Carney Has Canadians’ Support on Trump. Now Comes the Hard Part.

29 August 2026 at 12:03

The U.S.-Canada trade war has galvanized Canadians behind their prime minister’s decision to walk away from negotiations. What happens when the time comes for talks to restart?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, after trade talks with the US collapsed earlier this month.

Untested in court, Trump's new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions

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By: Paul Wiseman · Associated Press

29 August 2026 at 18:58

The president's Section 338 tariff authority has never been used, let alone tested in court.

The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us | Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian

By: Arwa Mahdawi

29 August 2026 at 15:00

Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratings

Don’t mention the war! Or the economy, for that matter. Or the Epstein files. Or Natalie Harp. Or “affordability”, which, as Donald Trump recently said at a rally, is a word that was “never used” by the media before he took office. Best not to talk about anything that affects ordinary people or embarrasses the president, really. Instead, let’s all rejoice in Trump’s latest triumph: renaming Lake Ontario, which is shared by Canada and the US, as Lake America.

On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to America-fy the lake’s name on US maps and documents, which is an excellent use of time and resources. I suppose we can at least be thankful that the president, who is trying to slap his own name on everything from airports to the Kennedy Center, didn’t decree that the body of water be called Lake Trump.

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist

‘If it’s made in the US, I don’t buy it’: Canadians on boycotting Trump’s America

The Guardian

By: Jane Clinton

29 August 2026 at 15:02

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

For William McDonald, 38, a diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, “Canadian is always the first choice,” even if it means his weekly bills are higher.

“As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February [last year], I started boycotting US goods,” he said. “Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I’m still happy to do it.

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