Keeping a straight face has been perhaps the greatest achievement of Mark Carney’s brief tenure as the prime minister of Canada. For months, Donald Trump has railed against Canada, threatening to turn America’s ungrateful northern neighbor into the 51st state, come what may, an achievement worthy of his visage gracing …
Read More »Trump Inserts Himself Into Canada's Election and Liberals Can't Stop Saying Merci
At sundown, the night before Monday’s federal election, Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal candidate Mark Carney paid his respects to the 11 killed in East Vancouver the night before, when a mentally ill man drove his SUV through a crowd of Filipino-Canadians celebrating Lapu-Lapu Day. He stood with his wife …
Read More »At Least 11 Dead After Driver Plowed Into Crowd at a Filipino Festival in Vancouver
At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured after an SUV plowed into a crowd in Vancouver, British Columbia, during a Filipino street festival on Saturday night. The incident at Lapu Lapu Day festival occurred shortly after Apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas finished a headlining DJ set. Authorities charged …
Read More »J.D. Vance's Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment
J.D. Vance’s best friend has no comment. In truth, J.D. Vance’s best friend really doesn’t want anyone to know he’s J.D. Vance’s best friend — not now that he’s running for Canadian Parliament in an industrial city on the shores of Lake Ontario. For three consecutive days in late April, …
Read More »Trump Is Losing in a Landslide in Canada
TORONTO, ONTARIO — Donald Trump is losing an election in a landslide — in Canada. After a decade under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada was ready to move on from his center-left Liberal Party. It seemed inevitable that my homeland was about to elect a new conservative government and perhaps …
Read More »'We're Expecting a Shitshow': Canadian Musicians Grapple With Trump's Threats
At this year’s just-concluded SXSW, hip-hop/pop artist Kimmortal was scheduled to play a showcase with other rising acts from Canada. About a month before, though, they heard the event had suddenly been canceled over concerns related to Donald Trump‘s escalating threats toward Canada, including tariff hikes. That meant Kimmortal, an …
Read More »Want to Fight Trump's Trade War? Visit Canada
I hadn’t fully formulated my thinking until the Canadian guard at the border crossing asked why my wife and I wanted to visit his country. “Well, we’re going to buy stuff,” I said. “What kind of stuff?” he asked “Pretty much anything,” I said. “To be honest, we’re ashamed and …
Read More »Trump's Threat to Take Over Canada Is a Scandal
As an American teenager who grew into a semblance of political consciousness during the height of George W. Bush’s War on Terror, it was easy to notice how the post-9/11 period corroded our political culture and our grasp of decency in ways from which we have never truly recovered. One …
Read More »Trump Tanks Stock Market Ahead of Address to Congress
Major markets are continuing their downward plunge after President Donald Trump implemented steep tariffs against three of the country’s most important trade partners: China, Mexico, and Canada. The Dow Jones has fallen over 600 points in 24 hours, the NASDAQ briefly found itself near correction territory, and the S&P has …
Read More »Canadian Anthem Singer at 4 Nations Hockey Final Changes Lyric to Protest Trump's 51st State Threat
Before the puck drop at the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off championship game in Boston, multiple fights had already broken out between Team USA and Team Canada fans in the lead up over the weekend. On Thursday, the night of the final, tensions were high as singer Chantal Kreviazuktook to the …
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