Carney/Canada is going to get hosed.

Carney told Canadians to judge him by the prices on grocery-store shelves.

In June, grocery prices were still 3.9% higher than a year earlier, outpacing overall inflation for the 17th straight month. Beef was up 13.8%.

Now Canada faces another tariff deadline while Carney… https://t.co/wHRfOXvk3i

— L. Wayne Mathison (@WayneMathison) August 4, 2026

Canada just lost another major industry.

HF Sinclair has announced that it will shut down base oil production in Mississauga by 2027.

Are Liberal supporters still convinced that Mark Carney is fighting for Canada?#Canada pic.twitter.com/QVIe7qOdOd

— Anna (@Annans4g) August 3, 2026

We can’t ignore the Northern border.

Canada turns a blind eye as terrorists, fentanyl, and illicit tobacco products flow into our shared northern border, endangering American national security.@POTUS is rightfully renegotiating USMCA and holding Canada responsible for their… https://t.co/hXvDFdjlBs

— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) August 5, 2026

Wow.

What are illicit tobacco products?

Tobacco that avoids taxes. Remember the "I can't breathe" guy in NYC selling illicit tobacco.

More than 4.3M illegal cigarettes seized by New Brunswick peace officers

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Officers stopped a truck towing a cargo trailer and arrested a 32-year-old man from Ontario. The government said they found 3,510,000 unstamped cigarettes, which they seized. A 2022 GMC Sierra 2500 truck and an enclosed cargo trailer were also seized.

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"When you buy illegal (illicit) cigarettes, you may also be supporting organized criminal networks who are trying to establish themselves in your community. Working together with our law enforcement partners is important to discouraging this and other illegal activity in our province."

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Oh, they thought you said illegal cigarettes,
not illegal aliens.

I have friends and relatives in Canada and I am pro-Canada, and although I disagree with your position on Canada and Carney, some of the weekly stuff you post is credible and very interesting. I appreciate you doing that effort and keeping the thread going.

However, if you want more of the Canada information you post to be taken seriously, it would be wise to use credible sources instead of the obvious shills and known corrupt liars like Tricia McLaughlin.

McLaughlin used to be the chief spokesperson and head of communications at DHS in this Trump 2.0 admin. Like her ex-boss Noem, she's dishonest, corrupt, and a proven documented serial liar. One of the many examples of her malfeasance: the wastrful and corrupt DHS $200M+ ad campaign. At DHS, she and Noem approved it. The advertising firm McLaughlin's husband heads as CEO received over $200 million for the DHS advertising campaign. This was blatant corruption, self-dealing, and imo it was the same as de facto stealing of taxpayer dollars. FCC documents named McLaughlin as the decision maker for the $220 million in government contracts for the ad campaign. She got caught and was forced to resign in disgrace. Just like Noem.

Thx, I didn't really follow that closely, though fwiw the DHS general counsel later said nothing unethical happened (if I had to guess the sums implied in some headlines were overblown, as with her involvement directing the awards).

I try to stick with credible folks but sometimes the social media spotlight includes some that are less so. In any case, she and Breanna here I think are on point regarding the border with Canada. Money laundering and the drug trade continue to be a big issue Carney isn't addressing, especially in the 'tribal' portions on their side.

I think it's implausible at this point that an agreement is reached relative to USMCA and tariffs in the next 16 or so days, so Trump will either flinch and extend the deadline, or Canada is going to suffer an economic earthquake. It will be interesting to see which way it goes, I can't make an honest prediction.