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Pádraig Kerr 🇨🇦
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🇨🇦 Proud Canadian | Retired and Recovering Lawyer | Senior University Law Lecturer | Pickleball addict | #Habs Fan | Cancer Survivor |Post mostly about news, current events and law |
#Carney won’t say whether #Canada would align trade policy with #US as part of #CUSMA revision buff.ly/BLnGPh3

#cdnpoli
Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision
U.S. and Mexico have already agreed to formally start discussions about possible changes to the pact
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January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The Australian Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) system looks interesting.

Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. buff.ly/SvjB8B4

#Australia #Canada #cdnpoli
Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. | CBC News
The push to buy Canadian is loud and clear, but are those local-looking products the real deal? CBC Marketplace exposes how some popular foods that seem Canadian are actually made in the U.S. Experts...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Why are Britain and other countries reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?
Why are Britain and other countries reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?
Why are Britain and other countries reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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So airliners that American carriers have already paid for, imported and put into use will “hereby” be grounded, cancelling thousands of flights and ruining millions of Americans’ travel plans.

IN YOUR FACE, CANADA!
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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Gift link

China's winning the electric car race, and we're not allowed to partake

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Faculty strike at Laurentian University threatens to derail winter term
Faculty strike at Laurentian University threatens to derail winter term
Classes and all other academic activities have been cancelled as professors seek to regain ground after a 2021 pay cut
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January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Trump says he’s decertifying all aircraft made in Canada “until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have been many years ago.”

He’s also threatening new tariffs on Canadian aircraft sold in the U.S.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Schumer caved.

Congrats MAGA and ICE.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Democrats and White House Reach Deal to Avoid Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I so surprised (sarcasm).

"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she won’t demonize the roughly one million Albertans who are open to separation after B.C. Premier David Eby said #Alberta separatists who went to Washington in search of political support are engaging in treason."
Smith defends Alberta separatists after Eby’s ‘treason’ remarks
Alberta Premier says she doesn’t want to demonize or marginalize people when they have legitimate grievances
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January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The tariff threat that Canada can squelch today - internal trade barriers

"The bad news is that political leaders, chiefly the provincial and territorial premiers, are unwilling to take definitive steps."

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#Canada #cdnpoli
Globe editorial: The tariff threat that Canada can squelch today
Donald Trump’s trade war is a problem for this country’s economy. The premiers’ refusal to tear down internal trade barriers is an even bigger one
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January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
'Respect Canadian sovereignty', Carney tells US officials after they meet Alberta separatists buff.ly/pZUWmWb

#Canada #cdnpoli
'Respect Canadian sovereignty', Carney tells US officials after they meet Alberta separatists
Alberta separatists have held three meetings with members of the Trump administration to discuss their push for independence
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January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Carney says he expects US administration to respect Canadian sovereignty buff.ly/FClOUiO
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Remember when Trump suspended negotiations after Doug Ford ran an anti-tariff ad in the US because he accused Canada of interfering in US elections? Meanwhile, his sycophants are meeting with Alberta separatists who want a $500 billion line of credit from Trump.

#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney says he expects U.S. to 'respect Canadian sovereignty' after Alberta separatists meet with Trump team | CBC
www.cbc.ca
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
General Motors shift reduction in Canada to cut 500 jobs  buff.ly/Ae98aWa
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials
Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials
B.C. Premier says he plans to raise the issue when he meets with Carney and his provincial counterparts
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January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
From the BBC:

Canada's conservative leader Pierre Poilievre faces leadership test - and grapples with widening his appeal buff.ly/vcEbIZi

#Canada #cdnpoli
Canada's conservative leader Pierre Poilievre faces leadership test - and grapples with widening his appeal
Pierre Poilievre is expected to win a leadership review, but faces questions over his popularity with the wider public.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Tesla profit slumps amid lower EV sales, AI spending surge
Tesla profit slumps amid lower EV sales, AI spending surge
With increased competition and heavy attention on the antics of the company's CEO, Tesla's core electric vehicle business has faltered in the past year.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
#China agrees to halve #tariffs on #UK #whisky after Xi-Starmer talks buff.ly/ToA0r7N

#trade
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Germany's Merz: Europe found 'joy of self-respect' to defend rules-based world buff.ly/Wi5J9Xu

#Germany #EU #Canada #cdnpoli
January 29, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Canada in talks with Meta on return of news to Facebook as #CUSMA review nears
Canada in talks with Meta on return of news to Facebook as CUSMA review nears | CBC News
The federal government says its willingness to speak with Meta about the possibility of seeing online news return to Facebook is part of an ongoing conversation Canada is having with the digital giant...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This is horrible news.

But the suggestion that this gets "fixed" by “relentlessly" pursuing the US and renew #CUSMA and "go back to the US, our most reliable, dependable trading partner for the last 100 years” is unrealistic and undesirable. It's over we need to adjust. buff.ly/dAzeQhj

#Canada
GM Oshawa to lay off up to 1,200 workers on Friday | CBC News
The day Oshawa, Ont., autoworkers have dreaded for months has arrived, as GM Canada is poised to cut a shift at the city’s plant, costing over a thousand workers their jobs. 
www.cbc.ca
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives will not allow reporters to attend their annual gathering in Toronto this weekend, a move critics say projects an appearance of "weakness" and breaks from political norms. buff.ly/Q8aRcxK

#onpoli #Ontario
Ontario PCs bar reporters from policy convention | CBC News
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives will not allow reporters to attend their annual gathering in Toronto this weekend, a move critics say breaks from democratic norms.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM