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Here’s When Canada Will Cave on Trump’s Tariffs

I have no doubt that Canada will cave to Trump on tariffs. The question is: when? “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary expressed confidence that the ongoing trade tension between Canada and the U.S. would eventually lead to a resolution, and he even predicted when.

In an interview with Yahoo Finance, O’Leary said he believes that while the current rhetoric surrounding tariffs might appear grim, there is a strong economic incentive for both nations to come to the negotiating table and reduce the barriers that have caused friction in recent years.

O’Leary emphasized the importance of distinguishing between the “noise” of political rhetoric and the underlying “signal” that points toward economic cooperation. While current tensions have made it seem nearly impossible for the two nations to agree on trade policies, O’Leary argued that a combined economic effort between the U.S. and Canada could pose a significant challenge to China. “If you combine those economies… it would be much stronger against China if there were no tariffs between Canada and the United States,” he said.

The logic behind this argument lies in the historical and economic interdependence of the two countries. According to O’Leary, Canada’s economy has been deeply tied to the U.S. for over a century, with 75% of Canada’s output sold to the U.S. for more than 120 years. Furthermore, 17 U.S. states consider Canada their top trading partner, while 28 states rank Canada as their second-largest partner. “It would be economic suicide not to work this out,” O’Leary stated, underscoring the critical importance of a favorable trade agreement for both nations.

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After Years in Court, Canadian “Freedom Convoy” Leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber Found Guilty of Mischief

On Thursday, Justice Heather Perkins-McVey, the federal judge overseeing the trial of Canadian “Freedom Covoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, delivered her verdict.

The two organizers were each charged with six counts, including mischief, obstruction, intimidation, and counseling others to commit mischief and intimidation.

Ottowa Citizen reported: 

Lich and Barber were also found not guilty of obstructing police and counselling someone to obstruct police. Both were arrested without incident ahead of a mass police enforcement operation that began on Feb. 18, 2022, to end the protest entirely.

Barber was found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order for telling people to ignore an injunction issued by a judge directing convoy participants to stop honking their truck horns in downtown Ottawa. Lich was not charged with that offence.

Another charge of counselling others to commit mischief was stayed at the request of the Crown because it was no longer necessary due to the mischief conviction. Justice Perkins-McVey had enough evidence to render a guilty verdict.

Maxime Bernier, the leader of The People’s Party of Canada decried the verdict.

Bernier wrote on X, “It is disheartening to learn that two of the heroes of the Freedom Convoy, @LichTamara and @ChrisBarber1975, have been found guilty of mischief in the longest and one of the costliest trials in Canadian history.”

“This clearly was a political witch hunt.”

“Meanwhile, Trudeau and his ministers who illegally invoked the Emergencies Act and violated basic rights will go unpunished.”

“Our justice system is corrupt to the bones.”

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Yale ‘Fascism Professor’ Flees Country to Escape Trump’s Fourth Reich

The #Resistance 2.0 is really upping the ante this time around.

In the first iteration of the Trump fascist takeover, numerous celebrity liberal stalwarts very publicly threatened to leave the country in protest.

Unfortunately, after garnering the attention they required, none of them followed through.

This time is different.

As just one example, Rosie O’Donnell is now Ireland’s problem.

In the same vein, nobody could possibly crave the glory of becoming a performative holocaust victim — without any of the actual suffering — as badly as a “fascism professor” at an Ivy League American liberal arts college.

Via The Guardian (emphasis added):

A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a “fascist dictatorship”.

Jason Stanley, who wrote the 2018 book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, has accepted a position at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy…

What does it say that a scholar of fascism is leaving the US right now? Said Stanley: “Part of it is you’re leaving because ultimately, it is like leaving Germany in 1932, 33, 34. There’s resonance: my grandmother left Berlin with my father in 1939. So it’s a family tradition.”

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Canadian Cop Disciplined for Investigating Post-Vax Infant Deaths

A Canadian police detective has been found guilty of “discreditable conduct” for investigating a surge of sudden deaths among babies who died after receiving Covid mRNA ‘vaccines’

Ottawa Police Service Detective Helen Grus was charged after she started to investigate a large number of cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in December 2021.

Grus found that SIDS cases skyrocketed after the “vaccines” were rolled out for public use that year.

The cop believed that the sudden deaths were linked to Covid injections, which all of the victims had received, however, Grus found herself at the center of an official probe over her investigations.

Following an investigation into her actions, Grus was called before a disciplinary hearing.

In a March 25 decision, Grus was found guilty of “discreditable conduct.”

Retired superintendent Christopher Renwick, who presided over the proceedings, ruled that Detective Grus brought “discredit upon the reputation of the Ottawa Police Service” when she investigated a potential link between sudden deaths of several infants and the Covid mRNA “vaccines” they received.

The OPS alleged that Grus “self-initiated an unauthorized project, wherein she accessed nine child and/or infant death cases in which she had no investigative role/responsibility, and failed to then record her involvement or finding in the files.”

Beginning in December 2021, Grus began questioning if Covid injections played a role in the increasing number of infant deaths she was reportedly witnessing. Accordingly, she attempted to determine if either the babies or their parents had received the experimental “vaccine.”

After it was revealed that Grus was conducting these investigations, she was suspended from performing her duties by the Ottawa Police Service’s professional standards unit.

Officials then filed a disciplinary charge against Grus and forced her to defend her actions in front of a tribunal.

OPS alleges that Grus transgressed a professional boundary by looking into the infant deaths for cases in which she had no investigative role. One incident occurred in January 2022 when Grus allegedly contacted the father of an infant who suddenly died.

Grus sought to inquire into the vaccination status of the baby’s mother. Along with her lawyer, Bath-Sheba van den Berg, Grus argued that the probe into the deaths was within the detective’s sphere of authority as a member of the sex assault and child abuse (SACA) unit.

SACA is tasked with investigating deaths of children under five. Additionally, the protocol for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) includes gathering information regarding the medical history of parents.

Information gathering includes all street, over-the-counter, and prescription drug use. During the hearing, van den Berg argued that Grus had taken “reasonable steps” after noticing a “doubling or tripling” of infant deaths since the Covid “vaccine” rollout.

Furthermore, Grus “saw it as her duty to investigate criminal negligence on the part of the government.”

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NATO, More Militarism No Defense Against US Expansionists

If you believe Donald Trump might invade you should be calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO. The alliance won’t defend Canada, has enabled US interference and gobbles up resources.

During a recent meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump questioned the border and Canadian sovereignty. He said, “if you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S. … somebody did it a long time ago, many many decades ago, and (it) makes no sense.” Trump also repeatedly said Canada should be a US state, noting “to be honest with you, Canada only works as a state.”

Sitting next to the US president, Rutte stayed silent. A bit later Trump suggested Rutte might assist him in taking part of NATO member Denmark, noting “I’m sitting with a man who could be very instrumental. You know Mark, we need that for international security.” Rutte replied, “when it comes to Greenland yes or not joining the U.S. I would leave that outside for me this discussion because I don’t want to drag NATO in that.”

Rutte doesn’t seem to want to commit even rhetorically to defending alliance members’ sovereignty. Even if Rutte had interrupted Trump and told the US president his comments were inappropriate the idea that NATO would defend Canada from a US invasion is ridiculous. Latvia and Estonia will not send troops to repel a US invasion. Nor will France or the UK.

Will Canada send troops to defend Greenland if Trump takes it from NATO member Denmark? Does anyone think that would that be a good idea?

Article 5 of the NATO Charter is not clear on what collective defence entails. It says an attack against one member “shall be considered an attack against them all.” But it doesn’t stipulate what the response should be, noting only that each member state must take “such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force.” Article 5 has only ever been invoked after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US.

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Senate passes resolution to oppose Trump’s tariffs on Canada—4 GOP vote with Dems

The Senate on Wednesday held a vote to overturn President Donald Trump’s plan to impose harsh tariffs on Canada. The resolution, which doesn’t hold the force of law, passed the Senate with a 51 to 48 vote. Four Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues in voting against the tariffs. 

Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell opposed the tariffs. The vote came after Trump made his “Liberation Day” announcements from the White House’s Rose Garden, during which he announced reciprocal tariffs on nations around the globe.

Trump had levied tariffs against Canada in a move that created rancor between the United States and her northern neighbor. Canada is in the midst of a snap election where Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently replaced Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister, will face off against Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. The trade war with the United States is a key part of the conversation in that election.

In imposing those tariffs, Trump cited border security both for human and drug smuggling. Senate Majority Leader John Thune opposed those Republicans who opposed the tariffs, telling them that their vote would be nothing more than an embarrassment to Trump. The resolution was sponsored by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. 

“I urge my colleagues to oppose this resolution and ensure that President Trump has the tools that he needs to combat the flow of fentanyl from all directions,” Thune told them.

Canada is one of America’s largest trading partners. Carney has said that Canada will impose counter measure on the US in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs. “We’re in a situation where there’s going ot be an impact on the US economy, which will build with time,” Carney said.

“In our judgement it will be a negative on the US economy. That will have an impact on us, but the series of measures will directly affect millions of Canadians.” He went on to say that they would “fight these tariffs with countermeasures. We are going to protect our workers and we are going to build the strongest economy in the G7. In a crisis, it’s important to come together and it’s essential to act with purpose and with force.”

“Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy,” Trump said ahead of the vote.

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Canadian Liberal PM Mark Carney Under Fire for Resurfaced Ties to Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew

Labour leader and Canadian Prime Minister has entered a troubling phase in his new political career.

Since the Former Bank of England head dissolved the Parliament and called snap elections, it’s one scandal after another.

Mere days after Carney was accused of plagiarizing his doctoral thesis in Oxford University, he is now getting heckled over his links to Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Economic Times reported:

“During a campaign event, Prime Minister Mark Carney was interrupted by a heckler who shouted, ‘How many kids did you molest with Jeffrey Epstein?’ The question left Carney visibly stunned. Security swiftly removed the heckler, but a video of the moment soon went viral.”

This comes as a picture has surfaced of Carney with Ghislaine Maxwell in a music festival back in 2013.

Needless to say, a picture with Maxwell does not a sex-trafficker make – but citizens have started digging on Carney’s history.

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Liberal MP Paul Chiang encouraged the abduction of his political opponent. He must be fired!

“Bring him to the Chinese consulate — there’s a million-dollar bounty.”

That’s what Liberal MP Paul Chiang admitted he told a room full of ethnic media, referring to Joe Tay, a Conservative candidate and Canadian citizen, who’s been targeted by a HK$1 million bounty issued by the Hong Kong Police.

Let’s be absolutely clear: this is not a joke. Chiang needs to be fired, and if you agree, please sign the petition.

This is a sitting Member of Parliament encouraging transnational repression on Canadian soil — encouraging people to help the Chinese Communist Party hunt down a Canadian political opponent.

“This is shocking,” said Cheuk Kwan of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China.

And he’s right.

But Paul Chiang’s betrayal isn’t new — it’s just the latest chapter in a pattern of foreign interference and Liberal complicity.

Beijing meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, backing “China-friendly” Liberals to defeat strong Conservative voices like Kenny Chiu, who dared to call out the Chinese regime’s abuses and tried to bring in a foreign influence registry.

China used WeChat propaganda, targeted disinformation, and community mobilization to tilt key ridings.

And now, ahead of the next federal election, it’s happening again.

Meanwhile, eleven parliamentarians have been implicated in foreign interference — and not one name has been released.

Why? Because the Liberals are too busy protecting their own. Too busy coronating a new leader in a questionable race that excluded 2/3rds of the people wanting to vote, and in a campaign that the Liberals themselves said was contaminated by foreign interference. Too busy proroguing Parliament during a tariff war to pull off a power grab to enact any of the recommendations of the foreign interference commission.

And who did they crown in that suspicious leadership election?

Mark Carney, Trudeau’s unelected successor — a man whose firm, Brookfield, secured a $250 million loan from a Chinese bank just weeks after he became Trudeau’s chief economic advisor.

Foreign interference. Transnational repression. Backroom leadership takeovers. And a Liberal MP joking about handing over his opponent to the dictatorship that’s actively attacking Canadian democracy.

If a Conservative said this, they’d be gone in a heartbeat. But because it’s a Liberal, the media shrugs — and the Prime Minister stays silent.

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Canadian Banks Linked To Chinese Fentanyl Laundering Risk US Treasury Sanctions After Cartel Terror Designation

In an explosive interview with The Bureau’s Sam Cooper, David Asher – a former senior U.S. State Department official with close ties to the Trump administration’s financial and national security apparatus—issued a stark warning: Canadian banks could soon face a “new universe” of regulatory scrutiny from the U.S. Treasury. This follows the formal designation of Mexican cartels, including the Sinaloa group, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). According to Asher, the command-and-control structure for laundering proceeds from synthetic narcotics—produced using Chinese precursor chemicals—is largely orchestrated by Chinese triads operating out of Canada.

Asher warned that these transnational crime gang nexus seriously threatens both U.S. national security and the stability of the North American financial system. 

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Canadian PM Mark Carney Is Accused of Plagiarizing His University of Oxford Doctorate Thesis – Liberal Party in Meltdown Ahead of Next Month’s Elections

As we’ve reported previously here in TGP, the new Liberal party leader and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for snap elections for April 28th, trying to fully capitalize on the Liberal’s latest surge in the polls after endless months badly trailing the Conservative opposition.

But as the campaign begins, a reputational bomb has gone off on banker Carney’s lap, as an investigation by the National Post identified at least 10 instances of apparent plagiarism in his 1995 Oxford University doctorate thesis.

Carney was found to use ‘full quotes, paraphrases, or slightly modified quotes from four previous works without proper acknowledgement or attribution’.

Liberals are in a meltdown, calling Geoffrey Sigalet – the scholar who examined the evidence – a ‘Conservative donor’, because he contributed $288 back in 2022.

The Telegraph reported:

“On Friday, the Canadian prime minister and former governor of the Bank of England was forced to deny allegations he copied 10 passages of text for his 1995 doctorate.

The allegations are a blow to his election campaign. He faces a knife-edge vote on April 28 after calling a snap election against the backdrop of an aggressive trade war with Donald Trump.”

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