Punishing new tariffs on Canadian goods are now in effect after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he is cutting off trade talks with the Trump administration. Carney also said Canada would institute its own dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs amid an escalating trade war with the United States. While the retaliatory tariffs will add more costs for consumers as businesses and industries in the country grapple with the impact of Trump’s 50 per cent levy, many Canadians appear united in opposition to Trump’s trade war. Heidi Petracek explains. | Global National
Support for Ottawa’s stance is at majority levels in every province in the country, bottoming out at 65 per cent in Saskatchewan and 67 per cent in Alberta. There is also more agreement than one typically finds across the political spectrum. Half (53%) of those who voted Conservative in the 2025 federal election say it was “right” to walk away rather than accept a bad deal. | Angus Reid Institute
Shuvaloy Majumdar, the party’s critic for Canada-U.S. relations, wrote to Dominic LeBlanc on Sunday asking for details while underscoring his party’s support in fighting for tariff-free trade. “I am requesting that your government release the full details of the proposed deal from which you chose to walk away on Friday evening,” Majumdar wrote. “If there was a draft text of any agreement that both governments have seen, please release it. The U.S. administration has seen it. Your government has seen it. Canadians deserve to see it.” | Globalnews.ca
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Reminder to Conservative friends who are opposed to retaliatory tariffs: you ran on imposing dollar for dollar retaliatory tariffs on the US in your election platform last year. It’s the commitment you gave to voters.
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The items affected, according to the Trump administration, cover $20 billion in Canadian exports. They are laid out in three lists, which can be found here, here and here. Some clear patterns emerge from the text. Canada’s forest industry, which has been enmeshed in a seemingly endless battle with the United States for decades, has been particularly targeted. On the lists, the many wood products include 36 different kinds of plywood alone. Homebuilders in the United States have already said there is not enough American product to replace Canadian plywood, so the tariffs could increase housing construction costs. | NYT (🎁 link)
Canada’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul: Canada won’t win a head-to-head trade battle with the U.S. But that’s not really the ground on which this will play out. The outcome of this trade war will be ultimately determined in the U.S., where President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda is far from a success. U.S. manufacturing starts are down, not up. Manufacturing jobs are down. Chaos and uncertainty have stalled investment and long-term planning. The key sectors in which the U.S. is incentivizing production will become less competitive over time and require continuing subsidization; China wins this kind of race, not the U.S. | The Globe and Mail (🎁 link)
“As we drilled down, what we discovered was that what our understanding of what had been agreed to was quite different from what was showing up in the documents,” [Canadian ambassador Marc Wiseman] said. “When that kind of happens once or twice, it’s kind of understandable, but when it happens consistently, and every interpretation is the most negative interpretation” then it “got to a point” where they walked away. Canada-U.S. trade talks collapsed over disputed deal terms, envoy says | National Post
Luc Brodeur-Jourdain n’aura pas chômé après son départ des Alouettes de Montréal. L’ancien joueur de centre et entraîneur de la ligne offensive de l’équipe a choisi de se lancer en politique pour le Parti conservateur du Canada (PCC). Originaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, Brodeur-Jourdain occupe les fonctions d’analyste des matchs des Alouettes à QUB Radio depuis le début de la présente saison. | La Presse
President of the Treasury Board, Shafqat Ali, Appearance at the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) - President of the Treasury Board’s Mandate & Priorities - October 30 2025 | Treasury Board Secretariat
President of the Treasury Board, Shafqat Ali, Appearance at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG) – The Use of French in Government Communications and in Federal Institutions – December 4 2025 “Supervisors are increasingly held to higher linguistic standards: 100% of supervisory positions in bilingual regions now require level C oral proficiency. Representation of both official language groups remains healthy, with Francophones holding 34.8% of management positions in the core public administration, exceeding their share of the Canadian population (21.4%). Survey data shows most public servants feel free to use their preferred official language, but we recognize that some Francophones continue to face barriers, particularly in meetings and when drafting documents.” | Treasury Board Secretariat
Lantz said every dollar spent on goods from Canada or P.E.I. supports the local people and businesses behind the product. New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt made a similar plea on Saturday, saying businesses in her province will be hit with U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 50 per cent tariffs on some Canadian imports. | Globalnews.ca
C’est une grosse pointure qui s’ajoute à la formation de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon en prévision des élections dans une circonscription où le parti souverainiste est largement favori. Stéphane Paquet a occupé les fonctions de délégué général du Québec à Londres de 2012 à 2014 avant d’intégrer les rangs de Montréal International, d’abord comme vice-président du secteur des investissements étrangers. Il a pris les commandes de l’agence de promotion économique en 2020. Il succédait alors à Hubert Bolduc, maintenant président d’Investissement Québec International. | La Presse
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that holding elections in his country amid the full-scale Russian invasion would be highly dangerous, in remarks made in response to a call from the former defense minister to organize a vote. “I believe that in a war like this, elections as such are a huge risk. Elections right now are a tsunami for the country that will split Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in remarks released on Sunday. | DW
In this year’s midterm contests, misleading polling has shaped campaign narratives, donor behavior and news coverage like never before. Polls are traditionally used to measure public opinion, not mold it. But this year, several Democratic campaigns have seized on unreliable polls to push the perception that their candidates are surging to try to solidify support, attract donors and scare off rivals. The rise of prediction markets has also created financial incentives for untrustworthy or even fake political polls at a moment when it has become even more expensive and difficult to conduct high-quality public opinion surveys. | NYT (🎁 link)
He now is a kind of inside-the-White House investigative reporter — albeit without a security clearance — with direct access to the intelligence officials who can declassify the documents he is seeking out. The secrets he’s looking for, he said in an interview, fall into four categories: foreign policy failures, election security, ethics breaches and the “weaponization” of government. “It’s really the same,” Solomon, 59, said of the work. “I use the same journalistic instincts I would have if I were a journalist.” | WaPo (🎁 link)
Portable power stations have evolved from glorified battery packs into serious home backup, RV, and emergency preparedness tools. After testing models from top brands, including Anker, Bluetti, EcoFlow, Jackery, Oupes, and Pecron side by side, I discovered that many of the most important differences aren’t found on the specification sheet. Battery capacity, inverter output, and charging speed all matter, but factors like solar performance, standby power draw, app quality, fan noise, surge handling, and ecosystem support often have a greater impact on the ownership experience. These are the 10 lessons that only emerged after months of real-world testing. | PCMag
0900 ET : London, ON - Energy and Natural Resources Min Tim Hodgson and LPC MP Peter Fragiskatos make a funding announcement
1200 ET : Lévis, QC - PM Carney , Public Works and and Procurement Min Joël Lightbound and Premier Christine Fréchette make an announcement.
1300 ET : Ottawa - LPC MP Mona Fortier makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
1330 ET : Christian Island, ON - LPC MP Pauline Rochefort makes a funding announcement
1400 ET : Montreal - Heritage Min Marc Miller makes a funding announcement
1540 ET : Calgary - Jobs and Families Min Patty Hajdu and LPC MP Corey Hogan launch the Transportation and Supply Chain Workforce Alliance
1600 ET : Red Deer, AB - Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali makes a funding announcement
1630 ET : Victoria - GPC MP Elizabeth May speaks at the Victoria Forum.
1700 ET : Windsor, ON - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters.
1800 ET : Toronto - LPC MP Karim Bardeesy hosts a #bdgt27 town hall meeting.
1900 ET : Winnipeg - CANNOR and Northern Affairs Min Rebecca Chartrand and Indigenous Services Min Mandy Gull-Masty speak at an LPC fundraising event.
… in 2001. Sc 1916 Masterpieces of Canadian Art — 14. Design: Pierre-Yves Pelletier.
Part of the multi-year annual series, this year’s “masterpiece” is The Space Between Columns #21 (Italian) (1965) by Jack Shadbolt (1909-1998), a piece which you can find in the collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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