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The CEO of Canada’s second-largest publicly traded company says Canadians want their government to do all the things that President Trump is demanding — and slammed outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not preventing the trade war. Trump, 78, on Saturday, signed an executive order to slap 25% across-the-board tariffs on America’s northern neighbor, citing its failure to meet his demands on helping crack the fentanyl and illegal immigration trade. “Canada thrives when it works with America together. Win by helping America win. Trump believes that Canada has not held its side of the bargain,” Tobi Lutke, who co-founded Shopify,...

With the Trudeau Liberals failing to address Americans' concerns about border security, Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter tells The Ezra Levant Show that the Alberta premier is the only leader in Canada who recognizes what Trump's tariff threat is about.( See video at thread article link) With tariffs set to begin on Saturday, Canada could quickly find itself embroiled in a trade war with the United States. The White House confirmed the policy would begin this weekend, refuting an earlier report from Reuters that suggested the measure could be delayed until March 1. As the country braces for the impact...

They will now be made to care. The damage done by both fentanyl and human trafficking are far more significant than any cost increases we’ll see due to tariffs. This is not even debatable and for too long China has been attacking us with fentanyl while Canada and Mexico have facilitated the trafficking because deep down they want America weakened.

Here is Bharat Masrani. Born in Uganda, he is the overall head of TD Bank for Canada and its foreign holdings. Under his "leadership" TD Bank ran a massive money laundering operation that was working for Mexican cartels who were moving Chinese fentanyl. TB Bank must now pay a three billion dollar fine** put in place by the UNITED STATES Dept of Justice. Nothing has happened to Marsani - other than he has to bail out of the bank early with a bunch of money. Canada has done NOTHING to him nor any of the other risk/financial offers involved. DO...

President Donald Trump confirmed that he will impose tariffs on the European Union following what he described as unfair treatment toward the United States in trade negotiations. The announcement comes as the Trump administration prepares to implement tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada. Trump did not mince words regarding his intentions to take action against the EU. “Am I going to impose tariffs on the European Union? Do you want the truthful answer, or should I give you a political answer? Absolutely.” “Absolutely. The European Union has treated us so terribly,” Trump stated. Trump has long criticized the EU for...

Beijing 2 Feb-RIA Novosti. China is dissatisfied with the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on goods from China, Mexico and Canada. Beijing will file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and take appropriate countermeasures, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced late Saturday the federal government will hit back against the U.S. after President Donald Trump launched a trade war this weekend with punitive tariffs on all Canadian goods... To start, Canada will levy 25 percent tariffs on $30 billion dollars worth of American goods coming into Canada as of Tuesday. The tariffs will then be applied to $125 billion worth of American imports in three weeks' time...

MEXICO CITY, 2 Feb.-RIA Novosti. Following the introduction of tariffs by the United States, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard to use "tariff and non-tariff measures" to protect the country's interests...

This was done through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our Citizens, including fentanyl. We need to protect Americans, and it is my duty as President to ensure the safety of all. I made a promise on my Campaign to stop the flood of illegal aliens and drugs from pouring across our Borders, and Americans overwhelmingly voted in favor of it.

There was a time, before 1913, when you could keep every penny you earned. You did not have to file with the federal government, telling them what you earned and giving the feds their cut. Your finances were your business and no one else’s. You had the right to earn, own, and keep property, and it was sacrosanct, guaranteed by U.S. law and tradition.Andrii Yalanskyi/ShutterstockThere were no audits, investigations, account freezes, withholdings, or any other forms of payment. There was your productivity and you and that’s all.How was the government funded? It earned revenue through tariffs. These are paid directly...

Democrats have been screaming about President Trump's tariffs, not knowing much about where inflation comes from. I have never seen such simple-minded ignorance when I see most of the media and other Democrats talk about the economy, including basic economic knowledge. Take tariffs. Democrats just repeat the mantra of how the consumer pays 100% of the tariff and how much the tariffs cause "inflation." When Trump raised tariffs on China, in his first term, somehow prices didn't rise much if at all. China is a government-controlled economy and they had to eat the tariffs to keep their economy running. Look...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: President Trump officially announces 25% tariffs on both Mexico and Canada. From Aaron Rupar 3:26 PM · Jan 30, 2025

The government of radical leftist Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is allegedly planning a “pandemic-style” bailout program to protect industries in the event that President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on the country in February, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday. The Canadian newspaper, citing anonymous sources, claimed that Trudeau’s government, expected to end this year as an election looms and Trudeau announced his exit from politics, is planning for massive expenses and suspending some policies to expedite money to affected industries. Any sort of “bailout” would require the Canadian Parliament’s approval, however, and Trudeau paralyzed the Parliament through at...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday announced 25% tariffs on US imports, in a tit-for-tat move after US President Donald Trump hiked taxes on Colombian goods and sanctioned the country's leaders after Petro refused to accept migrant deportation flights. Writing on X, Petro initially said he would impose 50% tariffs on US goods, but later deleted the post and announced that he had instructed his minister for external trade "to raise tariffs on imports from the US to 25%."

To fully understand just how remarkable today’s exchange with Colombia was, you need to understand how Washington DC has traditionally worked through these sorts of issues, and the different way it works now under Trump. I’ll illustrate. Traditional Approach: 1. Colombia announces it will not take our repatriation flights. 2. On Monday, the State Department convenes an interagency task force with DoD, NSC, DEA, INS, ICE, Commerce, Treasury and Homeland Security. 3. The task force meets for four days and develops a position paper. 4. The position paper is rejected by the Secretary of State, who is unhappy that insufficient...

BREAKING - Colombia imposes 50% tariffs on US imports after Trump sanctions: president

President Donald Trump says he will impose 25 percent "emergency" tariffs on Colombian goods after the South American nation refused to allow two two flights from the US carrying returning migrants to land. “The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals," Colombia President Gustavo Petro said in a statement on Sunday, Jan. 26. "I deny the entry of American planes with Colombian migrants into our territory. “The US must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them." In response, Trump said Petro's actions jeopardized US national security and that the tariffs would jump to 50...

President Trump said the U.S. could possibly eliminate the federal income tax if his tariff plans work out as intended. "If the tariffs work out like I think, a thing like that could happen, if you want to know the truth," he said. "Years ago, 1870 to 1913, we didn't have an income tax. What we had is tariffs." Trump also said the additional IRS agents the Biden administration hired could potentially move to the border.

The ultimatum given to Vladimir Putin by U.S. President Donald Trump has infuriated Russian propagandists. Russian war bloggers are also outraged. Donald Trump has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. He warned that if an agreement is not quickly reached, he would have no choice but to "put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries."

Outgoing left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Thursday that American consumers will pay more if and when President Donald Trump moves to apply sweeping tariffs on products from north of the border. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office earlier in the day he still plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico at 25 percent rates starting as soon as Feb. 1. Trump previously threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he took office but the tariffs weren’t applied on day one, as Breitbart News reported. The president is seeking assurances...