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Rob Breakenridge: Criticizing Carney's tariffs is hardly treason

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27.08.2026

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Rob Breakenridge: Criticizing Carney's tariffs is hardly treason

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is not anti-Canadian for advocating a different approach

In a feeble attempt to cast Canada as the villain and aggressor, the White House released a “fact sheet” on Tuesday laying out our alleged trade transgressions.

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Canada, the White House says, is guilty of having imposed “discriminatory” tariffs on U.S. vehicles, of banning American alcohol in most provinces, and of “locking out” U.S. dairy through tariff rate quotas “more restrictive than those given to Europe.”

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Of course, none of this happened in a vacuum. Canada didn’t just wake up one day and decide to wage economic warfare against our largest trading partner. This fact sheet conveniently omits the American imposition of tariffs on Canadians which preceded our retaliation.

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We were content to maintain our trading relationship with the United States, as per the deal negotiated under........

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