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The mango monster can rename Lake Ontario whatever he wants. Because nobody cares what he does any more.
The folks south of the border have given up even trying to look like they’re going to do something about him. Given up even a semblance, an iota, a vanishing distant spark of interest in effectively dealing with the mobster they elected, regardless of the crimes he commits and the lives he destroys around the world. Google is already lining up to change the maps the world uses, because of course they are. Spines are optional for the tech bros.
North of the border, Canadians are cancelling streaming services, vacations, airport layovers, subscriptions, and repeating orders that don’t say Made In Canada. We are literally throwing out things we spent money on already because even having those things in the house reminds us of the betrayal.
Canadians are polite and kind until we’re not. There’s one thing above all others that flips that switch: When trusted partners betray us.
Call it whatever you want. Words are easy. Canadians will believe what you do, not what you say.
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Dear Americans apologising to Canadians for the tariffs:
Thanks and everything, but here’s the thing:It’s been 18 months of this behaviour from your glorious leader since the mango monster first mused about annexing Canada, taking what he wanted, making us the 51st state and all that.
And you let him. You let your own elected official bully your most loyal and trustworthy friend for 18 months and did nothing about it.
Canadians are famously polite and will shovel out your driveway after the plow comes by and never ask for credit. But if you twitch the curtain and see us getting beaten up in the street, turn out the lights and hide behind the couch, we will remember. And when we remember, it’s forever.
The apologies are noted, but we aren’t going to hang around the fence waiting to see if the next administration you elect is a little bit less assholey. We got the message loud and clear at least a year ago. You don’t care enough to change.
So we’re already gone. Asia, India, Europe... Don’t expect us to host the neighbourhood barbecue. We’re just not around that much any more.
#Canada
#ElbowsUp
#TrueNorthStrongFree
#KickAtTheDarknessTilItBleedsDaylight
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“Trump just started a sovereignty fight with the one country that can raise his gas prices, his food prices, his electricity bill and his borrowing costs simultaneously, and the man deciding how hard to squeeze spent his whole life learning exactly where the arteries are.”
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-the-annexation-papers-what?r=53zwwo&utm_medium=ios
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Our beloved national broadcaster, CBC, is my go to for great entertainment, news, weather, and sports.
$5/mo ad-free or free with some ads.
Radio anywhere
TV
Streaming
CBCLite for low bandwidth
CBC Gem app for streaming
Kids programming
Podcasts
International shows and movies
Diverse, inclusive.#BuyCanadian
#ElbowsUp
#TrueNorthStrongFree
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Trump thought we would cave the way he would. But he has no idea of the resolve of a Canadian whose trust has been lost. We don’t whine and grandstand. We just…walk away.
Canada is ready to match tariffs dollar for dollar. We will boycott American goods just as surely as the snows come in winter. I will eat Canadian food, watch Canadian television, and give up American goods with a smile on my face and an elbow aimed due south.
#ElbowsUp
#Carney
#canada
#TrueNorthStrongFree
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One thing Canadians are really good at is being flexible when the world changes around us. Freezing temps, snow, heat, blackflies, mosquitoes, hurricanes, tornadoes…
Be patient, look after your neighbours, and don’t waste your time on bullsh*t. The world will bring you grief, so don’t go looking for it.
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“ Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals.
“Carney has set a goal for Canada to double its non-U.S. exports in the next decade.”The US told us what it thinks of us. We listened and took it seriously. So, Carney is making sure we move fast, to develop alternative, more reliable trading partners.
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-dn7OdvqiQIqstXpoUDXMyg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
This is the “subjugation” of which PM Carney spoke.
Canadians are already moving on, finding new places to travel, new trading partners, and new suppliers.
And building our own strengths and capabilities at home, with people we can trust.
No more. We are done. We are so done.
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NATO will stand with or without the US. Canada will and must lead. We have punched above our weight in every war started by others, and now is no different. We help keep the peace, and we do it well, without bloviating, bragging, or playing toy soldiers. We don’t want war, just as we don’t want winter, but when winter or war comes to us or our allies, we do what must be done. Quietly, bravely, effectively, not looking for bragging rights. Just looking for peace, order, and good government, so we and our allies can get on with the timeless human pursuit of community, friendship, and thriving.
Charlie Angus wrote today:
“In 1939, the odds against the democratic world were massive.
Canada was a poor nation with a small population. But from the get-go, Canadians stepped up and did our part. And in the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill praised Canada as the linchpin of the democratic resistance.
80 plus years later, democracy is again facing serious threat, and Canada is being tested. A year ago, there were many who thought we would bend or buckle, but we have stood our ground.
Canadians are playing a key role with democratic allies. We are fighting for a just peace in Ukraine. And we are standing up to the fascist threat posed by gangsters who reject democracy and use violence to impose their will.
2026 will be hard and chaotic, but Canadians know what is at stake. We can be counted on once again.”
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#TrueNorthStrongFree
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Must listen: Diplomacy In The Age of Donald Trump
From Canada’s former Ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae, on Canada’s public radio.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1424-just-asking/clip/16191354-diplomacy-age-donald-trump https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1424-just-asking/clip/16191354-diplomacy-age-donald-trump
#Canada
#TrueNorthStrongFree
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Public service announcement:
Canada is not part of “America”
Canada is not IN “America”
Canada is a sovereign country with, you know, a government, and provinces (not “States”) and a Prime Minister, and foreign policy, and industry, and history, and a publicly funded national news organization, and exports fish and scientists and comedians, and everything.And when you say “America” and what you mean is “Canada, the United States, and Mexico” you are very likely, like 94% or higher probability, to be recorded in the Canadian Book Of Really Silly People We Don’t Take Seriously.
So, act accordingly.
#Canada
#UkraineIsNotRussia
#CanadaIsNotAmerica
#WeTheNorth
#TrueNorthStrongFree
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Boycotting Disney? Subscribe to CBC Gem
Kids’ programming is brilliant
International, diverse, and award-winning TV and movies
Documentaries
Comedy (of course. All good comedy starts in Canada.)
News#cbcgem
#SubscribeToDemocracy
#KickAtTheDarknessTilItBleedsDaylight
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You know what TV channel you should subscribe to instead of Disney, Hulu, etc?
CBC
For $5 / month, you get amazing, non-American entertainment with no ads: news, sports, drama, comedy, LGBTQI, Aboriginal, international, and more. Can’t afford $5? It’s free with ads.
#TrueNorthStrongFree
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Fascists just can’t understand how the majority of people in a country will act on principle, even if it means some discomfort for them. Canadians will bend but we won’t break. And the thing no one is expecting is that we innovate when challenged.
#KickAtTheDarknessTilItBleedsDaylight
#TrueNorthStrongFree
#StandTheGaffhttps://charlieangus.substack.com/p/maga-is-freaking-out-over-canadas
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I hope those who need shelter, or food, or safety, or kindness find it tonight, and tomorrow, and the next day, everywhere.
The only way out of this mess is if we all want that for each other, no matter where we are from, what language we speak, or why we are in the circumstance we are in.
Happy Canada Day on Tuesday to everyone who wants democracy, freedom to protest, public broadcasting, free medical care for all, and the separation of church and state.
We’re not perfect in Canada. Far from it. But generally, we know it and we talk about it. And so far, we keep working on it, together, over time.
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To be detained, exploited, or threatened?
I’ll stay in beautiful, democratic Canada and support my neighbours at 2/3 the price, but thanks for the offer. When you’ve seen to your fascists…well, no. You didn’t stand up for us when your king threatened to annex us, so you reap what you sow. The relationship is over.
From: @CTVNews
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Canada being held to ransom. AGAIN!
Charlie Angus on Trump’s threat if Canada doesn’t give in to his annexation protection racket.
Thanks Charlie!
https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/trumps-protection-racket?r=53zwwo&utm_medium=ios
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@cbc_top_stories from the article:
"Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday that it will cost Canada $61 billion US to join the Golden Dome "if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation," but will cost nothing "if they become our cherished 51st State."
He claimed Canada is "considering" the offer." #TrueNorthStrongFree #delusionaldonnie -
Well, I’m glad one American doesn’t want to invade Canada, ffs.
Do my American friends realize this is happening? That Trump is so serious about invading Canada that a bill to prevent it was raised in your government? Do you? Hello…hello…
#Canada
#Trump
#BoycottAmerican
#StandTheGaff
#TrueNorthStrongFree
#ElbowsUpU.S. Congress bill aims to prevent funding of invasion of Canada - CTV News https://apple.news/AJ6-L58yrQ56_1qhnibHgaQ
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ELBOWS UP CANADA!
When the other team hurts your teammates, it’s elbows up!
If Trump wants to play dirty, he’s gonna get elbowed right out of his jockstrap.
#KickAtTheDarknessTilItBleedsDaylight
#trueNorthStrongFree
#GordieHowe
#canada
#mikeMyers
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🍁 Canadians
Mike Myers sent us the call on SNL: Elbows Up!
https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/elbows-up?r=53zwwo&utm_medium=ios
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#TrueNorthStrongFree
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🍁Canadians support 🇺🇦Ukraine.
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🍁 Canadians:
Google maps listing Canadian parks as “State” parks.
Stop using Google Maps.
In fact, stop using Google if you can.
‘An attack on our Canadian identity’: Google Maps users report provincial parks mislabelled as ‘state’ parks - CTV News https://apple.news/AMDofwMqrRiGj56Avv5yFDw
#Canada
#BoycottAmerican
#BoycottGoogleMaps
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🍁Canada celebrates 60 years of flying the Maple Leaf today.
We have a flag, like most of our neighbours. We’re not nationalists by habit, but today we hung it from our front porch to give courage to all the people fighting against bullies and fascists.
But we also have a Canadian flag paddle. Hand-painted in BC and hanging in our window in Nova Scotia.
May Canada always have a paddle when canoeing up the turbulent waters of North American diplomacy.
Kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight.
#MapleLeafForever
#CanadianContent
#TrueNorthStrongFree
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Grow vegetables.
Draw a picture.
Sing.
Play an instrument.And do all of the above with others. In person, at a community garden or centre, online, in a video call. Show each other your vegetable seedlings, your sketches, your photographs. Celebrate the human experience of bringing something into the world that has not existed before, yourself, in your own way. Not owned by a corporation and consumed because of FOMO. Not to be judged, bought and sold, and thrown away when it is no longer fashionable according to self-proclaimed “influencers.” Not for approval and social capital, but as a reminder to yourself and others that the act of creation is THE reason to live.
Create simply because it’s fun. Emerging, gently, honestly, happily, and tentatively from your own hands and spirit.
Because creation is the opposite of destruction. Those who wish to destroy our will to resist are delighted when we just stop trying to create for our own pleasure. They know that if we stop caring about the reason democracy exists - freedom to create, freedom to choose, freedom to act - then they have won.
If we are to resist, we must remind ourselves WHY. Every day. Over and over. And show others we are creating without fear, so they can have courage to create, too.
Science, medicine, art, literature, community programs, social services - those all exist in order to sustain our freedom to create. To learn. To grow and thrive.
So today, go plant a seed. Make a picture. Sing a song in the shower.
Kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight.
#TheResistance
#CanadianContent
#CreationDay
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Saturday is Canada’s National Flag Day.
Maple Leaf Forever.
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Kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight.