25% tariffs on auto imports is brutal.

This is going to kill so many jobs in Canada—unless the government does something drastic.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/trump-announces-25-tariff-on-all-cars-not-made-in-us/

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This is a wild news conference!

Canadian Prime Minister Carney’s first foreign meeting is with French President Macron.

Traditionally, the first meeting would be with USA or UK. But now his first meeting is with France.

Symbolically, this represents a big re-alignment geo-politically. And if you hear Macron’s words, you’ll understand exactly what this means: he says Canada and France have a shared cultural heritage and values.

But also, unlike Trudeau, Carney has an Anglophone heritage. Not Francophone. Yet here, he primarily speaks French in this news conference. Because the emphasis here is that French is a core element of Canadian identity.

What does this mean? Already, Canadian media are calling France—not USA—Canada’s closest ally. This has never happened in my lifetime.

https://youtu.be/RHnyIWZh_cs

French media is also noticing that choosing France for Canadian Prime Minister’s first foreign visit is highly unusual, and the symbolism is not lost on them.

https://youtu.be/Z2i6ovTNoqg

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