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King Charles, as British Overlord of Canada, Offers Land Acknowledgment in Ottawa Address to Parliament
Britain’s King Charles III delivered a land acknowledgment at the opening of Canada’s Parliament on Tuesday, appearing to contradict his right to rule. Charles—who leads Canada as a legacy of the British colonization of the country—delivered the phrase in a speech from a literal throne in the Canadian Parliament. “I would like to acknowledge that… -
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Canada Missed Out on a Huge Opportunity
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. This week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was newly elected as the prime minister with… -
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‘Takes Two to Tango’: Trump to Forgo Talks of Annexing Canada Unless It’s Interested
While President Donald Trump still thinks Canada should become the 51st state, he said he won’t be discussing it unless our neighbor to the north is interested. “It takes two to tango,” the president said in his bilateral meeting Tuesday with Canada’s newly elected prime minister, Mark Carney. “I do feel it’s much better for… -
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Who Is Mark Carney, the Newly Elected Liberal Prime Minister of Canada?
The Liberal Party of Canada won a narrow victory on Monday night, catapulting its leader, Prime Minister Mark Carney, to his first general election win. The win is a fourth consecutive term for the party, and a remarkable reversal of fortune for Carney, who had originally faced a nearly 30-point deficit in polling to Conservative… -
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Canadian Election Results Portend America, Canada Likely to Remain at Odds
After a topsy-turvy election cycle in which the Conservatives started up 25 points before trade tensions with the United States and a Liberal leadership change, Canadian voters have given the Liberal Party another mandate in Ottawa. This is a big win for Mark Carney, the newly installed Canadian prime minister who had spent a career… -
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Canada’s Migrant Crisis Spills Over to US, Raising Concerns: The BorderLine
President Donald Trump’s first week in office saw a flurry of executive orders to secure the southern border and turn off the giant magnet attracting the world to enter the U.S. illegally. At the same time, he’s taken the gloves off interior immigration enforcement, including deportations. But while there is a lot to worry about… -
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How Trump’s Novel Legal Theory Made Mexico and Canada Cave Under Pressure
By using the threat of tariffs to pressure Canada and Mexico to pledge to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States, President Donald Trump pursued a novel legal theory. He declared an emergency then used his emergency authority to threaten to impose tariffs to get our neighbors to comply with his border enforcement… -
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Trump’s ‘Art of the Troll’ on Canada, Greenland, ‘Gulf of America,’ Panama Canal
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I want to talk today very briefly about the matter of Trump trolling. I’m kind of… -
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Political Shakeup: Facebook Fires Fact-Checkers and Trump Wants Greenland and Canada
It’s no secret that culture has heavily influenced politics over the years. Gay couples appeared in movies and TV shows long before the Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015. Likewise, Marxist and socialist ideals have been glorified in Hollywood, making way for those ideas to be promoted by lawmakers in Washington. Now,… -
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Trudeau’s Legacy Toward Christians Was Indifferent at Best, Hostile at Worst
Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his upcoming resignation after months of political turmoil inside the Liberal Party. This seemingly went public after Trudeau’s Finance Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned, due to conflicting beliefs on Trudeau’s handling of the Canadian economy. In a letter Freeland sent to Trudeau, which later was published to social media,… -
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Canada’s Pierre Poilievre Makes Bid for Power as Canadian Version of Trump
Just two months after the election of Donald Trump, Canada is on track to receive a Trumpian leader of its own—Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative Party. Poilievre, a 45-year-old from the province of Alberta who has served in Canada’s Parliament for most of his adult life, is poised to become prime minister in the wake… -
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Trudeau’s Liberal Government Tears Itself Apart as It Scrambles to Address Trump’s Tariff Threats
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A top official within Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet abruptly resigned, citing growing policy disagreements on how the country should respond to tariff threats posed by President-elect Donald Trump and his “America First” economic agenda. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland officially resigned from Trudeau’s Cabinet on Monday, according to a letter she posted publicly… -
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A Good Look at Canada’s Future Prime Minister: Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Political Life’
Canadian journalist Andrew Lawton’s “A Political Life” examines the life and career of Pierre Poilievre, a rising conservative star in Canada who is the odds-on favorite to become that country’s next prime minister. Focusing on a politician who is relatively new on the national scene—Poilievre just turned 45—and little known outside Canada, Lawton’s biography does… -
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Republicans Call for Enhanced Northern Border Security as Gazans Flock to Canada
THE CENTER SQUARE—Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to increase security at the northern border after the Canadian government began issuing visas to Gazans who may be connected to the terrorist organization Hamas. The Canadian government’s program includes giving Gazans a “Refugee Travel Document,” which replaces their passport and is accepted by U.S. Citizenship… -
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Canada’s Standard of Living, Economy Is Suffering Downturn. Blame Trudeau.
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new study by Canada’s Fraser Institute. The study compared the three worst periods of decline in Canada in the last 40… -
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Garry ‘Doonesbury’ Trudeau Is ‘Patient Zero’ of Trump Derangement Syndrome
If the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, used by psychiatrists, were to officially recognize Trump Derangement Syndrome as the serious mental illness that it is, there would be thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of leftists across the country diagnosed as suffering from the world’s only political psychosis. The best-known manifestation of Trump Derangement Syndrome came… -
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Why Did Biden Choose Venezuela Over Canada for Oil?
The United States needs more heavy oil for a whole series of reasons. President Joe Biden could have chosen to have that oil come from a close friend and ally, environmentally conscious Canada, or from one of the world’s nastiest regimes, Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela, which doesn’t give a toss about the environment. Which did he… -
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Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Program Set to Take Another ‘Prudent’ Step on Road to Perdition
The literal suicide of the West continues apace in Canada. Starting in March 2024, people with mental illness will be able to avail themselves of medically assisted suicide. That represents the latest expansion in the Medical Assistance in Dying, or “MAID,” law that launched in 2016. Some Canadians are getting ready to take advantage of… -
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In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal
The suicide of the West is becoming reality. According to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Canada saw a sharp increase in government-assisted suicides last year, with an estimated 13,500 taking place in 2022. This is a 35% increase from 2021, when 10,064 took their lives through the program. The number represented 3.3% of all deaths in…