Mark Carney has been elected as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, succeeding Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. His victory was announced at an event in Ottawa at which Trudeau referred to the "existential crisis" the country faces from Donald Trump's threats of turning Canada into the 51st state, and closed his speech with the hockey expression "elbows up." Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien described Canada's relationship with the U.S. as "falling apart before our eyes and becoming something that is difficult to name." Here's more from @GlobalNews.

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#Canada #MarkCarney #LiberalPartyOfCanada #JeanChretien #JustinTrudeau #ElbowsUp

Canada will not lift retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump leaves any on Canada, @AssociatedPress reports. "We're not interested in meeting in the middle," said finance minister Dominic LeBlanc to the CBC. In addition to tariffs, some provinces have banned the sale of U.S. liquor from stores, while Canadians have been boycotting U.S. products and stores for weeks. Foreign minister Mélanie Joly says Canada does not want to "go through this psychodrama every 30 days or so."

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#Canada #Tariffs #TrumpAdministration #USPresidency #JustinTrudeau

#JustinTrudeau starts his response to #Trump's #tariffs with a very polite insult, and not so polite description of #Putin.

"The United States launched a trade war against Canada. Their closest partner and ally, their closest friend.

"At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator.

"Make that make sense.

"Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight,"

#USPol #Canada #Trudeau

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It should be reassuring that democracy is not facing a global extinction event but more a patchwork of storms — and that democracies have usually found a way to weather them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/19/world/liberal-democracy-does-not-face-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #europe #israel #democracy #donaldtrump #viktororban #justintrudeau #marinelepen #emmanuelmacron #olafscholz #giorgiameloni #benjaminnetanyahu #narendramodi #yoonsukyeol

Why Trudeau’s defeat is a huge win for Big Oil #BigOil #fossilfuels #JustinTrudeau #Canada #cdnpoli https://open.substack.com/pub/stevenstaples/p/why-trudeaus-defeat-is-a-huge-victory?r=ik120&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Happy to welcome #JustinTrudeau anytime in the other #CA (#California).

Thank you for being a friend and helping us out when we are in distress.

The CA Peeps need to stick together.

#Canada #LAFire #Malibu #PalisadesFire #SF #SFBay #SanFrancisco
#News #GreatNews

‘We are not becoming the 51st state’: B.C. Premier says Canada and U.S. need to work together
On Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump held a press conference in Florida and said he is open to using economic force to acquire Canada as a state.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

‘We are not becoming the 51st state’: B.C. Premier says Canada and U.S. need to work together
On Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump held a press conference in Florida and said he is open to using economic force to acquire Canada as a state.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

B.C. Premier David Eby holds press conference 1 day after Trudeau’s resignation
B.C. Premier David Eby is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning, one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

B.C. Premier David Eby holds press conference 1 day after Trudeau’s resignation
B.C. Premier David Eby is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning, one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

"Canadian Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday (#Canada time) that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported, citing three sources."
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/canada-pm-justin-trudeau-to-announce-resignation-as-early-as-this-week-report-20250106-p5l2co.html

A sign of things to come: #Trump calls back #ViktorOrbán before he calls back #JustinTrudeau. Distance from the US to Canada: 0 km. ... to Hungary: 6000 km. Population: Canada: 40 million, Hungary 9.6 million. As reported by #AlthiaRaj on #CBC #TheNational