“The United States and Canada are in a fight, obviously,” said Fox News commentator Shepard Smith on Monday afternoon:
“President Trump accusing the country’s prime minister of making false statements, and the president’s trade adviser saying there’s ‘a special place in hell’ for the leader of Canada, our biggest trading partner in all of the world, our best friend from way back in World War II and every time in between. Canada. Maybe we need a northern wall.”
Watch Shawn James build a log cabin by himself in the Canadian woods. Okay, maybe his dog helped him a little.
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Developer-in-Chief Donald Trump just increased the cost of America’s new homes and decreased US construction jobs. How? putting a punitive tariff on imports of wood from Canada. “We’re going to be putting a 20 percent tax on softwood lumber coming in — tariff on softwood coming into the United States from Canada,” tweeted the president.
Canadian softwoods — pine, spruce, fir — are used to frame most new home construction in the USA.
More:
“In New Trade Front, Trump Slaps Tariff on Canadian Lumber,” Peter Baker and Ian Austen, New York Times
“Why Is Trump Bashing Canada All of a Sudden?” Joshua Keating, Slate
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“Gift Shop,” by Canada’s The Tragically Hip, 1996. Please exit through gift shop.
Related:
“Tragically Hip: Dying singer Gord Downie bids Canada farewell,” BBC News
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July 1st is Canada Day, Fête du Canada. It’s a day for fireworks, Labatt’s, and Molson’s. Pass the poutine, please.
“Snowbank Blues,” by New Brunswick’s Gary Cook.
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“What Ever Happened To Christmas?” writtened and performed by Andy Kim and Ron Sexsmith. The more well-known song of the same name, recorded by Frank Sinatra, is by Jimmy Webb.
The video, directed by Keith Holding, was filmed on a Toronto street corner (on a typical day, eh?).
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On Sunday college dropout Scott Walker, Wisconsin governor and low-ranking GOP presidential candidate, told Chuck Todd that building a wall along the Canadian border is “a legitimate issue.” It certainly would be an issue to build a wall along the world’s longest international border, since the 5,525-mile-long structure would cost unknown trillions of dollars.
“Of course we would vigorously oppose any thickening of the border,” said Canadian Defence Minister Jason Kenny. Reaction from the Great White North has been fairly muted, since Canada has a big election of its own on October 19th.
Everyone likes burgers. Everyone likes fresh coffee. But not everyone likes the impending merger of the USA’s Burger King and Canada’s Tim Hortons.
Canadians are demanding that the new corporation’s HQ locate in Oakville, Ontario, job security for all Tim Hortons franchise employees in the Great White North, that Tim Hortons remain a distinct brand, with a board that’s at least 50% Canadian, and more. Politely demanding, of course.
Here in the States, critics claim that Burger King will avoid $117 million in U.S. taxes through the merger. Of course, no one will care if the BK creepy King branding the burgers is replaced by Dudley Do-Right as long as those Whoppers keep coming.
So does Burger King’s acquisition of Tim Hortons mean that the US triumphed over Canada? Nope. Burger King is owned by a Brazilian private equity firm.
More:
“We finally have an idea of how much money Burger King will save by moving to Canada,” Roberto A. Ferdman, Washington Post
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Just in time for Canada Day, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has returned to town after a two-month rehab stint at GreeneStone treatment center. He apologized for embarrassing the city with his erratic behavior and escapades, declared himself “ashamed, embarrassed and humiliated” and said he “has no one to blame but myself,” but he’s still running for re-election in October.
More:
“Crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford says he’s sober as he returns to office after two months of rehab,” Sasha Goldstein, New York Daily News
“Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: Rehab saved my life,” BBC News
“Rob Ford: What powers does he still have as mayor?” CBC News
“Rob Ford begs for another chance after his stint in rehab,” Canadian Press via Maclean’s
“Rob Ford, with equal parts contrition and bombast, makes it clear he isn’t going away,” Richard Warnica, National Post
“Rob Ford returns: But can he still win the mayoral race?” Mark Gollom, CBC News
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