To celebrate today’s supreme court decision.
The Truckers were right. pic.twitter.com/2ZbViyYzob
— Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker (@Martyupnorth) January 16, 2026
Shameless Plug for Gord Magill’s new book ‘End of the Road’. Buy a copy and upset Mark Carney’s New World Order.
And of course the we need to hear from Tamara and Big Red on the only Canadian news source with any integrity.
The Department of Canadian Heritage briefing for Minister Marc Miller describes certain population segments as disengaged from federal communications, positioning the CBC as a vital pillar for fostering social cohesion and promoting approved themes. Critics, including the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and conservative voices, call it proof of the broadcaster acting as a taxpayer-funded propaganda tool, with nearly $2 billion in annual support. While polls show majority support for keeping the CBC, trust lags among conservatives amid low viewership and bias claims; the CBC recently added 33 local journalists across 77 communities.
China Daily’s take on Mark Carney’s visit: pic.twitter.com/uB3mdWKaix
— Andy Lee (@RealAndyLeeShow) January 15, 2026
[…] No progress on tariffs imposed on Canadian pork, canola, and seafood exports to China, according to @CTVNews
Serious question: Did PM Carney actually meet with China’s President Xi?
I haven’t seen any footage during this trip showing both leaders in the same room.
@RobertFife – China propaganda mouthpiece tells @MarkJCarney to be subservient to Beijing
I like Jeff Snider’s podcasts and in this one he spends the first half talking about Canadian real estate investment funds that are starting to restrict payouts. Given that Canadian real estate values are crashing, if they don’t halt outflows the funds could quickly become insolvent. The Bloomberg article he quotes is behind a paywall, but he conveniently scrolls through it so you can read the whole thing.
Dan Knight- From “Biggest Threat” to Beijing Handshakes
Trump on USMCA renegotiation "I don't really care about it, so it might go away. No real advantage to us. It's irrelevant to me. Canada would love it. Canada wants it. They need it."
"Because we don't need Canada product. That's the thing. You know, I want to be a nice person,… pic.twitter.com/aG68X7vJiz
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) January 13, 2026
Blacklock’s- Cuts Are Five Percent, Not 10
Federal agencies yesterday outlined payroll cuts that were half the 10 percent stated by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Budget Office had sought the figure for months.
“There is a lack of detail regarding the impact on individual programs within each organization including the reduction in personnel and potential service level impacts,” said a Budget Office report. “It is unclear if or when the government plans to publish this information or how it will report on the progress and results of the exercise.”
More evidence of Canadian exceptionalism. But not something to cheer about.
The unemployment rate rose to 6.8 per cent in December, StatCan said, up from 6.5 per cent in November.
What’s really notable is where the losses are occurring:
The professional, scientific and technical services sector meanwhile shed 18,000 positions to end the year, and the accommodation and food services industry also faced losses.
HOLY CRAP 🤯 Michael Ma who just betrayed his constituents to join the Liberal Party, is now travelling with CARNEY to CHINA
Ma, born in Hong Kong, Vice Chair of the Canada China Legislative Association
You can’t even make this up, NOT GOOD @stevenchase pic.twitter.com/L0BXyIO0is
— Melissa 🇨🇦 (@MelissaLMRogers) January 8, 2026
National Post- Carney to visit China to talk trade with Xi
It will be the first trip to China by a Canadian prime minister in nearly a decade, after a diplomatic row was sparked by Canada’s 2018 arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. executive Meng Wanzhou on a US extradition warrant. Shortly after, China detained two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and held them until a deal to release Meng was reached with US prosecutors in 2021.
18 tweet rant – because it’s important:
China imports ~4% of their crude from Venezuela.
I suspect most have zero clue what China owns in Canada, and I’m astonished and angered by the naivety of my fellow countrymen.
I’m not putting my elbows up – we deserve what we’ll be getting.
Why?
Because we’ve been wilfully ignorant and complacency has consequences.
Threadreader version here. h/t Prairie Putz
The Food Professor has some predictions for Canadian agricultural policy in 2026. Here’s hoping that we’ll see moves to either liberalize or end our supply mismanagement system.
Even if the United States has little genuine interest in exporting more dairy to Canada – and even if Canadian consumers show limited appetite for it – President Trump now understands, far better than during his first term, that supply management is a potent political wedge.
The system protects roughly 9,400 dairy farmers who exert disproportionate influence over agricultural policy, while compensation payments continue to flow without any meaningful reduction in production or market share. For a growing number of Canadians, this arrangement increasingly resembles a closed loop rather than a public good.
If you tuned into CBC today, this is the first you are hearing about a new Zelinskyy corruption scandal… as an aside from an Atlantic Council sr. fellow guest
"But also secondly is that, you know, the Ukrainian population right now is very, very disappointed in him for not… pic.twitter.com/dbynNBPz03
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) December 28, 2025
Blacklock’s- Mexican Embassy Is Fed Up
The Government of Mexico complains it is too expensive and bureaucratic to do business with Ottawa. The candid report by diplomats comes three months after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a “new era of cooperation” with Mexico.
The report was submitted to the Senate foreign affairs committee. Ottawa was so dysfunctional that Mexican diplomats had difficulty getting basic data here, it said.
It’s probably not a good idea to “stand firm” when your feet are in quicksand.
As Canada approaches a review of its key free trade deal with the United States next year, Unifor national president Lana Payne says it’s important to stand firm for a good deal. Payne said it’s important to play hardball, and not allow tariffs to be legitimized in any form. Instead, Canada needs to hold out and let the “self-inflicted wounds” of tariffs create pressure instead.
“We’re seeing that now in the United States where their economy is suffering and worsening by the day,” Payne said in a Dec. 19 interview.
Way down. Might as well stick a fork in us. Since GDP is just a measure of all the borrowing and spending in an economy no matter who undertakes it, it’s disturbing that our economy is contracting despite record deficits for all levels of government. The real problem is shrinking private sector manufacturing.
The Canadian economy shrank by a greater-than-expected 0.3% in October, the largest drop in almost three years, on weakness in both the goods and services sectors, official data showed on Tuesday.
The manufacturing sector dropped by 1.5%, partly reflecting a 6.9% plunge in machinery output. Wood product manufacturing dropped by 7.3%…
