by Brad Reed | Sep 15, 2026 | Article, Canada, Economy, Economy and Inequality, Politics and Movements: International, Politics and Movements: US, Reprint, Trump
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Aug. 24, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.
Politicians from Canada’s two biggest political parties vowed on Monday to hit back hard against US President Donald Trump’s trade war against their country.
Trade negotiations between the two countries collapsed last week after Trump reportedly sought to restrict Canada from striking trade deals with other nations, while also pressuring the country to scrap requirements aimed at preserving the use of the French language.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that Trump’s aggression would come back to hurt US workers.
“It’s not a surprise that the US would take some form of reprisal to our response to their unjustified tariffs,” said Carney, a member of the center-left Liberal Party. “But what message does that send to the workers in Michigan and Ohio and Kentucky and Alabama who rely on Canadian demand? We’re their largest customer for automobiles, more than the European Union, Japan, Korea.”
Mark Carney: “It’s not a surprise that the US would take some form of reprisal to our response to their unjustified tariffs, which was on top of other unjustified tariffs. But what message does that send to the workers in Michigan and Ohio and Kentucky and Alabama who rely on… pic.twitter.com/2o5rbEmQAo— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 24, 2026
Carney also said there was an “attitude at the negotiating table” from US officials that “Canada is a subsidiary of the United States,” which is “not something we’re going to accept.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a member of the rival center-right Progressive Conservative Party, delivered a more strident rebuke to Trump, vowing that Canada’s response would deliver a hit to
by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours | Jul 22, 2026 | Canada, Gaza, Israel, Museums, Nakba, News, Palestine, Racism
For decades, Ramsey Zeid’s parents have passed down stories about their home village of Bayt Nabala — and its destruction when the State of Israel was created in 1948. And for just as long, the Palestinian couple, who now live in the Canadian province of Manitoba, had to counter attempts to brush away their experiences during the Nakba — the forcible displacement of about 750,000…
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by Olivia Rosane | Jul 17, 2026 | Big Oil, Canada, canadian wildfires, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Enbridge Line 5, First Nations, Fossil Fuel Industry, Fossil Fuels, Green New Deal, News, Ontario, Sunrise Movement, Wildfires
As wildfires raged across Canada on Thursday, sending dangerous smoke across the border into major US cities, climate advocates called for accountability for the fossil fuel industry, which knew for decades that its products were largely responsible for the climate crisis, yet chose to push climate denial instead. While fire is a natural part of the lifecycle of Canada’s boreal forests…
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by Olivia Rosane | Jul 17, 2026 | Article, Canada, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Oil, Reprint
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on July 16, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.
As wildfires raged across Canada on Thursday, sending dangerous smoke across the border into major US cities, climate advocates called for accountability for the fossil fuel industry, which knew for decades that its products were largely responsible for the climate crisis, yet chose to push climate denial instead.
While fire is a natural part of the lifecycle of Canada’s boreal forests, the heating of the atmosphere due to the burning of oil, gas, and coal has made fires more frequent and extreme.
“We need Nuremberg trials for Big Oil,” the youth-led Sunrise Movement wrote on social media in response to the fires.
We need Nuremberg trials for Big Oil. https://t.co/nHhbDXB06X— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) July 16, 2026
Climate Defiance agreed, posting, “Nuremberg-style trials are in order for the fossil fuel executives who knew what they were doing to our children’s futures and did anyway.”
There were 884 fires burning in Canada on Thursday, with 124 out of control, according to the country’s national wildland fire summary. Over 100 fires were raging in Ontario alone, where they have forced the evacuation of at least 15 rural communities; destroyed homes in the Indigenous community of Collins First Nation, or Namaygoosisagagun; and polluted the skies over parts of the upper Midwest and Northeastern US.
As of Thursday evening Eastern time, the four cities with the worst air quality in the world were Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Toronto, according to IQAir.
People have shared dramatic footage of the fires on social media. One video shows a train moving through a blaze near Armstrong, Ontario. Thankfully, all crew members were evacuated safely, The Guardian reported.
This is near Armstrong, Ontario. When will the Canadian National Railway Company make a statement about this incident?
by Sharon Zhang | Jul 17, 2026 | Canada, Climate, Climate Crisis, Mark Carney, News, Republicans, Sanctions, Wildfires
Republican members of Congress are introducing legislation to impose sanctions on Canada over the fact that the smoke from wildfires has spread to the U.S. — an absurd effort to blame Canadian officials for the spread of the smoke without acknowledging the role of the climate crisis in supercharging the fires. In a statement, Sen. Bernie Moreno’s (R-Ohio) office says he blames Canada and…
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by Jessica Corbett | Jul 4, 2026 | alberta, Big Oil, Canada, Climate Crisis, Mark Carney, News, Pipelines, Tar Sands
On the heels of young Canadians suing over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s climate “failure” and people across the country mobilizing to urge the government to “stop fast-tracking destruction,” the Liberal leader on Thursday made a pair of fossil fuel-related announcements that sparked fresh anger. Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conservative Party announced that the…
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