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Canada’s leverage just evaporated the moment U.S. refiners got another source of heavy crude they can bully. CANADA JUST LOST ITS BIGGEST TRADE LEVERAGE For years, the USA needed Canadian oil ..especially heavy crude from Alberta. That was Canada’s edge. Now? 🇻🇪 Venezuelan heavy oil is back. • ~1M bpd flowing to the U.S. • …
Europe and Canada also…. pic.twitter.com/l7DBt4SsPd — E T Browning (@ETBrowning01) December 17, 2025 After more than a year of sustained community transmission of the measles virus, the WHO/Pan American Health Organization has had to officially acknowledge that Canada is no longer among countries that have eliminated the potentially fatal disease. This ominous development is the …
by Martin Armstrong The latest agreement between the European Union and Canada to collaborate on mutually recognized digital IDs is simply another step in what I have been warning about for years. Whenever government confidence collapses, the political class tightens control. Digital ID is not about convenience; it is about tracking capital and controlling movement as the …
CITIZENSHIP: The UK ended birthright citizenship in 1983. Australia did so in 1986. India did in 1987. Ireland followed in 2005. New Zealand followed in 2006. Many European democracies have long required a parental tie. Canada and the United States have stood almost alone among developed nations in preserving unconditional jus soli. It is no …
Breaking: New Canadian intel report shows 386 kg of fentanyl seized in five-months, with Ontario and B.C. accounting for over 90% https://t.co/ve3VBhSvZD — Sam Cooper (@scoopercooper) December 2, 2025 “Arrested 217 people for trafficking fentanyl while on bail” do you think maybe we have a bail problem here? https://t.co/Foq8xtb8ec — Andy Lee (@RealAndyLeeShow) December 2, …
MUSKOKA — Some said masks should be worn in hospitals year-round after COVID. Today Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) announced the return of mandatory masking at both its hospital sites in south Muskoka and Huntsville. They say in morning release Monday, that “as respiratory illness season takes hold and cold and flu activity increases in the …
CANADA TO H-1B HOLDERS: “TIRED OF U.S. VISA DRAMA? EH, COME ON UP.” While the U.S. hikes H-1B fees and clogs green card pipelines, Canada just rolled out the welcome mat… and threw in CA $1.7 billion to sweeten the deal. A new fast-track pathway invites H-1B holders to ditch the red tape and bring …
NEW: Canada announces a $1.7 billion program to recruit top H1B visa holders from America pic.twitter.com/wz94woOad9 — Shashank Mattoo (@MattooShashank) November 12, 2025 Also embedded in Budget 2025 is a headline-grabbing talent-attraction measure: an accelerated permanent-residence pathway for holders of U.S. H-1B specialty-occupation visas. Details released on Nov 4 confirm Ottawa’s intent to build on …
🚨JUST IN: The Senate just voted 50–46 to STOP Trump’s tariffs on Canada. These four POS RINOs along with every democrat turned against the President. • Mitch McConnell• Susan Collins• Lisa Murkowski• Rand Paul It still needs to pass the House, which is not likely to… pic.twitter.com/e6fduvQUzh — DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 (@1Nicdar) October 29, 2025 🚨 BREAKING: …
That gap in growth tells a bigger story. Mississippi and West Virginia passing France and Germany in GDP per person shows the old balance is breaking apart. America’s roughest states are still grinding, building, producing, while Europe keeps talking in circles about what used to work. The energy boom and tech push here run on …
TRUMP: INCREASING TARIFFS ON CANADA BY 10% BECAUSE OF THEIR FRAUDULENT RONALD REGAN AD pic.twitter.com/nylxzjMiun — amit (@amitisinvesting) October 25, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would increase tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent because of what he called a “fake” ad campaign paid for by the Canadian province of …
Trump just terminated trade talks with Canada over a $75M Ontario ad using Reagan to slam tariffs. He called it “fraudulent” and accused Canada of meddling with U.S. policy. Relations just got icy. TRUMP: ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE TERMINATED pic.twitter.com/D2xBJaFwII — amit (@amitisinvesting) October 24, 2025 Now, negotiation talks begin to negotiate trade …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, “Our relationship will never again be what it was,” said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Trump Brushes Off Carney Bloomberg reports Trump Brushes Off Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s protectionism in the auto industry, saying North America’s interwoven supply …
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-travel-warning-1.7648381 The Canadian government is warning citizens who list “X” as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S. and other countries. In a change made in recent days, the Department of Global Affairs added an advisory to its United States travel advice page for 2SLGBTQ+ Canadian passport holders. “While the Government …
For the first time in nearly twenty years, more Americans are traveling to Canada than Canadians are heading south. This is not about money, seasons, or tourism campaigns. It is a quiet decision, a retreat from a country that punishes speech, targets political opinion, and treats visitors as liabilities. The United States has turned its …
UPS and Canada shopping are a dangerous combination right now. If you are thinking of ordering anything from Canada, be careful. Tariffs are one thing—you might pay them, maybe even 100 percent. But the real shock comes from UPS. The fees they are adding are huge. People are reporting $5 items arriving with $50 in …
The flags went up. The leaders gave their speeches. The cameras rolled. Then the blood came. Hours after the UK, Canada, and Australia announced they were recognizing Palestine, a man walked into a wedding in New Hampshire and started shooting. He yelled “Free Palestine” as he killed one guest and wounded three more. That was …
They are turning citizenship into a login. Every service, every movement, every transaction will pass through their control. This is happening now. Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Rwanda, and every Nordic country are rolling out national digital ID programs. Biometric databases, mobile apps, central registries. Every step of your life tracked in …
🚨BREAKING New report: poverty and food insecurity in Canada jumps FORTY percent since 2023 …some Canadians are going FULL DAYS without eating. The solutions? All taxpayer funded! Communism is coming. pic.twitter.com/Vmqn2PhAJV — Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) September 17, 2025 Canada Real Estate Insanity A Hamilton home purchased in 2021 just sold for a 52% loss. 2009 …
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Hamilton, Ontario is telling people to take down home security cameras that see beyond their own yard. These cameras have helped catch murderers, stopped home invasions, and helped police solve serious crimes. Now residents who keep them face fines. The city is turning vigilance into a violation. To keep a camera pointed beyond your property, …
Think about that for a second. Criminals can act freely while you are left completely exposed. Every law seems to tilt in favor of those breaking the rules, and ordinary people are left to pay the price. I could easily see blue states following a similar path. Moving to Nashville was a good decision. — …
Because Canada’s been running a climate-tax cash grab while kneecapping its own energy sector. Alberta’s oil could fuel the world, but Ottawa would rather import Saudi crude, slap you with carbon taxes, and call it “green.” It’s not market forces, it’s manufactured scarcity.… — Delta Harbour Assets (@DeltaHarbour) September 8, 2025 Federal, provincial and carbon …
1️⃣ Japan – 2.3% (July) 2️⃣ U.S. – 4.3% 3️⃣ U.K. – 4.7% (Q2) 4️⃣ Italy – 6.0% (July) 5️⃣ Germany – 6.3% 6️⃣ Canada – 7.1% 7️⃣ France – 7.5% (Q2) Read Maritime combined, 3/4 of the population aren’t working! •NFL: 10.7 % (10.5)•PEI: 8.1 % (8.8)•NS: 6.5 % (7.0)•NB: 7.7 % (7.5)•QC: 6.0 …
A man killed his sister and injured seven others in a mass stabbing at a First Nation reserve in Canada before dying in a collision with a police car, authorities said Thursday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police identified the attacker as 26-year-old Tyrone Simard and said he killed his 18-year-old sister.
During election campaign Mark Carney warned: while Americans go to war against WOKE Canada will become the wokest country on Earth. NOW Mark Carney announced: PRIDE MONTH is GONE. Replaced with PERMANENT PRIDE 365 WOKEY = BROKEY. During election campaign Mark Carney warned: while Americans go to war against WOKE Canada will become the wokest …
Canada is creeping toward full authoritarianism. The government just passed a law banning cash payments over $10,000. Buying a car, farm equipment, or making a donation? You could face triple fines, and they can come after you for it up to eight years later. Imagine the machine getting so comfortable with their power that they …
🚨 BIGGEST OUTFLOW IN HISTORY 🚨 Capital is leaving Canada faster than ever—like it just got a hard elbow to the head. 🏃💨💸” pic.twitter.com/eoS6LmpRzR — Market Mania 🏴☠️ (@MarketManiaCa) August 28, 2025 Canada printes two consecutive quarters of negative annualized GDP growth pic.twitter.com/cxRUGbVJ3r — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) August 29, 2025 Foreign investors …
Canadian Department of Natural Resources Tells O’Keefe: “If You Want to Break the Law, Talk to Trump”
There seems to be a lot of competition for liquidity out there from the purveyors of “risk-free” assets… — Nothing To See Here (@TylerHardt) August 26, 2025 With the BOJ stepping back, foreign capital may repatriate, U.S. and European rates rise, and emerging markets brace for currency and funding turmoil, leaving investors facing unprecedented uncertainty. …