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Canada alone? What other world leaders have said publicly about Trump’s ’51st state’ threats

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• International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they're ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state rhetoric and whether it was genuine or whether it was just bluster.’

Canada alone? What other world leaders have said publicly about Trump’s ’51st state’ threats

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• International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they're ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state rhetoric and whether it was genuine or whether it was just bluster.’

Premiers send ‘strong message’ in D.C., but defusing Trump’s tariff bomb a big hurdle, say observers

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USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding

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Greens can tap into global network as Canada finds itself with few friends amid U.S. threats, say co-leaders

Hearts and minds: premiers’ mission won’t change Trump’s tack, but can still help Canada, say politicos

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• Economic measures like procurement bans and retaliatory tariffs can be used against the U.S., but a non-threatening approach would better resonate with Americans, says former Ontario deputy premier Dwight Duncan.

Hearts and minds: premiers’ mission won’t change Trump’s tack, but can still help Canada, say politicos

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• Economic measures like procurement bans and retaliatory tariffs can be used against the U.S., but a non-threatening approach would better resonate with Americans, says former Ontario deputy premier Dwight Duncan.

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

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‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week

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Public Safety Minister McGuinty endorses Mark Carney’s ‘quiet competence’ to lead Grits

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Public Safety Minister McGuinty endorses Mark Carney’s ‘quiet competence’ to lead Grits

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Liberal MPs Battiste and Kelloway spar over nomination for same Nova Scotia seat

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‘Canada First rally’ expected to be major rebranding of Conservative campaign, say senior Tories

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Strong ‘political will’ provides ‘catalyst’ to breakdown stubborn internal trade barriers, says Anand

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Prolonged Trump-triggered surge in Canadian patriotism may move electoral needle, say pollsters

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‘People aren’t laughing as much anymore,’ says Sen. Boehm after Trump repeats calls for Canada to become 51st state

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‘Divide and conquer’: Canada and Mexico offer unco-ordinated tariff response after premiers’ slights

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Parliamentary Calendar

Ford to lead Canada’s premiers on joint mission to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12

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Eric Miller explains the tariff war

Q&A | Tariffs, retaliation, and free trade with consultant Eric Miller

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• A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.

Q&A | Tariffs, retaliation, and free trade with consultant Eric Miller

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• A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.

Border-town mayors fear being ‘hit first and worst’ amid trade war uncertainty

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More money, more options: Tories’ record 2024 fundraising provides ‘ultimate advantage’ in election, say pundits

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‘We work for Canadians’: Dagenais recalls his Senate career

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NDP look to ‘meet the moment’ with Trump response, but fail to shift story from Tories: Holmstrom

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Canada ‘not out of the woods’ in tariff stand-off with president who ‘thrives on ambiguity,’ say Canada-U.S. experts

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• 'Even being mentioned in the same breath as China on trade relations is beyond bizarre,' says former foreign minister Peter MacKay.

Canada ‘not out of the woods’ in tariff stand-off with president who ‘thrives on ambiguity,’ say Canada-U.S. experts

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• 'Even being mentioned in the same breath as China on trade relations is beyond bizarre,' says former foreign minister Peter MacKay.

Trade war kicks off: Trudeau announces retaliation after Trump makes good on tariff threat

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Trade war kicks off: Trudeau announces retaliation after Trump makes good on tariff threat

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‘We will not back down’: the transcript of Trudeau’s response to Trump’s tariffs

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‘We will not back down’: the transcript of Trudeau’s response to Trump’s tariffs

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Anchors away? Grits to keep Freeland-era fiscal guardrails as Ottawa faces tariff shock: LeBlanc

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Anchors away? Grits to keep Freeland-era fiscal guardrails as Ottawa faces tariff shock: LeBlanc

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Finance and Budget

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Innovation sector under tariff war needs more protection and diversified trade partners, says business advocates

Federal government suggests some spending it claimed drove fall deficit overrun was already in spring budget

Freeland’s proposed U.S. bid ban is ‘extreme’ and ‘unrealistic,’ could hurt Canada, say observers

Lobbying

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China

Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs pose ‘existential crisis’ for Canada, with risks even if not enacted, says Unifor president

Legislation

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

Prorogation sank Senators’ bills, but some see a silver lining amid frustration

Civil servants and the public ‘will suffer’ without moving bill on whistleblower protection, says Centre for Free Expression director

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Public Service

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Civil servants the unsung heroes steadying the ship against Trump’s tariff waves

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