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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Canada to fast track oil pipeline meant to diversify economy away from US www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...
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Canada to fast track oil pipeline meant to diversify economy away from US
Carney declared the pipeline a project of national interest, smoothening its way to a single federal regulatory review.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Canada’s first-ever project of national interest under PM Carney revealed www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Canada’s first-ever project of national interest under PM Carney revealed
The Canadian government is designating a proposal for a new oil pipeline to the West Coast the first-ever project of national interest under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a leaked Canada-EU summit document reveals about Mark Carney’s turn to Europe www.thestar.com/politics/wha...
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What a leaked Canada-EU summit document reveals about Mark Carney’s turn to Europe
The document reveals that the EU chief and Canada’s prime minister plan to launch a “Canada-EU Alliance for the Future.”
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Trump adviser's outburst and a new poll suggest Canada’s tariff strategy is landing nationalpost.com/news/a-trump...
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A Trump adviser's outburst and a new poll suggest Canada’s tariff strategy is landing
A new U.S. survey suggests Canada’s tariff strategy and the trade war may be raising the political cost for Trump and Republicans.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Carney laughs at Trump's claim that Canada will apologize to U.S. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Carney laughs at Trump's claim that Canada will apologize to U.S.
Asked by CBC News about U.S. President Donald Trump's comment on Monday that Canada will soon apologize to get a trade deal, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada 'stands ready to negotiate in good f...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Canada could steal the one prize Trump wants most www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Canada could steal the one prize Trump wants most
Mark Carney led humanitarian organizations as the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on a popular prediction market
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In UN address, Anand takes jab at 'great powers' disrupting global order www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...
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In UN address, Anand takes jab at 'great powers' disrupting global order | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put "strategic autonomy" at the forefront of Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly today.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Carney says he studied risk of U.S.-led military action in NYT interview globalnews.ca/news/1207117...
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Carney says he studied risk of U.S.-led military action in NYT interview - National | Globalnews.ca
Carney declined to discuss in detail what that examination involved, but he suggested it would be irresponsible not to prepare for what he called "extreme tail risk."
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump’s been lobbing insults at Canada’s leader for more than a year. Now Carney is hitting back www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Trump’s been lobbing insults at Canada’s leader for more than a year. Now Carney is hitting back
More than a year into Carney’s tenure, with trade talks once-again stalled and a flashy new alliance blooming with the European Union, the Canadian leader appears to be done taking the high road.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CANADA MAKES POWER MOVE FOR GLOBAL SECURITY charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-mak...
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CANADA MAKES POWER MOVE FOR GLOBAL SECURITY
Make no mistake, this is a line-in-the-sand moment. Canada is standing for a better vision of the future.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
America’s Allies Are Done Trying to Wait Trump Out www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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America’s Allies Are Done Trying to Wait Trump Out
They now figure isolationism and protectionism will be U.S. foreign policy for a long time to come.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PAINFUL TRUTH: Why Canada will win aldergrovestar.com/2026/09/20/p...
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PAINFUL TRUTH: Why Canada will win - Aldergrove Star
Our objective is simple: get through this
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
U.S. President Trump has pegged Canadians all wrong - The Hill Times www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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U.S. President Trump has pegged Canadians all wrong - The Hill Times
It is true that the citizens of this country care about the realities of putting food on their tables and a roof over their heads, but there is something even more important: Canadian sovereignty and ...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How EU leaders are reacting to Canada associate membership proposal globalnews.ca/news/1206295...
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How EU leaders are reacting to Canada associate membership proposal - National | Globalnews.ca
Aside from critical minerals, energy and defence equipment, European Union officials also hailed some of Canada's most popular exports - Celine Dion and TV show Heated Rivalry.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/17/b...
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Canada-EU alliance isn’t meant to be a US rival with ‘better manners,’ Carney says | CNN Business
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump on Thursday, insisting that his proposal to deepen EU ties wasn’t aimed at creating a new, more polite geopolitical...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
EU chief von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become bloc's first 'associate member' www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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EU chief von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become bloc's first 'associate member'
During her annual State of the European Union address, the European Commission president told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney she wants to work together to 'open the door for Canada being the firs...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Carney pitches Canada to global investors amid trade war with Trump www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Carney pitches Canada to global investors amid trade war with Trump
Carney is pitching Canada's energy and critical minerals, educated workforce, global trade access and political stability as reasons to invest.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Carney pushes idea of making Canada ‘associate member’ of EU, WSJ reports www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Carney pushes idea of making Canada ‘associate member’ of EU, WSJ reports
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported on ...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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'Never mistake our generosity for weakness,' Chrétien says at 9/11 memorial
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien had a message for 'our American friends' while speaking in Gander, N.L., at the 25-year commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 'Canadians are toler...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Braid: Carney gives big boost to Ukraine, links Canada's sovereignty fight with theirs calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Braid: Carney gives big boost to Ukraine, links Canada's sovereignty fight with theirs
Prime Minister Mark Carney vows eternal loyalty to Ukraine and pledges a huge drone stock for Canada, sending a message to the U.S.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Canada Has a Weapon in Trump’s Trade War. It’s Potash | The Walrus thewalrus.ca/potash-trump...
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Canada Has a Weapon in Trump’s Trade War. It’s Potash | The Walrus
American farmers need it. Let’s use that dependence to fight back
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
James Moore: Time is on Canada’s side in this lose-lose tariff war with Trump www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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James Moore: Time is on Canada’s side in this lose-lose tariff war with Trump
Former cabinet minister James Moore argues that Donald Trump's increasingly erratic tariff war offers no short-term off-ramps, meaning Canada must wait out the upcoming U.S. midterms while aggressivel...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Canada Can Make Trump Regret This Trade War | The Walrus thewalrus.ca/canada-can-m...
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Canada Can Make Trump Regret This Trade War | The Walrus
We can’t match American economic firepower. But we can make the fight hurt
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
U.S.’s bad behaviour towards Canada is a lesson for the world - The Hill Times www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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U.S.’s bad behaviour towards Canada is a lesson for the world - The Hill Times
We cannot stop the Americans from doing what they are doing and what they will do next. But we can make damn sure that the entire world sees them doing it, including parts of the world where a great m...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Canada turns its critical minerals into leverage against Trump www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Canada turns its critical minerals into leverage against Trump
As the trade war escalates, Ottawa is signaling less interest in sharing with the U.S.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The verdict is in on Trump’s ‘Lake America’ and Canada trade war. It’s not good edition.cnn.com/2026/09/02/p...
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The verdict is in on Trump’s ‘Lake America’ and Canada trade war. It’s not good | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has dropped another clunker in the laps of his fellow Republicans in the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump’s Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is Backfiring robertreich.substack.com/p/o-canada-5...
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Trump’s Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is Backfiring
His need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump officials are losing the troll war, too www.cnn.com/2026/09/01/p...
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Analysis: The US trade war strategy is to troll Canada | CNN Politics
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who walked away from US trade talks last week due to what he said was American intransigence, now wants to get negotiations started again.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‘Stop throwing shade’: Carney on Trump trade talks amid ramped-up rhetoric www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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‘Stop throwing shade’: Carney on Trump trade talks amid ramped-up rhetoric
Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling on U.S. officials to quit the online attacks and take trade discussions more seriously, amid broken-down talks and increased acrimony between the two countries.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Opinion: Mark Carney’s defiance shows the world how to respond to Trump’s threats theprovince.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: Mark Carney’s defiance shows the world how to respond to Trump’s threats
Opinion: Canada can cause enough pain in the right place and at the right time to make a trade war politically costly
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump’s trade war with Canada is costly, absurd, and unfunny reason.com/2026/08/31/t...
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Trump’s trade war with Canada is costly, absurd, and unfunny
American consumers and businesses are being taken advantage of by Canadians who are…offering to sell us aluminum, oil, and wood? How?
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Canada is ready for its economic Independence Day - The Hill Times www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/31/c...
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Canada is ready for its economic Independence Day - The Hill Times
Whether it is building new LNG terminals to serve global energy needs, or a trillion-dollar cross-country electricity grid to power the future, an exciting thing is unfolding. A maturing Canada is sta...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Renewed Canada-U.S. Trade War Threatens Tourism Recovery www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Renewed Canada-U.S. Trade War Threatens Tourism Recovery
For eighteen months, the cross-border relationship between Canada and the United States has been unraveling in slow motion, and this past weekend it snapped into a much sharper break. Trade talks betw...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Canada ready to further distance itself from U.S. on military procurement www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada ready to further distance itself from U.S. on military procurement | CBC News
The flareup in the Canada-U.S. tariff war has not only strengthened Ottawa’s resolve to boost military co-operation with Europe and Asia — it's also hurting prospects of major military purchases from ...
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/a...
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Canada poaches dozens of US academics as Trump administration tightens university funding | CNN
Forty-eight academics come from institutions in the US, including Harvard, Cornell, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and from a range if disciplines.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Mark Carney responds to 'Lake America' using words Trump may not understand dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...
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Mark Carney responds to 'Lake America' using words Trump may not understand | National
Prime Minister Mark Carney clapped back at U.S. President Donald Trump, who signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.'
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Naked Trump robertreich.substack.com/p/naked-trum...
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The Naked Trump
A thin-skinned, peevish, petty, incompetent, corrupt infant
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fact check: Trump keeps making stuff up about Canada share.google/MAuIKdO5Dwtr...
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Fact check: Trump keeps making stuff up about Canada | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s criticism of the US neighbor has been filled with lies – a remarkable variety of assertions that either wildly distort a kernel of truth or are just made up.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How Trump’s Crazed Fury at Canada Is Already Backfiring Badly for Him newrepublic.com/article/2146...
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How Trump’s Crazed Fury at Canada Is Already Backfiring Badly for Him
The escalating trade war with Canada will hit hard in the Midwest—right where some of the most important contests in the midterms will be decided.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Justin Ling: Mark Carney just showed Trump why, actually, the U.S. does need Canada www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: Mark Carney just showed Trump why, actually, the U.S. does need Canada
Canadian icebreakers are just one example of the U.S. needs not just Canadian know-how but also manufacturing and materials.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
KINSELLA: The stones Carney has to defeat the Trump Goliath torontosun.com/opinion/colu...
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KINSELLA: The stones Carney has to defeat the Trump Goliath
The timing of this war simply does not work for Donald Trump. That's in Canada's favour. Read Warren Kinsella.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump Declares War on Canada robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-decl...
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Trump Declares War on Canada
Why? Because he’s a peevish, perverse, enraged child
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Kelly McParland: Trump puts America's rot on display nationalpost.com/opinion/kell...
nationalpost.com
Kelly McParland: Trump puts America's rot on display
Trade talks breaking down was inevitable
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Marco Mendicino: Why Mark Carney was right to draw a line in the sand www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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Marco Mendicino: Why Mark Carney was right to draw a line in the sand
Former federal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino defends Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to walk away from the Washington trade talks.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
‘You just can’t trust Trump’: Canadian premiers fire back in trade war flip.it/NqBuP3
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‘You just can’t trust Trump’: Canadian premiers fire back in trade war | Flipboard
Provincial premiers have joined Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, firing back after US President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs.
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Read Mark Carney's full speech after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Read Mark Carney's full speech after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed | CBC News
Below are Prime Minister Mark Carney's remarks after Canada suspended trade talks with the U.S. and the Trump administration imposed new 50 per cent tariffs:
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Jean Chretien @jeanchretien.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No Deal To Be Had charlieangus.substack.com/p/there-is-n...
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No Deal To Be Had
The deadline for the latest round of trade negotiations is two days away.
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