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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026

That was a good policy! So was Carney's "elbows up" policy of sticking it to America in retaliation for Trump's flagrant violation of CUSMA, the free trade agreement negotiated by (checks notes) one Donald J Trump: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 11/

theguardian.com

Canada PM’s ‘elbows-up’ defense keeps Trump at bay as both parties play it cool

But divisions over tariffs and Trump’s desire to annex northern neighbor simmer under surface as leaders meet

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026

Unfortunately, Mark Carney didn't get the memo from (checks notes) Mark Carney, and the very instant Trump arranged his face into his trademarked confused scowl, Carney dropped the tax, apologising profusely: www.canada.ca/en/departmen... 12/

canada.ca

Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States - Canada.ca

The DST was announced in 2020 to address the fact that many large technology companies operating in Canada may not otherwise pay tax on revenues generated from Canadians. Canada’s preference has alway...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026

In the last days of the Trudeau government, the Liberals passed a bill that transformed Canada's Competition Bureau from the weakest antitrust regulator in the world into one of the strongest (on paper, at least): competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-fo... 13/

competition-bureau.canada.ca

Guide to the June 2024 amendments to the Competition Act

June 25, 2024 Important amendments to the Competition Act became law on June 20, 2024, following Royal Assent of Bill C- 59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023. The Government of Ca...

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Secular Moi @secularmoi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

He also hasn’t addressed the findings from one of the most trusted tribunals that found CANADA is perpetrating an ONGOING GENOCIDE. permanentpeoplestribunal.org/dichiarazion...

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Jeff Schering @yakkadoo.com · 30/05/2026

Autocrats always know where they sit in the pecking order and act accordingly depending on whether they want to stay in their current location in that order, or if they want to move up it.

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