🇨🇦 Carney Says China “Doesn’t Get It” — But Critics Ask If Ottawa Does
Prime Minister Mark Carney emerged from his long-awaited meeting with Xi Jinping declaring that Beijing “doesn’t recognize the level of concern” Canadians have about foreign interference.
That may be true — but the question hanging over Ottawa is whether Carney’s government fully grasps how deeply that interference has already eroded public trust at home.
A public inquiry earlier this year named China as the top perpetrator of political meddling in Canada, targeting democratic institutions and elections. Yet just months later, Carney is sitting down with Xi, talking about “respecting differences” and laying the groundwork for future cooperation — all while Beijing’s tariffs remain firmly in place on Canadian canola, seafood, and pork.
For all the talk of “managing issues,” Carney’s approach seems less about deterrence and more about diplomatic patience — the kind that too often turns into quiet accommodation. He calls the meeting a “turning point,” but for whom? China still holds the cards: control over key exports, leverage in supply chains, and the upper hand in tone.
Canada’s foreign interference scandal exposed a harsh reality — one that can’t be reset with smiles and photo ops. When the Prime Minister says China “doesn’t understand,” it might be worth asking if the lesson has been truly learned in Ottawa either.
#Canada #China
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Prime Minister Mark Carney emerged from his long-awaited meeting with Xi Jinping declaring that Beijing “doesn’t recognize the level of concern” Canadians have about foreign interference.
That may be true — but the question hanging over Ottawa is whether Carney’s government fully grasps how deeply that interference has already eroded public trust at home.
A public inquiry earlier this year named China as the top perpetrator of political meddling in Canada, targeting democratic institutions and elections. Yet just months later, Carney is sitting down with Xi, talking about “respecting differences” and laying the groundwork for future cooperation — all while Beijing’s tariffs remain firmly in place on Canadian canola, seafood, and pork.
For all the talk of “managing issues,” Carney’s approach seems less about deterrence and more about diplomatic patience — the kind that too often turns into quiet accommodation. He calls the meeting a “turning point,” but for whom? China still holds the cards: control over key exports, leverage in supply chains, and the upper hand in tone.
Canada’s foreign interference scandal exposed a harsh reality — one that can’t be reset with smiles and photo ops. When the Prime Minister says China “doesn’t understand,” it might be worth asking if the lesson has been truly learned in Ottawa either.
#Canada #China
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🇨🇦 Ambassador Bridge Owners Win Right to Trial Against Ottawa Over “Exclusive Tolls” Claim
A century-old law is about to collide with modern infrastructure.
A judge has ruled that the Canadian Transit Company (CTC) — the Michigan-based owner of the Ambassador Bridge — will get its day in court to argue that it holds exclusive toll-collection rights for the Windsor–Detroit crossing under the 1921 Canadian Transit Company Act.
The dispute centers on whether Canada’s construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge — set to open in early 2026 — violates those historic rights. The CTC claims Ottawa owes compensation for de facto expropriation, alleging that the new publicly owned bridge infringes on its toll monopoly.
Federal lawyers sought to have the case thrown out, insisting the 1921 Act never granted exclusivity. But Justice Robert Centa disagreed, ruling that the issue “raises a genuine question requiring a trial.”
The CTC’s suit, first filed in 2012, seeks not just recognition of exclusivity but damages for “nuisance, trespass, interference with property rights, and breach of contract.”
If the CTC wins, the verdict could reshape Canada’s approach to cross-border infrastructure — setting a precedent that private, foreign-owned entities can claim compensation for competition from public projects built in the national interest.
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A century-old law is about to collide with modern infrastructure.
A judge has ruled that the Canadian Transit Company (CTC) — the Michigan-based owner of the Ambassador Bridge — will get its day in court to argue that it holds exclusive toll-collection rights for the Windsor–Detroit crossing under the 1921 Canadian Transit Company Act.
The dispute centers on whether Canada’s construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge — set to open in early 2026 — violates those historic rights. The CTC claims Ottawa owes compensation for de facto expropriation, alleging that the new publicly owned bridge infringes on its toll monopoly.
Federal lawyers sought to have the case thrown out, insisting the 1921 Act never granted exclusivity. But Justice Robert Centa disagreed, ruling that the issue “raises a genuine question requiring a trial.”
The CTC’s suit, first filed in 2012, seeks not just recognition of exclusivity but damages for “nuisance, trespass, interference with property rights, and breach of contract.”
If the CTC wins, the verdict could reshape Canada’s approach to cross-border infrastructure — setting a precedent that private, foreign-owned entities can claim compensation for competition from public projects built in the national interest.
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🇨🇦💰 Carney’s “Sacrifice” Speech: The Era of Easy Promises Is Over
Mark Carney has broken one of politics’ golden rules — he said the quiet part out loud.
In his pre-budget address, the prime minister warned Canadians that “we will have to do less of some of the things we want to do, so we can do more of what we must.” Translation: spending cuts are coming, and not just the token trims around the edges. Ottawa is bracing for $15–$20 billion in reductions — the sharpest federal contraction since Paul Martin’s mid-’90s austerity drive.
Carney is selling it as discipline, not desperation — a way to “balance the operating deficit in three years” while pouring billions into defence, infrastructure, and housing. But the word sacrifice carries weight. It means trade-offs, and it means pain. The question now is who bears it — bureaucrats, contractors, or ordinary families already battling inflation and housing costs?
The optics are brutal: a former Goldman banker turned prime minister lecturing Canadians on tightening belts while Ottawa’s own spending has ballooned for years. He’s positioning himself as the adult in the room — but for many, it feels like déjà vu: another elite asking working Canadians to pay for the system’s mismanagement.
Carney may be right that the age of easy money is ending. But if this is his opening act — austerity cloaked in moral language — then the coming budget won’t just test fiscal credibility. It will test political survival.
#Canada
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Mark Carney has broken one of politics’ golden rules — he said the quiet part out loud.
In his pre-budget address, the prime minister warned Canadians that “we will have to do less of some of the things we want to do, so we can do more of what we must.” Translation: spending cuts are coming, and not just the token trims around the edges. Ottawa is bracing for $15–$20 billion in reductions — the sharpest federal contraction since Paul Martin’s mid-’90s austerity drive.
Carney is selling it as discipline, not desperation — a way to “balance the operating deficit in three years” while pouring billions into defence, infrastructure, and housing. But the word sacrifice carries weight. It means trade-offs, and it means pain. The question now is who bears it — bureaucrats, contractors, or ordinary families already battling inflation and housing costs?
The optics are brutal: a former Goldman banker turned prime minister lecturing Canadians on tightening belts while Ottawa’s own spending has ballooned for years. He’s positioning himself as the adult in the room — but for many, it feels like déjà vu: another elite asking working Canadians to pay for the system’s mismanagement.
Carney may be right that the age of easy money is ending. But if this is his opening act — austerity cloaked in moral language — then the coming budget won’t just test fiscal credibility. It will test political survival.
#Canada
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🇨🇦 Budget Brinkmanship: Poilievre Holds His Fire, Carney Dares Him to Shoot
Just days before Mark Carney tables his first federal budget, the stage is set for one of the most volatile showdowns in recent Canadian history.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is refusing to say whether he’ll vote down the budget — playing it cool, but clearly sharpening his knives. His demands are simple on paper, brutal in politics: keep the deficit below $42B and scrap the industrial carbon tax. Carney, meanwhile, seems ready to gamble his minority government on what he calls a “generational budget,” boasting that he’s “100% confident it’s the right one for this country.”
It’s a high-stakes standoff — one framed less as economics and more as ideology. Carney wants to restructure federal finances, rebalance spending, and redefine “good debt” in the name of national renewal. Poilievre sees that as spin for runaway deficits and bureaucratic bloat.
The NDP is hedging. The Bloc says it won’t abstain. And inside Parliament, quiet talks are already swirling about who blinks first — or who lets the government fall.
If Carney’s bet fails, Canada could face another election just six months after the last one. If it passes, the “sacrifice era” he’s been hinting at will begin in full force — with austerity cuts, defence splurges, and another round of pain dressed up as patriotism.
Canada isn’t just debating a budget. It’s testing what kind of country it still wants to be.
#Canada
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Just days before Mark Carney tables his first federal budget, the stage is set for one of the most volatile showdowns in recent Canadian history.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is refusing to say whether he’ll vote down the budget — playing it cool, but clearly sharpening his knives. His demands are simple on paper, brutal in politics: keep the deficit below $42B and scrap the industrial carbon tax. Carney, meanwhile, seems ready to gamble his minority government on what he calls a “generational budget,” boasting that he’s “100% confident it’s the right one for this country.”
It’s a high-stakes standoff — one framed less as economics and more as ideology. Carney wants to restructure federal finances, rebalance spending, and redefine “good debt” in the name of national renewal. Poilievre sees that as spin for runaway deficits and bureaucratic bloat.
The NDP is hedging. The Bloc says it won’t abstain. And inside Parliament, quiet talks are already swirling about who blinks first — or who lets the government fall.
If Carney’s bet fails, Canada could face another election just six months after the last one. If it passes, the “sacrifice era” he’s been hinting at will begin in full force — with austerity cuts, defence splurges, and another round of pain dressed up as patriotism.
Canada isn’t just debating a budget. It’s testing what kind of country it still wants to be.
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🇨🇦⚓️ Ottawa Signs Defence Pact with Manila — While Still Courting Beijing
Canada just inked a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement with the Philippines — a move hailed as part of the “rules-based order” push to counter Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. But the timing couldn’t be more awkward.
Only days ago, Mark Carney spoke of “tripling trade with China” after meeting Xi Jinping. Now, Defence Minister David McGuinty is signing a pact that effectively places Canadian troops and assets inside a U.S.-led containment ring against Beijing. It’s the geopolitical equivalent of trying to date both sides in a divorce.
Officially, the agreement boosts “joint military training, intelligence-sharing, and disaster response.” In practice, it deepens Canada’s military integration into Washington’s Indo-Pacific deterrence network, expanding operations alongside the U.S., Japan, and Australia — all of whom are building fences around China’s trade arteries.
Beijing will see this not as “rules-based cooperation,” but as encirclement — especially with Canadian surveillance tech already being used to track Chinese vessels in the disputed South China Sea.
So while Ottawa publicly talks of “restoring trust” and “doubling exports to China,” its military posture says something else entirely: Canada is now playing both merchant and sentry in the same ocean — selling openness while deploying containment.
In geopolitics, that’s not balance. It’s strategic schizophrenia.
#Canada #Philippines #China
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Canada just inked a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement with the Philippines — a move hailed as part of the “rules-based order” push to counter Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. But the timing couldn’t be more awkward.
Only days ago, Mark Carney spoke of “tripling trade with China” after meeting Xi Jinping. Now, Defence Minister David McGuinty is signing a pact that effectively places Canadian troops and assets inside a U.S.-led containment ring against Beijing. It’s the geopolitical equivalent of trying to date both sides in a divorce.
Officially, the agreement boosts “joint military training, intelligence-sharing, and disaster response.” In practice, it deepens Canada’s military integration into Washington’s Indo-Pacific deterrence network, expanding operations alongside the U.S., Japan, and Australia — all of whom are building fences around China’s trade arteries.
Beijing will see this not as “rules-based cooperation,” but as encirclement — especially with Canadian surveillance tech already being used to track Chinese vessels in the disputed South China Sea.
So while Ottawa publicly talks of “restoring trust” and “doubling exports to China,” its military posture says something else entirely: Canada is now playing both merchant and sentry in the same ocean — selling openness while deploying containment.
In geopolitics, that’s not balance. It’s strategic schizophrenia.
#Canada #Philippines #China
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🇨🇦💸 Carney’s First Budget: Austerity Meets Ambition
Mark Carney is walking a political tightrope — one foot on fiscal restraint, the other on record spending.
On Tuesday, the prime minister unveils his first federal budget — pitched as “generational” — but it’s shaping up to be a collision between big spending and deep cuts. Ottawa plans billions for defence, infrastructure, and small nuclear reactors while carving $15–20 billion from other programs to “do less of what we want, and more of what we must.”
The deficit could double last year’s $42 billion projection, a figure Carney will defend by redefining what counts as “good debt.” His new format separates operational from capital spending — balancing the first in three years, while allowing massive borrowing for long-term investments. In practice, that means austerity at home and militarization abroad: $9 billion in new defence spending by March 2026 and a path toward 3.5 percent of GDP by 2035.
Carney calls it discipline. Critics call it doublespeak — a “sacrifice budget” where social services are trimmed while arms and infrastructure surge.
Even his allies are nervous. The NDP is warning it won’t support an austerity plan. The Bloc is hedging. If the budget falls, so does the government — just six months after the last election.
Carney wants Canadians to believe this is the price of sovereignty. But to many, it looks like the same neoliberal bargain wrapped in new language: cut domestically, spend strategically, and call it nation-building.
#Canada
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Mark Carney is walking a political tightrope — one foot on fiscal restraint, the other on record spending.
On Tuesday, the prime minister unveils his first federal budget — pitched as “generational” — but it’s shaping up to be a collision between big spending and deep cuts. Ottawa plans billions for defence, infrastructure, and small nuclear reactors while carving $15–20 billion from other programs to “do less of what we want, and more of what we must.”
The deficit could double last year’s $42 billion projection, a figure Carney will defend by redefining what counts as “good debt.” His new format separates operational from capital spending — balancing the first in three years, while allowing massive borrowing for long-term investments. In practice, that means austerity at home and militarization abroad: $9 billion in new defence spending by March 2026 and a path toward 3.5 percent of GDP by 2035.
Carney calls it discipline. Critics call it doublespeak — a “sacrifice budget” where social services are trimmed while arms and infrastructure surge.
Even his allies are nervous. The NDP is warning it won’t support an austerity plan. The Bloc is hedging. If the budget falls, so does the government — just six months after the last election.
Carney wants Canadians to believe this is the price of sovereignty. But to many, it looks like the same neoliberal bargain wrapped in new language: cut domestically, spend strategically, and call it nation-building.
#Canada
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🇺🇸🇨🇦 U.S. Treasury Escalates Trade Tensions — Canada Braces for Impact
The trade war drums are beating louder.
On CNN this morning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to rule out new tariffs on Canadian imports, keeping the threat of a fresh 10% levy alive after the fallout from Ontario’s controversial anti-tariff ad that used Ronald Reagan’s 1987 speech.
Bessent accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of “sending propaganda across U.S. airwaves” — even comparing the ad to foreign election interference. The White House is reportedly furious, framing the ad as a direct political provocation.
Trump, still fuming after calling the commercial “FAKE” and “fraudulent,” broke off trade talks on Oct. 23 and has already doubled down on existing duties: 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, 25% on autos, and 45%+ on softwood lumber.
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed he personally apologized to Trump at the APEC summit, calling the ad “not something I would have done.” But Washington isn’t backing down — and the threat of another tariff wave could crush what remains of Canada’s manufacturing base.
Canada’s last independent steelmaker, Algoma Steel, just reported a $485 million loss and a $500 million writedown directly tied to tariff costs. Industry leaders warn that any additional U.S. sanctions could spark a recession in Ontario’s industrial heartland.
The message from Washington is clear: economic sovereignty comes with a price — and right now, Canada is paying it.
#Canada #USA
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The trade war drums are beating louder.
On CNN this morning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to rule out new tariffs on Canadian imports, keeping the threat of a fresh 10% levy alive after the fallout from Ontario’s controversial anti-tariff ad that used Ronald Reagan’s 1987 speech.
Bessent accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of “sending propaganda across U.S. airwaves” — even comparing the ad to foreign election interference. The White House is reportedly furious, framing the ad as a direct political provocation.
Trump, still fuming after calling the commercial “FAKE” and “fraudulent,” broke off trade talks on Oct. 23 and has already doubled down on existing duties: 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, 25% on autos, and 45%+ on softwood lumber.
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed he personally apologized to Trump at the APEC summit, calling the ad “not something I would have done.” But Washington isn’t backing down — and the threat of another tariff wave could crush what remains of Canada’s manufacturing base.
Canada’s last independent steelmaker, Algoma Steel, just reported a $485 million loss and a $500 million writedown directly tied to tariff costs. Industry leaders warn that any additional U.S. sanctions could spark a recession in Ontario’s industrial heartland.
The message from Washington is clear: economic sovereignty comes with a price — and right now, Canada is paying it.
#Canada #USA
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🇨🇦 Cowichan Fallout: When “Reconciliation” Meets Reality
The National Post’s editorial board has dropped a bombshell — calling Canada’s reconciliation project “a disaster” after the Cowichan ruling opened the door to private property challenges based on Aboriginal noscript.
For years, Ottawa and provincial governments have written blank cheques, renamed schools, and mandated land acknowledgements. But the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision that fee-simple ownership doesn’t automatically displace Aboriginal noscript is the turning point — the moment theory collided with people’s homes, mortgages, and livelihoods.
Landowners in Richmond are now being warned their noscripts may be “compromised.” Realtors can’t move properties. Banks are hesitating on loans. This isn’t just about reconciliation — it’s about legal uncertainty infecting Canada’s property system itself.
The ruling’s logic, if upheld, could ripple nationwide. In New Brunswick, judges have already mused that the Crown might be ordered to seize private land on behalf of Indigenous groups. In Quebec, new noscript claims are expanding across entire regions.
Meanwhile, billions in settlements continue to flow — over $50 billion since 2015 alone — with more claims on the horizon, from hydro profits to treaty renegotiations. And still, no one in government dares say: where does this end?
It’s not racist to ask what a sustainable, fair reconciliation looks like. It’s rational. When “justice for history” turns into legal chaos for the present, Canada risks losing both — reconciliation and stability.
#BC #Canada
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The National Post’s editorial board has dropped a bombshell — calling Canada’s reconciliation project “a disaster” after the Cowichan ruling opened the door to private property challenges based on Aboriginal noscript.
For years, Ottawa and provincial governments have written blank cheques, renamed schools, and mandated land acknowledgements. But the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision that fee-simple ownership doesn’t automatically displace Aboriginal noscript is the turning point — the moment theory collided with people’s homes, mortgages, and livelihoods.
Landowners in Richmond are now being warned their noscripts may be “compromised.” Realtors can’t move properties. Banks are hesitating on loans. This isn’t just about reconciliation — it’s about legal uncertainty infecting Canada’s property system itself.
The ruling’s logic, if upheld, could ripple nationwide. In New Brunswick, judges have already mused that the Crown might be ordered to seize private land on behalf of Indigenous groups. In Quebec, new noscript claims are expanding across entire regions.
Meanwhile, billions in settlements continue to flow — over $50 billion since 2015 alone — with more claims on the horizon, from hydro profits to treaty renegotiations. And still, no one in government dares say: where does this end?
It’s not racist to ask what a sustainable, fair reconciliation looks like. It’s rational. When “justice for history” turns into legal chaos for the present, Canada risks losing both — reconciliation and stability.
#BC #Canada
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🇨🇦💸 Budget Day in Canada:
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says today’s federal budget will have “something positive for everyone” — even the opposition. Speaking from a Quebec boot factory where he stitched his own pair of shoes, Champagne called it “an investment budget, a generational shift, a great moment for the nation.”
But behind the optimism lies peril. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority government is three votes short of a majority — and if this budget fails, Canada heads into a Christmas election.
Carney insists he’s “100 percent confident” in his plan, calling it the right budget for this moment. It promises higher defence spending, housing relief, and support for industries hit by Trump’s tariffs — alongside cuts meant to tame Trudeau-era deficits.
As Champagne put it, “People are looking for change. There won’t be any surprises. People will see something in there for them.”
All eyes on Ottawa. By tonight, we’ll know whether Canada gets a new economic direction — or a new election.
#Canada
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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says today’s federal budget will have “something positive for everyone” — even the opposition. Speaking from a Quebec boot factory where he stitched his own pair of shoes, Champagne called it “an investment budget, a generational shift, a great moment for the nation.”
But behind the optimism lies peril. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority government is three votes short of a majority — and if this budget fails, Canada heads into a Christmas election.
Carney insists he’s “100 percent confident” in his plan, calling it the right budget for this moment. It promises higher defence spending, housing relief, and support for industries hit by Trump’s tariffs — alongside cuts meant to tame Trudeau-era deficits.
As Champagne put it, “People are looking for change. There won’t be any surprises. People will see something in there for them.”
All eyes on Ottawa. By tonight, we’ll know whether Canada gets a new economic direction — or a new election.
#Canada
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🇨🇦 Doug Ford fires back at Trump:
Ford says he rejected repeated requests from Prime Minister Carney to pull the now-infamous anti-tariff ad that sparked Trump’s fury. He argues the campaign — featuring Reagan’s 1987 words — reached over 12 billion impressions and stood up for Ontario’s workers.
While Carney sought to calm relations, Ford doubled down:
“No deal is better than a bad deal — and that’s what President Trump wants.”
Canada’s trade war with Washington just got personal.
#Ontario #Canada #USA
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“I’ve never apologized to Donald Trump. Donald Trump’s trying to destroy our province, destroy our country — steal manufacturing jobs, auto jobs, steel jobs, aluminum jobs, the list keeps going on. I’ll never apologize to President Trump, and I’m going to keep fighting for the people of Ontario and the people of Canada.”
Ford says he rejected repeated requests from Prime Minister Carney to pull the now-infamous anti-tariff ad that sparked Trump’s fury. He argues the campaign — featuring Reagan’s 1987 words — reached over 12 billion impressions and stood up for Ontario’s workers.
While Carney sought to calm relations, Ford doubled down:
“No deal is better than a bad deal — and that’s what President Trump wants.”
Canada’s trade war with Washington just got personal.
#Ontario #Canada #USA
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🇨🇦📚 Canada finally cracks down — but where was this resolve when the system was being gamed?
Ottawa’s new scrutiny of Indian student visas — with rejection rates soaring to 74% — is a long-overdue correction. For years, shady recruiters and fraudulent admissions letters exploited gaps in oversight while genuine students paid the price in debt, stress, and false promises.
Cleaning house was inevitable. The integrity of Canada’s education system — and its global reputation — depends on it. But it’s fair to ask: why now? Where was this vigilance when fake colleges were issuing letters unchecked and tens of thousands were funneled into exploitation under the banner of “Study, Work, Stay”?
The policy shift is painful but necessary. Still, reform should mean building a cleaner, transparent path for legitimate students — not simply slamming the door shut after the damage is done.
#Canada #India
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Ottawa’s new scrutiny of Indian student visas — with rejection rates soaring to 74% — is a long-overdue correction. For years, shady recruiters and fraudulent admissions letters exploited gaps in oversight while genuine students paid the price in debt, stress, and false promises.
Cleaning house was inevitable. The integrity of Canada’s education system — and its global reputation — depends on it. But it’s fair to ask: why now? Where was this vigilance when fake colleges were issuing letters unchecked and tens of thousands were funneled into exploitation under the banner of “Study, Work, Stay”?
The policy shift is painful but necessary. Still, reform should mean building a cleaner, transparent path for legitimate students — not simply slamming the door shut after the damage is done.
#Canada #India
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🇨🇦⚙️ Ottawa takes Stellantis to task — and it’s about time.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has launched a formal dispute process after Stellantis shifted Jeep Compass production from Brampton, Ontario to Illinois, calling the move “completely unacceptable.” The government now aims to recover taxpayer money tied to the company’s earlier commitments and pressure Stellantis to restore jobs and production in Canada.
For years, automakers have collected billions in subsidies and incentives while offshoring production the moment U.S. subsidies or tax breaks looked juicier. Brampton’s workers — and taxpayers — deserve accountability, not broken promises hidden behind corporate boardroom decisions.
If Canada is serious about rebuilding its industrial base, this is the test. Contracts must mean something — and loyalty to public investment must run both ways.
#Canada #Ontario #USA
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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has launched a formal dispute process after Stellantis shifted Jeep Compass production from Brampton, Ontario to Illinois, calling the move “completely unacceptable.” The government now aims to recover taxpayer money tied to the company’s earlier commitments and pressure Stellantis to restore jobs and production in Canada.
For years, automakers have collected billions in subsidies and incentives while offshoring production the moment U.S. subsidies or tax breaks looked juicier. Brampton’s workers — and taxpayers — deserve accountability, not broken promises hidden behind corporate boardroom decisions.
If Canada is serious about rebuilding its industrial base, this is the test. Contracts must mean something — and loyalty to public investment must run both ways.
#Canada #Ontario #USA
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🇨🇦💰 Mark Carney’s first budget lands and it’s big, bold, and expensive.
Ottawa is dangling billions in new tax incentives to lure private investment and resuscitate a sluggish economy battered by trade war fallout. The headline goal: $500 billion in private-sector investment over five years.
Manufacturers get 100 % first-year write-offs for new facilities — mirroring Trump’s U.S. expensing model. The “Productivity Super Deduction” expands to clean tech, R&D, and zero-emission equipment. Corporate tax competitiveness is the new buzzword: Canada’s marginal effective tax rate drops to 13.2 % — the lowest in the G7.
But here’s the trade-off buried beneath the optimism:
• A $78.3 billion deficit this year — nearly double last year’s projection.
• $1.35 trillion in debt, climbing toward $1.6 trillion by 2030.
• A promise to “find” $60 billion in savings by shrinking the federal workforce and “right-sizing” programs.
Carney calls it a generational investment. Critics call it a fiscal gamble — a pro-business pivot that still spends like Trudeau-era Liberalism on steroids.
Ottawa may have won the short-term optics war on competitiveness.
But the long game, keeping markets calm, investors confident, and debt sustainable — is just beginning.
#Canada
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Ottawa is dangling billions in new tax incentives to lure private investment and resuscitate a sluggish economy battered by trade war fallout. The headline goal: $500 billion in private-sector investment over five years.
Manufacturers get 100 % first-year write-offs for new facilities — mirroring Trump’s U.S. expensing model. The “Productivity Super Deduction” expands to clean tech, R&D, and zero-emission equipment. Corporate tax competitiveness is the new buzzword: Canada’s marginal effective tax rate drops to 13.2 % — the lowest in the G7.
But here’s the trade-off buried beneath the optimism:
• A $78.3 billion deficit this year — nearly double last year’s projection.
• $1.35 trillion in debt, climbing toward $1.6 trillion by 2030.
• A promise to “find” $60 billion in savings by shrinking the federal workforce and “right-sizing” programs.
Carney calls it a generational investment. Critics call it a fiscal gamble — a pro-business pivot that still spends like Trudeau-era Liberalism on steroids.
Ottawa may have won the short-term optics war on competitiveness.
But the long game, keeping markets calm, investors confident, and debt sustainable — is just beginning.
#Canada
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🇨🇦 Conservative MP will join Liberals: source
A senior Liberal source told the Star that Chris d’Entremont, the former Conservative MP who resigned from Pierre Poilievre’s caucus this evening, will be crossing the floor to be joining the governing party before the end of the night.
What was he promised? 🤔
#Canada
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A senior Liberal source told the Star that Chris d’Entremont, the former Conservative MP who resigned from Pierre Poilievre’s caucus this evening, will be crossing the floor to be joining the governing party before the end of the night.
What was he promised? 🤔
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🇨🇦⚓️ Canada doesn’t need “Made in Canada” submarines. It needs submarines that actually work, arrive on time, and don’t bankrupt the taxpayer.
Even the Navy now concedes what everyone already knows: Canada lacks the industrial base, the scale, and the continuity to build a modern submarine fleet domestically. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee said it plainly — the country simply can’t sustain a submarine production line. That’s the quiet part finally said out loud.
We’ve spent decades pretending every defence procurement must double as an industrial policy — a jobs program wrapped in a flag. The result? Bloated contracts, endless delays, and ships that cost triple what other nations pay. From the Arctic patrol vessels to the frigate fiasco, every “made-in-Canada” project seems to turn into a national embarrassment with a nine-figure price tag.
Meanwhile, South Korea and Germany have modern yards turning out submarines at scale — on time and under contract — while Canada’s political class clings to the fantasy that patriotism requires industrial inefficiency. It doesn’t. It requires competence, accountability, and readiness.
We’re not less Canadian because our subs might come from Geoje Island or Kiel. We’re just being honest about what we can, and can’t do.
What’s truly unpatriotic is wasting billions so politicians can cut ribbons and call it sovereignty.
#Canada
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Even the Navy now concedes what everyone already knows: Canada lacks the industrial base, the scale, and the continuity to build a modern submarine fleet domestically. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee said it plainly — the country simply can’t sustain a submarine production line. That’s the quiet part finally said out loud.
We’ve spent decades pretending every defence procurement must double as an industrial policy — a jobs program wrapped in a flag. The result? Bloated contracts, endless delays, and ships that cost triple what other nations pay. From the Arctic patrol vessels to the frigate fiasco, every “made-in-Canada” project seems to turn into a national embarrassment with a nine-figure price tag.
Meanwhile, South Korea and Germany have modern yards turning out submarines at scale — on time and under contract — while Canada’s political class clings to the fantasy that patriotism requires industrial inefficiency. It doesn’t. It requires competence, accountability, and readiness.
We’re not less Canadian because our subs might come from Geoje Island or Kiel. We’re just being honest about what we can, and can’t do.
What’s truly unpatriotic is wasting billions so politicians can cut ribbons and call it sovereignty.
#Canada
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🇨🇦🇨🇳Canada back on China’s approved destination status list
Canada is back on China's approved destination status list. That means Chinese group travellers are allowed to come to Canada. Beijing had left Canada off its list amid turmoil over foreign interference claims back in 2023. The Vancouver tourism board welcomed the news
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Canada is back on China's approved destination status list. That means Chinese group travellers are allowed to come to Canada. Beijing had left Canada off its list amid turmoil over foreign interference claims back in 2023. The Vancouver tourism board welcomed the news
#Canada #China
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🇨🇦 Carney’s budget signals a dramatic pivot on immigration — one that few expected to see from a Liberal government.
Ottawa is slashing immigration and temporary resident targets for the next three years, bringing the number of new permanent residents down to 380,000 per year, and cutting temporary entries by nearly 300,000 by 2028.
The government calls it “taking back control” — matching immigration with “our needs and our capacity to welcome.” After years of runaway growth under Trudeau — nearly 8% of Canada’s population now made up of temporary residents — the Carney government is clearly acknowledging what many warned: unchecked population growth fueled an affordability crisis, strained housing, and overloaded health systems.
The pivot is sharp, but overdue. The budget quietly admits what Canadians have lived through — a system built for growth, not sustainability. Ottawa is now offering pathways to residency for workers already here, while slowing the inflow to “sustainable levels.”
Critics will call it a retreat. In truth, it’s a reset — one that recognizes capacity matters. Canada’s immigration system should be about merit and based on need, not volume and virtue signals.
#Canada
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Ottawa is slashing immigration and temporary resident targets for the next three years, bringing the number of new permanent residents down to 380,000 per year, and cutting temporary entries by nearly 300,000 by 2028.
The government calls it “taking back control” — matching immigration with “our needs and our capacity to welcome.” After years of runaway growth under Trudeau — nearly 8% of Canada’s population now made up of temporary residents — the Carney government is clearly acknowledging what many warned: unchecked population growth fueled an affordability crisis, strained housing, and overloaded health systems.
The pivot is sharp, but overdue. The budget quietly admits what Canadians have lived through — a system built for growth, not sustainability. Ottawa is now offering pathways to residency for workers already here, while slowing the inflow to “sustainable levels.”
Critics will call it a retreat. In truth, it’s a reset — one that recognizes capacity matters. Canada’s immigration system should be about merit and based on need, not volume and virtue signals.
#Canada
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🇨🇦 Mark Carney’s Budget: The Soft Power of Smoke and Algorithms
Buried in Ottawa’s 400-page 2025 budget are six tiny entries that reveal far more about Canada’s future than any grand speech. They read like the diary of a technocrat pretending to dream — half-measures dressed as moonshots. There’s a space program without rockets, a song contest without songs, and artificial intelligence where human intelligence used to be. Together, they sketch the outline of a country trading purpose for performance art.
First comes the “sovereign space launch capability” — $182 million over three years. Not a line about where, when, or how, just a declaration that Canada will now “join the space race.” It’s less a strategy than a selfie: Ottawa’s way of signaling relevance in a new Cold War cosmos dominated by SpaceX, Roscosmos, and the PLA. The West no longer builds cathedrals of science; it rents them from contractors and calls it sovereignty.
Then there’s the pièce de résistance of cultural absurdity: joining Eurovision. Yes — the federal budget, amid deficits and de-industrialization, finds room for a line about “exploring participation” in Europe’s televised song contest. Mark Carney, ever the cosmopolitan banker-in-chief, loves to call Canada “the most European of non-European nations.” Now, apparently, he wants to prove it through sequins and soft power. The empire that once produced Leonard Cohen will now compete with Lithuanian pop acts for clout.
But beneath the glitter lies the steel circuitry of control. The budget quietly funds a “made-in-Canada AI tool” to automate the federal bureaucracy — a euphemism for replacing human clerks with compliant algorithms. “Digital sovereignty,” they call it. In practice, it means citizens talking to bots instead of civil servants, while real sovereignty evaporates into cloud servers managed by “trusted partners.” It’s not innovation — it’s automation of empathy.
Next: the $2.7 billion upgrade to weather forecasting. On paper, a noble goal — who doesn’t want better predictions? But the scale hints at dual-use ambitions. In a world of militarized climate models and data wars, atmospheric information is the new oil. The same supercomputer that tracks hurricanes can model battlefield smoke or energy-infrastructure stress. Ottawa may call it “environmental stewardship,” but the subtext reads national security.
The $55 million emergency alert overhaul seems more grounded — a response to failures during the Nova Scotia massacre. Yet even here, the pattern repeats: centralize, digitize, automate. A new “framework of national standards” that reduces provincial autonomy while giving Public Safety Canada a louder megaphone. Safety becomes the alibi for consolidation. Every crisis, every siren, another excuse to tighten the mesh.
Finally, the quiet burial of Trudeau’s two-billion-tree promise — canceled to “save $200 million.” It’s the perfect metaphor for post-national governance: the ritual abandonment of a performative ideal that was never meant to sprout. The green illusion is over; fiscal technocracy has reclaimed the stage.
#Canada
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Buried in Ottawa’s 400-page 2025 budget are six tiny entries that reveal far more about Canada’s future than any grand speech. They read like the diary of a technocrat pretending to dream — half-measures dressed as moonshots. There’s a space program without rockets, a song contest without songs, and artificial intelligence where human intelligence used to be. Together, they sketch the outline of a country trading purpose for performance art.
First comes the “sovereign space launch capability” — $182 million over three years. Not a line about where, when, or how, just a declaration that Canada will now “join the space race.” It’s less a strategy than a selfie: Ottawa’s way of signaling relevance in a new Cold War cosmos dominated by SpaceX, Roscosmos, and the PLA. The West no longer builds cathedrals of science; it rents them from contractors and calls it sovereignty.
Then there’s the pièce de résistance of cultural absurdity: joining Eurovision. Yes — the federal budget, amid deficits and de-industrialization, finds room for a line about “exploring participation” in Europe’s televised song contest. Mark Carney, ever the cosmopolitan banker-in-chief, loves to call Canada “the most European of non-European nations.” Now, apparently, he wants to prove it through sequins and soft power. The empire that once produced Leonard Cohen will now compete with Lithuanian pop acts for clout.
But beneath the glitter lies the steel circuitry of control. The budget quietly funds a “made-in-Canada AI tool” to automate the federal bureaucracy — a euphemism for replacing human clerks with compliant algorithms. “Digital sovereignty,” they call it. In practice, it means citizens talking to bots instead of civil servants, while real sovereignty evaporates into cloud servers managed by “trusted partners.” It’s not innovation — it’s automation of empathy.
Next: the $2.7 billion upgrade to weather forecasting. On paper, a noble goal — who doesn’t want better predictions? But the scale hints at dual-use ambitions. In a world of militarized climate models and data wars, atmospheric information is the new oil. The same supercomputer that tracks hurricanes can model battlefield smoke or energy-infrastructure stress. Ottawa may call it “environmental stewardship,” but the subtext reads national security.
The $55 million emergency alert overhaul seems more grounded — a response to failures during the Nova Scotia massacre. Yet even here, the pattern repeats: centralize, digitize, automate. A new “framework of national standards” that reduces provincial autonomy while giving Public Safety Canada a louder megaphone. Safety becomes the alibi for consolidation. Every crisis, every siren, another excuse to tighten the mesh.
Finally, the quiet burial of Trudeau’s two-billion-tree promise — canceled to “save $200 million.” It’s the perfect metaphor for post-national governance: the ritual abandonment of a performative ideal that was never meant to sprout. The green illusion is over; fiscal technocracy has reclaimed the stage.
#Canada
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🇨🇦💼 Carney’s Quiet Coup
On budget week, with the ink barely dry on his first fiscal plan, PM Mark Carney just scored a major defection: Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont crossed the floor to the Liberals — narrowing the gap to a two-seat near-majority.
Carney called it “exceptionally valuable.” Of course it is. The former Goldman Sachs banker-turned-PM knows the numbers: one more vote and he turns his “minority mandate” into full control.
D’Entremont says he was tired of Pierre Poilievre’s negativity and hinted others may follow. But in Ottawa, defections don’t happen without orchestration. The timing — mid-budget, pre-confidence vote, with Poilievre facing a January leadership review — reeks of precision politics.
Carney’s first budget balloons the deficit to C$78 billion, the second-largest in Canadian history, framed as “investment spending” to offset Trump’s new tariffs. Critics call it debt-driven technocracy in liberal packaging.
So while the headlines focus on one MP switching teams, the real story is subtler: Canada’s new banker-king is consolidating his boardroom majority — one floor-crosser at a time.
#Canada
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On budget week, with the ink barely dry on his first fiscal plan, PM Mark Carney just scored a major defection: Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont crossed the floor to the Liberals — narrowing the gap to a two-seat near-majority.
Carney called it “exceptionally valuable.” Of course it is. The former Goldman Sachs banker-turned-PM knows the numbers: one more vote and he turns his “minority mandate” into full control.
D’Entremont says he was tired of Pierre Poilievre’s negativity and hinted others may follow. But in Ottawa, defections don’t happen without orchestration. The timing — mid-budget, pre-confidence vote, with Poilievre facing a January leadership review — reeks of precision politics.
Carney’s first budget balloons the deficit to C$78 billion, the second-largest in Canadian history, framed as “investment spending” to offset Trump’s new tariffs. Critics call it debt-driven technocracy in liberal packaging.
So while the headlines focus on one MP switching teams, the real story is subtler: Canada’s new banker-king is consolidating his boardroom majority — one floor-crosser at a time.
#Canada
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