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Soccer fans boo U.S. anthem as Canadians react to breakdown in trade negotiations
CBC News ^ | Aug 23, 2026 | Kevin Maimann

Posted on 08/23/2026 7:49:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Soccer fans booed the U.S. national anthem on the weekend as Canadians reacted to news that trade talks between the two countries had broken down again.

The Canadian Press reported jeers echoing through Vancouver's B.C. Place ahead of a Major League Soccer game between the Whitecaps and FC Dallas on Saturday, following booing at Stade Saputo, where CF Montréal hosted the L.A. Galaxy earlier in the day.

This came hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended talks with the United States and recalled his negotiators, saying the U.S. made unreasonable demands at the last minute after previously agreeing to a tentative framework.

The U.S. followed through on its threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on a wide swath of Canadian goods, and Canada promised to match the U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar by Sept. 8, a move that was largely backed by premiers across the country.

Many Canadians who spoke with CBC News over the weekend seemed to echo the sentiments from those inside the stadiums.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


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1 posted on 08/23/2026 7:49:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Canadians are weasels.


2 posted on 08/23/2026 7:54:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Trump has made us the enemy of nearly every ally we’ve had for the past several decades. Strangely, I am okay with that.


3 posted on 08/23/2026 7:54:40 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tariffs are governed by the Customs Tariff Act, which sets a general rate of 35 per cent for goods entering Canada. (Canada charges tariffs, yeah...)


4 posted on 08/23/2026 7:55:03 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh, how adult of them.🙄


5 posted on 08/23/2026 7:56:04 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just to illustrate the difference between how Canadians and Americans are dealing with this situation.

The vast majority of Americans have no idea a trade war is happening between the two countries, Canada is simply not important enough for Americans to care about, while this is the top story by far in Canada.


6 posted on 08/23/2026 8:00:26 PM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: BenLurkin

Anybody who “elects” a Carney Barker” as “ leader” is highly suspect.


7 posted on 08/23/2026 8:03:27 PM PDT by Paladin2 (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does Canada impose tariffs on US goods?


8 posted on 08/23/2026 8:03:58 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: MinorityRepublican

I believe Canadians have an inferiority complex when it comes to America. Unless they are taking your tourist dollars, they will take every opportunity to be disparaging toward us. In this, they are more like Europeans than most Americans.


9 posted on 08/23/2026 8:06:05 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ask me again if I really GAS. ROTFL.


10 posted on 08/23/2026 8:06:17 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We’re talking soccer fans here. They’re idiots.


11 posted on 08/23/2026 8:07:24 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Soccer? Wait for hockey season. Ask the Canucks when they last won the Cup.


12 posted on 08/23/2026 8:08:23 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: MinorityRepublican

When can we trade Alberta for the Northeast Blue States?


13 posted on 08/23/2026 8:09:09 PM PDT by Chgogal (There is no entity on Earth more arrogantly ignorant than a White Liberal Woman.)
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To: crusty old prospector

Don Cherry had it about right back in the day.


14 posted on 08/23/2026 8:11:48 PM PDT by Paladin2 (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Shutup HOSERS!!!


15 posted on 08/23/2026 8:17:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: crusty old prospector
Ask the Canucks when they last won the Cup.

A lot of years ago.

16 posted on 08/23/2026 8:22:53 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. 🎤 Father of USAF pilot. ✈️ Aviation is in our DNA)
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To: BenLurkin

They can shove their hockey sticks up their azzes...long end first.


17 posted on 08/23/2026 8:25:02 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Paladin2

I never heard of him. I had to look him up. He is coo.


18 posted on 08/23/2026 8:25:29 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Paladin2
Don Cherry had it about right back in the day.

He got screwed over. He wore some great suits, didn’t he?

19 posted on 08/23/2026 8:25:37 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. 🎤 Father of USAF pilot. ✈️ Aviation is in our DNA)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bunch of hosers.


20 posted on 08/23/2026 8:44:35 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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