ribbon is, or telling us about how much you hate your guy? This is our guy talking about our problems.
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pooborus 6 days ago +5
Wish it wasnt true, but it is.
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Lazy-Good1433 5 days ago +4
Carney among the sane leaders in the room, lets build more networks and bridges. Why would they be anything wrong with that?
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Away_Historian_5883 5 days ago +13
Trump picked the fight and let's be honest....Canada is absolutely kicking our ass. They have found new trade partners everywhere. Their consumers have effectively boycotted US products on a level that US consumers never would commit to. And the final proof point? The thousands and thousands of US citizens applying for Canadian citizenship.
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scallyrap 6 days ago +6
He's right. It was always too big of a risk but now we are paying for it.
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groovyinutah 6 days ago +28
The shitstain has now successfully cut off one of our closest and dearest allies and partners....because this is his mission, because he is a f****** traitor.
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GiraffeFellator 6 days ago +5
I also thought you were talking about Carney as our MapleMAGAs say similar things.   I have absolutely no problem with any descriptor they put on any politician, but their claim that it was somehow a Canadian who fucked the relationship between our countries, and not Tronald Dump, always gets a response to correct them.
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subcow 6 days ago +7
It's crazy how one man has been able to tear the United States apart from the inside.
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ygjb 6 days ago +9
I mean, one man, his 77 million voters and the line of billionaires dancing jigs to his tune... Trump is the symptom, not the disease.
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Ethereal123 5 days ago +5
This is a real leader.
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