Brian Platt
@brianplatt.bsky.social
Canadian government reporter, Bloomberg News
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Trump: "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful but they're not. He watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements"
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Trump: "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful but they're not. He watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements"
This post went viral, so by iron law it has a typo in it
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This post went viral, so by iron law it has a typo in it
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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China doesn’t hold the solution for Canada’s economic issues and isn’t a trustworthy partner, Taiwan’s top representative to Ottawa said following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tariff deal with Xi Jinping www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @twseal.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
China Isn’t the Answer for Canada’s Trade Troubles, Taiwan Envoy Says
China doesn’t hold the solution for Canada’s economic issues and isn’t a trustworthy partner, Taiwan’s top representative to Ottawa said following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tariff deal with Xi Jinp...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
China doesn’t hold the solution for Canada’s economic issues and isn’t a trustworthy partner, Taiwan’s top representative to Ottawa said following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tariff deal with Xi Jinping www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @twseal.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
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Canada is drafting a new automotive strategy that will give better market access to companies that build vehicles in the country, a move that fires back at Trump's push to get carmakers to move factories to the US
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @brianplatt.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com
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Carney Drafts New Auto Plan to Favor Firms With Canadian Plants
The Canadian government is drafting a new automotive strategy that will give better market access to companies that build vehicles in the country, a move that fires back at the Trump administration’s ...
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January 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Canada is drafting a new automotive strategy that will give better market access to companies that build vehicles in the country, a move that fires back at Trump's push to get carmakers to move factories to the US
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @brianplatt.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @brianplatt.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com
China will propose some agriculture tariff relief during Carney’s visit if Canada offers EV tariff relief. But while Canadian officials hope to make progress on trade irritants, they downplayed the prospect of major movement. Our report:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China to Offer Canola Relief for Easing EV Curbs During Carney Visit
China will propose easing some restrictions on Canadian rapeseed products during a visit to the country by Prime Minister Mark Carney, provided his government relaxes tariffs on Chinese-made electric ...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
China will propose some agriculture tariff relief during Carney’s visit if Canada offers EV tariff relief. But while Canadian officials hope to make progress on trade irritants, they downplayed the prospect of major movement. Our report:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Across Canada, investors who poured billions into private real estate funds suddenly can’t touch their money.
Stung by a deep downturn in the country’s housing market, many of the funds have restricted cash distributions, client withdrawals or both, in a process the industry calls 'gating.'
Stung by a deep downturn in the country’s housing market, many of the funds have restricted cash distributions, client withdrawals or both, in a process the industry calls 'gating.'
Canadians Are Furious After Real Estate Funds Lock Up Their Money
Funds stung by the property downturn limit client withdrawals, after assuring ordinary investors they were safe
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January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Across Canada, investors who poured billions into private real estate funds suddenly can’t touch their money.
Stung by a deep downturn in the country’s housing market, many of the funds have restricted cash distributions, client withdrawals or both, in a process the industry calls 'gating.'
Stung by a deep downturn in the country’s housing market, many of the funds have restricted cash distributions, client withdrawals or both, in a process the industry calls 'gating.'
(Bloomberg) -- China’s refiners, all but cut off from Venezuelan crude in the past week as the US positions itself for access to the world’s largest oil reserves, are eying a pricier alternative source — Canada.
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Trump’s Venezuela Oil Grab Is Pushing Chinese Refiners to Canada
China’s refiners, all but cut off from Venezuelan crude in the past week as the US positions itself for access to the world’s largest oil reserves, are eying a pricier alternative source — Canada.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
(Bloomberg) -- China’s refiners, all but cut off from Venezuelan crude in the past week as the US positions itself for access to the world’s largest oil reserves, are eying a pricier alternative source — Canada.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an official visit to China next week as his government tries to rebuild relations with the Asian superpower and reduce Canada’s economic reliance on the US
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January 7, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an official visit to China next week as his government tries to rebuild relations with the Asian superpower and reduce Canada’s economic reliance on the US
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Excited for the chance to see my dumb hockey team make me miserable in person
January 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Excited for the chance to see my dumb hockey team make me miserable in person
(Bloomberg) -- Canada’s population fell by 0.2% in the third quarter to stand at 41.6 million, marking the only quarterly decline on record outside the Covid-19 era and a dramatic shift from explosive post-pandemic immigration growth.
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
(Bloomberg) -- Canada’s population fell by 0.2% in the third quarter to stand at 41.6 million, marking the only quarterly decline on record outside the Covid-19 era and a dramatic shift from explosive post-pandemic immigration growth.
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NEW: I interviewed Canada fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau
* Canada looking to work with China to stop precursors
* "There's very little north-south movement of produced fentanyl" across borders
* Is he aware of a target that would end the fentanyl emergency used by Trump to justify tariffs? "I'm not"
* Canada looking to work with China to stop precursors
* "There's very little north-south movement of produced fentanyl" across borders
* Is he aware of a target that would end the fentanyl emergency used by Trump to justify tariffs? "I'm not"
Canada’s Fentanyl Czar Seeks Chinese Help to Stop Precursors
Canada wants to work more closely with China to stop the chemicals used to create the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl from reaching North America, said Prime Minister Mark Carney’s point person for f...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: I interviewed Canada fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau
* Canada looking to work with China to stop precursors
* "There's very little north-south movement of produced fentanyl" across borders
* Is he aware of a target that would end the fentanyl emergency used by Trump to justify tariffs? "I'm not"
* Canada looking to work with China to stop precursors
* "There's very little north-south movement of produced fentanyl" across borders
* Is he aware of a target that would end the fentanyl emergency used by Trump to justify tariffs? "I'm not"
*ANGLO AMERICAN, TECK RECEIVE CANADA APPROVAL FOR MERGER
December 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
*ANGLO AMERICAN, TECK RECEIVE CANADA APPROVAL FOR MERGER
Taylor Swift not touring in Toronto this year helped keep Canada's November inflation number lower www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Taylor Swift not touring in Toronto this year helped keep Canada's November inflation number lower www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carney one seat short of majority after second Tory jumps:
Canada’s Carney Is One Seat Short of Majority After Second Tory Jumps
Prime Minister Mark Carney is a step closer to securing a majority in Canada’s Parliament after his Liberal Party gained a defector from the opposition Conservatives for the second time in two months.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Carney one seat short of majority after second Tory jumps:
Whoa, we have a floor crossing! Conservative MP Michael Ma is joining the Liberals. He’s in the Markham-Unionville seat, in the Toronto suburbs
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Whoa, we have a floor crossing! Conservative MP Michael Ma is joining the Liberals. He’s in the Markham-Unionville seat, in the Toronto suburbs
Regional breakdown in new Leger poll on support for a new bitumen pipeline running from Alberta to BC coast
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Regional breakdown in new Leger poll on support for a new bitumen pipeline running from Alberta to BC coast
If Mark Wiseman does get appointed as Canada's next US ambassador (which we've reported is likely), Carney will take some heat from Quebec on supply management, given USCMA talks are looming. Wiseman slammed supply management in a Globe op-ed last year: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...:
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If Mark Wiseman does get appointed as Canada's next US ambassador (which we've reported is likely), Carney will take some heat from Quebec on supply management, given USCMA talks are looming. Wiseman slammed supply management in a Globe op-ed last year: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...:
(Bloomberg) -- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says USMCA review upcoming in 2026 could lead to revisions or an end to the three-nation pact, but it’s too early to say how it will end up.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
(Bloomberg) -- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says USMCA review upcoming in 2026 could lead to revisions or an end to the three-nation pact, but it’s too early to say how it will end up.
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady and said although the economy appears to be more resilient than previously thought, keeping borrowing costs at their current level is still appropriate to mitigate the trade war damage.
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady and said although the economy appears to be more resilient than previously thought, keeping borrowing costs at their current level is still appropriate to mitigate the trade war damage.
NEW: Canada's US ambassador Kirsten Hillman is stepping down in the new year, and Mark Wiseman is likely to replace her, Bloomberg sources say. Story link to follow.
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
NEW: Canada's US ambassador Kirsten Hillman is stepping down in the new year, and Mark Wiseman is likely to replace her, Bloomberg sources say. Story link to follow.
(Bloomberg) — The Canadian economy added 53,600 jobs in November, making it the third consecutive month of surprisingly strong job gains as US tariffs otherwise slow down activity.
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Canada’s Unemployment Rate Plunges With Third Month of Big Job Gains
The Canadian economy added 53,600 jobs in November, making it the third consecutive month of surprisingly strong job gains as US tariffs otherwise slow down activity.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
(Bloomberg) — The Canadian economy added 53,600 jobs in November, making it the third consecutive month of surprisingly strong job gains as US tariffs otherwise slow down activity.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The BC Conservative leader has been declared "professionally incapacitated" by his caucus
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The BC Conservative leader has been declared "professionally incapacitated" by his caucus
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is unveiling his administration’s plan to relax stringent Biden-era fuel efficiency standards, with the administration casting the change as a way to lower consumer costs.
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Trump Outlines Plan to Unwind Biden-Era Car Mileage Mandates
President Donald Trump is unveiling his administration’s plan to relax stringent Biden-era fuel efficiency standards, with the administration casting the change as a way to lower consumer costs.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is unveiling his administration’s plan to relax stringent Biden-era fuel efficiency standards, with the administration casting the change as a way to lower consumer costs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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But I think this is also self-inflicted. There was no big press conference when TMX opened, no ribbon-cutting ceremony. I don't think there was even a rote statement issued from the PMO. As far as I can tell it was a conscious political decision to avoid putting a spotlight on it.
Has any prime minister ever gotten less political value out of a giant investment than Justin Trudeau got from TMX? Obviously environmental groups/voters were never going to like it, and most everyone else just pretends it never happened because it complicates the narrative.
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
But I think this is also self-inflicted. There was no big press conference when TMX opened, no ribbon-cutting ceremony. I don't think there was even a rote statement issued from the PMO. As far as I can tell it was a conscious political decision to avoid putting a spotlight on it.