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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So how is Mark Carney’s attempt to bolster Canada’s economic resilience playing out? I talked to some Canadians to find out! danieldrezner.substack.com/p/worthwhile...

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Worthwhile Canadian Initiative?

How Mark Carney’s bid for economic and strategic resilience is playing out.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump, "We don't need Canada!" =======================

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026

“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not just about the vote. Democracies rely on their institutions to keep the power of their leaders & government responsible & constrained. Failing to do so for such a corrupt & inept administration gives noone outside the US confidence this carnage will not happen again no matter who is President.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

US response "More showmanship than escalation" largely because an almost equivalent value of goods like cement were removed from the tariff list at the same time. Trump & company is trying to provoke us but calm & measured is still the best course. #cdnpoli

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

These are very greedy people but as Drezner noted, they're also "so lazy that they keep self-sabotaging." Part of the self interest mantra allure is it's the easier & more personally rewarding route. It also has them relying on raw power rather than make an effort to come up with a viable strategy

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is the real contrast against US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling #Canada a yippy dog yesterday. That leadership wants to put down people to elevate their own status. Our leaders recognize Canadians want to help everyone rise above the challenges we are all facing. #cdnpoli

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

MORGAN FREEMAN recites Nelson Mandela’s favourite poem — ‘Invictus’ by William Ernest Henley — in 2010.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have my biases & the author shows some in this piece, but it's built around a great core theme using an African proverb that especially fits the party currently in charge of the US government: “When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.” #cdnecon #cdnpoli cnaps.org/u-s-canada-t...

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The U.S.–Canada tariff war – When the elites fight, we all pay: Jamie Tronnes | CNAPS.org

By Jamie Tronnes September 2, 2026 There’s an African proverb — “When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.” That is the case in the U.S.–Can ...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The idea that America faced towering tariff walls abroad isn't supported by the numbers. Before the trade war, most of our trading partners already had tariffs near zero. Canada, Mexico, even China, averaged 2-4%. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Absent current state of rel'ns, cooperation makes sense but each has to trust the other backs them, especially when following their lead. Pre Trump 2.0, Canada paid a heavy price twice. In 2017 when at US's request, arrested Huawei's CFO & 2024 when, like the US, we put 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Nicely structured analysis that explains how Carney's trade war strategy is a global call to arms that has shifted a prisoner's dilemma situation into a middle power stag hunt. #cdnecon #cdnpoli takujiokubo.substack.com/p/mark-carne...

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Mark Carney's Stag Hunt

Canada cannot win a trade war against the US solo, and Carney knows it. In this article, I explain the global trade war through a game theory lens, and show how Carney is aiming to win.

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Mona Paulsen @monapaulsen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Are we all too often ready to hurl criticisms when problems arises, but all too silent to praise when none do? Stability is hard fought and all too easily lost.

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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Trump administration’s worldview in a nutshell! This means there’s no point in going back to the negotiating table. The US will continue asking for more than Canada is willing to give. They will keep piling on the pressure until Carney folds because he won’t have a choice, they believe.

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Sabrina McDaniel 🌊💙 @sabrina-mcdaniel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

` 60+ Cherry Trees were cut down in DC to make way for a golf course for Trump. This act violated a court order. They did it anyway because the law doesn’t apply to this administration. These trees were gifted to the American people by Japan in 1912. More destruction by a criminal government.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Deep dive into the Canadian forest product industry on which the US attack is just the latest in the last 40 plus years. #cdnpoli #cdnecon

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clnzjay 🌱 🐶 🇨🇦 @clnz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My favourite take on the Lake Ontario renaming nonsense is from @raskin.house.gov, who referred to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as the “Strait of Warm Ooze”! 😂

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Everything about this post in these absurd times fit the closing line that this may oddly be "truly a movie of its moment." #CoyoteVsAcme

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Focus on the core leadership difference in government. The White House treats everything as a conflict it will manipulate to win to satisfy its leaders. Our PM & team is working in everyone's best interest. It's why Canadians are much more united behind our leaders than the Americans. #cdnpoli

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Appreciate your including a recap of what happened to Australia after it's auto industry closed in 2017 given the risk to Canada's in this conflict.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Take note #Canada '(P)ower is a “coordination game,” in which everything depends on what the public believes & does together..' Stay #CanadaTogether & #CanadaStrong #cdnpoli #cdnecon

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Craig 🌎 🛩️ 💙🇨🇦 @bigdaddykreativ.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Canada's largest ice cream company used to source its fruits and nuts from U.S. suppliers — some for over 30 YEARS. Then, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian products. So, what did Chapman's do? They called Italy. They called Spain. They signed multi-year contracts with European suppliers.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thanks! The tariffs look fit for both objectives. Thoughts: Import substitution - requires more east-west supply chain support given our big country (e.g. recent new shipping subsidies to get Ontario steel to Western Canada) Trade diversification: West leans further to Asia while East to Europe.

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“When a #war breaks out, people say: “It’s too stupid; it can’t last long.” But though the war may well be “too stupid,” that doesn’t prevent its lasting. #Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.” - #AlbertCamus

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Coyne: "We're already winning the PR war in the States..." (on retaliatory tariffs): "It's to show we cannot be coerced .. to show we're willing to endure the pain in this fight in a way that Americans really aren't. Nobody signed up for this in the US whereas everybody has ..in this country."

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Regarding the last sentence below in @stephenmarche.bsky.social's piece. #Canada's endurance fits for this battle with the White House, but this is also about trade. On that, it's our reliability & pursuit of mutually beneficial outcomes that matters to the rest of the world. #cdnpoli #cdnecon

While the prime minister’s approach is certainly new, it emerges from deep reservoirs of the Canadian spirit. For nearly a decade, I was a columnist at Esquire magazine. During that time, one of the greatest discrepancies I noticed between Canadians and Americans — and Canadian and American men in particular — was in their basic idea of what earned respect. For Americans, the capacity to project power, the ability to make things happen, to win, are the primary virtues. In Canada, the defining virtue is toughness, the capacity to endure.

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“When the #PM says last minute changes were uneconomical, unfair and unreliable, he may want to tell #Canadians more specifically what the problems were. Otherwise, the #USTR is shaping that narrative unchallenged.” #Canada #CanadaSky #trade #tradewar #US robsonj.substack.com/p/next-steps...

Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

World Cup's long been over. A friendlier "war" whose Vancouver's venues make for a nicer background for your book. Thanks @soumayakeynes.ft.com & @chadpbown.com! What would victory look like? When trade is again recognized to work best as a mutually beneficial & collaborative win-win endeavor.

How to Win a Trade War book with Vancouver's BC Place stadium and World Cup football decorated Science World dome in the background.

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Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Dude who managed to bankrupt casinos now finds a way to damage caverns.

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“if #Washington won’t meaningfully lower the #steel and #auto #tariffs, the #provinces won’t put #Americanalcohol back on the shelf. And if the #alcohol doesn’t go back, Washington won’t finalize anything.” #Canada #CanadaSky #USCanadaTradeWar barryappleton.substack.com/p/stop-dooms...

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Stop Doomscrolling the Trade War. Start Reading It.

Three tests to tell a real result from a well-worded delay

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“The government has both the opportunity and the duty to lead #Canada forward into a #postrupture era in which the country will have to stand on its own two feet more.” #CanadaSky

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 12/08/2026

"According to sources on both sides of the border, the Americans offered a new proposal on Tuesday which would lower some of the sectoral tariffs but not to the degree that the Canadian side would like to see."

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Canada, U.S. not yet ready to make tariff deal, Canada unsatisfied with latest U.S. offer: sources | CBC News

As the clock ticks toward U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline, Canada and the U.S. aren't at a point where a tariff deal can be reached — and Canadian officials are not satisfied with...

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Everything about this post in these absurd times fit the closing line that this may oddly be "truly a movie of its moment." #CoyoteVsAcme

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Kinda like an anti "Don't Fear the Reaper" less (no) cowbell song (both recorded in the mid 70s). Would love to see Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken do a skit reprisal for this song.

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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

frankly irresponsible to not call this the Icesilkle Road

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Companies can apply for the rebates starting Monday and the program will run through to next summer, or until the funding is entirely paid out." While looking to reduce imports, there's still a tariff rate quota on countries that don't have a free trade agreement with #Canada. #cdnecon #cdnpoli

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Ontario’s finance minister said that province has no plans to back down" but there are good reasons to put US booze back on the shelves. 1. Takes the issue off the table in negotiations. 2. Stronger message if Canadians aren't buying it anyways. #cdnpoli #cdnecon www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

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Three in four Canadians wouldn’t buy U.S. booze if it returned to shelves: Nanos

Canadian sentiment against buying U.S. alcohol is higher than a year ago, with new polling done by Nanos exclusively for CTV News showing just under three-quarters of Canadians are likely not buying t...

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Anyone needing some uplifting entertainment, recommend #ComeFromAway and #ProjectHailMary. The former plays at the Stanley Theatre in #Vancouver until Aug 16th.

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 04/08/2026

FWIW, Bluesky doesn't feel like a leftist bubble to me. Lots of different perspectives on here.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Haven't been much to street festivals lately so first time seeing these new type of portable #Bollards as added security at these events given recent incidents.

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 01/08/2026

Really engaging conversation about HOW TO WIN A TRADE WAR. Thanks for having me! Fun Fact: @deanbaker13.bsky.social was a professor at Bucknell when I was an undergraduate, many, many, many trade wars ago…

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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Coola, the other resident bear and Grizzly's companion since 2001, was given supervised access to Grinder after his passing. It's a way for him to help recognize the loss. :(

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/07/2026

President Trump keeps predicting Cuba will collapse after he cut off its oil — but it’s still standing. Our reporter Jack Nicas visited to see how Cubans are adopting solar to offset the power shortage.

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Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁 @wallylms.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Many Americans are also angry at their White House with midterm elections approaching. Not retaliating can send a message to those voters that their higher price experience has nothing to do with Canada because we are doing nothing. #cdnpoli #cdnecon

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