Mark Carney must wake up to fact China is no friend

Prime Minister Mark Carney takes his seat after arriving at the First Ministers meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Thursday July 23, 2026. Photo by Tim Krochak/Postmedia

It’s official: Canada’s counter tariffs kicked in at 12 a.m. Tuesday, slamming an eclectic list of goods that includes dairy products, cosmetics, haircare, softwood, steel rods and window frames. All will cost between 25 and 50 per cent more, in response to U.S. tariffs that show no sign of going away any time soon. To the contrary, U.S. President Donald Trump is just getting started, sending a stream of over 60 posts on Truth Social Monday in which he threatened to ban aerospace giant Bombardier from selling aircraft in the U.S. Read more