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PM Carney on Canada-US trade negotiations: "For us, there's the more fundamental structural issues, which relate to the 232 tariffs on automobiles on steel, aluminum, forest products. And there we're looking to determine whether there's a possibility of a new partnership there." #cdnpoli

PM Carney tells immigrants to leave behind the feuds of their homelands: "We don't welcome the world's hatreds" "When you come to Canada you bring your faith, your tradition, your language, your story - you leave behind your animosities" #cdnpoli

David McGuinty wipes the floor with Poilievre. "You know what’s interesting, Mr. Speaker? He has no plan. He has nothing to say. The last time he had a plan, he told Canadians to go invest in cryptocurrency." #cdnpoli

PM Carney says he's not considering expelling US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra over Trump's latest 51st state post, adding that "it's an administration that we have to work with ... We take the administration as it is." #cdnpoli

PM Carney on Trump's 51st state post impacting trade negotiations: "The president is an exceptionally active user of social media. You probably can chart his usage of it. It's only gone up in recent months and we're not going to respond or react to everything that he posts." #cdnpoli

PM Carney: "Canada was summoned into being by peoples who learned imperfectly and over time to hold their differences in common. It hasn't always been easy, and we have at times failed ... Each failure has taught us something about what it means to be the country we aspire to be." #cdnpoli

Canada is ordering 60 Swedish‑made Gripen fighter jets, slashing its planned purchase of American‑made F‑35s from 88 down to just 30. Prime Minister Carney is following through on his pledge to reduce the flow of defense spending to the United States. #cdnpoli

🖕👎😡 R: “Why do you think that, despite what you’re saying, your pitch is not resonating with them?” PP: “Well, it is, and I think what’s going to happen is the illusion of Mark Carney is very quickly going to collide with the reality of Mark Carney.” #cdnpoli

🖕👎😡 Poilievre: "Frankly I've done a lot more in opposition than Mr. Carney's been doing in government to promote tariff free trade. While the Mexicans have been in formal talks, Mark Carney has been gallivanting around giving speeches filled with dazzling buzzwords that achieve nothing." #cdnpoli

Anita Anand: "Collectively, Canada and our like-minded friends in Europe, in Australia, in Japan, and Korea, for an example, represent a larger GDP than the United States ... Purpose-built coalitions can make a difference so that we, as middle powers, can drive prosperity together." #cdnpoli

The UN must open the Strait of Hormuz for us - Rubio “We are taking it to the UN”. The US condemned the UN for years, because the UN wanted to peacefully resolve conflicts, and objected to American and Israeli wars. #cdnpoli

Bessent openly admits the Trump administration is plotting to gut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. When asked about slashing these vital lifelines, he calls it the next step in their agenda. #cdnpoli

CNN just cited a New York Times estimate saying Trump has reportedly profited $1.4 BILLION from the presidency. And the wildest part? One panelist said Trump made MORE MONEY in the last year than in the rest of his life combined. Think about that. #cdnpoli

The Prime Minister has insisted Canada needs to diversify away from the U.S. market, but this week, Mark Carney said “Canada strong will help make America great again." Vassy asks Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr: How do Canadians reconcile those two things? #cdnpoli

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson: "We joke in Sweden and say that Canada is the most Nordic country in the world outside the Nordics. For us it's really a way of saying that we appreciate Canada because we think we have so many common denominators." #cdnpoli

PM Carney on his meeting with Xi Jinping: "I raised with him the Thucydides Trap." #cdnpoli

Steven Guilbeault on Danielle Smith: "I'm puzzled why we would put so many eggs in the basket of a premier who has not shown to other provinces frankly and the federal government and Canadians that she can be a reliable partner." #cdnpoli

Dominic LeBlanc on Pete Hoekstra whining about the booze ban: "Let's remind ourselves David, the provincial governments made those decisions in response to the American tariffs which didn't respect the free trade agreement. Retaliation on a retaliatory measure." #cdnpoli

"Russia's losing 35k troops a month. 22-23k, depending on the month of those troops are killed. They are not gaining territory. Ukraine is able to strike, as you see, increasingly deep into Russian territory. The balance of force is moving in the Ukrainian's direction." #cdnpoli

"Led by the US, technological change is accelerating at a pace we have not seen in our lifetime. The US is transforming all of its commercial relationships, as is its right. The world is becoming more divided and dangerous. And Canada recognized these developments earlier than most." #cdnpoli

Trump says the Presidential Medal of Freedom is much better than the Congressional Medal of Honor because the Medal of Honor is for people who are in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead & the Medal of Freedom is for “healthy, beautiful” people. #cdnpoli

"Did (Albertans) vote for this last provincial election? No, they didn't, it wasn't on the ballot paper, it wasn't in the mandates or platforms of the governing party..." #cdnpoli

Larry Fink, admits that the trillions of dollars being used to build data centers and power grids will come from ordinary people’s savings accounts and pension funds, and says it is mandatory. “Much of this will come from savings accounts and pension accounts.” #cdnpoli

Megyn Kelly - “I didn’t expect the corruption to be quite as widespread as it has been. The self-dealing, the lining of his and his family’s pockets. It’s shocking… You look across the board at the Trump family, I’ve never seen a family get so rich off the presidency.” #cdnpoli

60 Minutes exposes a massive insider trading ring making millions by betting on highly classified US military operations in Iran with a 98 percent win rate. Washington insiders are literally using secret Pentagon intelligence to rig prediction markets! #cdnpoli

Barton - Smith says she's voting for Alberta to remain in Canada. So it's a little hard to reconcile what you're saying with what she's saying. Thomas Lukaszuk - What's more difficult to reconcile is what she says with what she does. #cdnpoli

Massie says he will publicly read the names of the Epstein clients before his time in Congress comes to an end. Massie says there will be no high-level arrests as long as Todd Blanche and Kash Patel work for the United States government. "Todd Blanche is violating the law." #cdnpoli

"The premier in the same breath that she talks about the need to get this issue resolved is herself the sponsor of it. She acts as though she's just a cork in a raging river of democracy. She's steering the ship and she's steering it toward the shoals of separatism." #cdnpoli

"Fuck AI!" AI data centre protest on Granville Bridge, Vancouver BC. #cdnpoli 👍💯

Maple MAGA's have psychiatric issues! This is a totally scripted farce that she has trouble remembering. #cdnpoli

20 new economic and security agreements across 5 continents. On track to double non-U.S. exports. Foreign investment in Canada at its highest in 2 decades. #cdnpoli 👇

"Do not be fooled by her deathbed conversion last night, in which she said 'I'm fighting for Canada'- because let's be clear, she will not lift one finger to help the remain side in this ridiculous referendum- she's put it on us., she's making us do the work, we are proud to do that work." #cdnpoli

Poilievre - “He understood that it’s the job of the Prime Minister to unite the country.” The same guy who launched his campaign to run for Prime Minister at the Convoy that aimed to take down the duly elected government. #cdnpoli

From Trump, on Twitter (X) 👇 #cdnpoli Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community. #cdnpoli

Protestors in Greenland are outside the U.S. embassy chanting “Go Home USA.” #cdnpoli

Rep. Norman: January 6th was an issue that was made up in the first place. Reporter: Made up? Norman: That was a staged thing from day one. Reporter: The riot was staged? Your Republican colleagues barricaded themselves in their chamber. You think they were acting? #cdnpoli

David Eby: "I think that this is the moment when the country needs to pull together as a whole. There is no shortage of people who want to take it away from us. We have to fight for this country every day. And so that message the Prime Minister is, look, BC is all in on Canada." #cdnpoli

Jen Gerson: "The momentum here right now is on the side of people who treat the idea of the Republic of Alberta as a kind of religious movement. It's a millenarian movement ... heavily influenced by the kind of nihilism that infects a lot of the broader MAGA movement." #cdnpoli

Jones drops a bombshell. He confirms Trump is floating the idea of canceling the 2028 elections to illegally stay in power. Marjorie Taylor Greene warns this is a calculated operation to normalize a dictatorship. She states the administration is violating the Constitution. #cdnpoli

This is the last, desperate gasp for air. #cdnpoli

Smith's referendum question: "Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?" #cdnpoli

Christy Clark: "If this should succeed, Danielle Smith will go down as probably the worst premier Canada has ever had. If it fails, she'll go down as someone who got lucky and got out of there with their skin intact and certainly still isn't qualified to be the premier of a province." #cdnpoli

Smith putting a separatism question on a ballot and then campaigning against it. #cdnpoli

Trump: "I'm right now at 99% in Israel. I could run for prime minister, so maybe after I do this, I'll go to Israel and run for prime minister." #cdnpoli

Trump's clear message: The USA is now betraying Taiwan as well. China is a very, very powerful, large country, and Taiwan is a tiny island—as far as their respective chances are concerned. — Trump #cdnpoli

This is what Americans need to do after their Pedo In Chief is gone! #cdnpoli 👇 Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar is opening Viktor Orban’s offices to the public to dismantle the symbols of his predecessor’s rule.

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL #cdnpoli The Chinese applied their tricks on Trump, giving him a smaller chair than the one the Chinese president sits on! The discomfort on Trump's face is obvious, as Xi appears to be a head taller! The optics are epic!

Eric Trump: "An anchor on CNN called my father a PIECE of Shit!" #cdnpoli

BAIER: You said this summit is a success. What's the most significant specific win for the US? TRUMP: I think the most important thing is relationship. I have a very good relationship with President Xi. (So, nothing.) #cdnpoli

Charlie Angus on impact of Canadian boycott of US travel: "Many tourist locations are talking about drops of 50% ... There's areas where the losses have been as high as 80%. We're not bragging as Canadians. We're doing something to defend our sovereignty and put the pressure on MAGA." #cdnpoli

Obama YESTERDAY : “Bibi wanted war with Iran. I blocked it. I called him a war criminal and kicked him out of my office. He sold it to Trump. Rest is history.” Trump TODAY: "We started war to help Israel." #cdnpoli

Fred DeLorey on the Alberta pipeline announcement: "It's very, very hard to be a Conservative messaging on this right now. It's like Mark Carney, the day he's elected, should have grabbed a shovel and started digging that pipeline. Why didn't he get it done then?" #cdnpoli

Mike Johnson saying members of Congress need to be able to continue their insider trading because the yearly salary of $174K with healthcare and taxpayer funded vacations every other week is not enough for them. #cdnpoli

CNN split screen on what Trump was saying on China before he went there and after. #cdnpoli

Ass kissing MAGA Oligarch Trumpers in Beijing. #cdnpoli

Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. #cdnpoli

Alberta's Deputy Chief Electoral Officer says thousands of people may have accessed voter data. #cdnpoli

Trump attempts his juvenile power move, tug-of-war handshake, with president Xi. #cdnpoli

Kennedy: Who did Epstein traffic these young women to? Kash Patel : There is no credible information that he trafficked to other individuals. So Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for trafficking young girls to no one? #cdnpoli

"Taxpayers are footing a whopping $1 billion bill for Trump's ballroom. Your budget cuts the National Park Service by $1 billion. If you put this $1 billion towards our national parks instead of Trump's ballroom, that would benefit every single American." #cdnpoli

Trump : "Xi’s been really nice to me. China doesn’t challenge us at all." China literally challenged him. They told their oil refineries to ignore Trump’s sanctions and keep buying Iranian oil. 🤣 #cdnpoli

Smith says that while her government supports Alberta staying in Canada, she will be appealing a court decision that quashed a possible separatist petition/referendum. #cdnpoli

Voters in South Carolina are sick and tired of Lindsey Graham and have been lining up to make sure that he won’t be re-elected under any circumstances especially after his speech about making Americans pay for Trump’s Ballroom. #cdnpoli

"I kept my identity protected as Jane Doe. I Woke up one day with my name mentioned over 500 times,while the rich and powerful remain protected by redactions. My name was exposed to the world. Now reporters from across the globe contact me. I cannot live without looking over my shoulder." #cdnpoli

What do you make of Trump saying that he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation? #cdnpoli

Jason Markusoff on an Alberta judge quashing a petition for a separation referendum: "They had a duty to consult First Nations. They didn't consult before issuing this petition. Therefore this petition, the 300k signature petition that had been presented just last week it's been quashed." #cdnpoli

Chief Allan Adam on Danielle Smith calling Alberta judge's decision 'undemocratic': "It's a good win for Canada, it's a good win for Albertans. It is a democratic process because that's what the Constitution is there for." #cdnpoli

CNN split screen of Trump saying he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation and Vance claiming that Trump didn’t say that. #cdnpoli

Jordan Leichnitz: "You can't expect Albertans to fairly vote on this question when it's clear that the forces in favour of separation are cheating." #cdnpoli

Tim Powers reacts to Danielle Smith calling Alberta judge's decision 'antidemocratic': "Let's not forget the obvious fact we all learned in our civics classes: there's nothing undemocratic about the judiciary — they exist in our system to provide a check and a balance in circumstances like this."

Jordan Leichnitz reacts to Danielle Smith calling Alberta judge's decision 'undemocratic': "She may not like it, she may wish to appeal it, and that's well within her government's rights, but it's not undemocratic. And her choice there is to run down the very system itself." #cdnpoli