Mark Slapinski - July 27, 2026


Canada ESCALATES Retaliation Against Trump’s Tariffs


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5 minutes

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185.24

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1,051

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80


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00:00:00.320 Canada has decided to retaliate against Trump's unjustified trade war.
00:00:05.020 Today I'm going to explain the latest threats coming from the United States
00:00:08.040 and how Canadians are pushing back.
00:00:10.480 For context, the trade war between Canada and the United States,
00:00:13.900 that started when Donald Trump took office in his second term.
00:00:17.380 He has continuously put tariffs on and off of Canada,
00:00:20.620 giving a number of conflicting reasons.
00:00:22.920 Most of them lack basis in fact.
00:00:25.220 Despite his own Republican congressman voting against them
00:00:27.860 and the Supreme Court declaring them illegal,
00:00:30.680 Trump has refused to end the trade war he started with Canada.
00:00:34.520 Now Trump has escalated by threatening even more tariffs,
00:00:37.920 50% tariffs on a number of Canadian goods.
00:00:40.920 Today in Canada, we decided to fight back.
00:00:43.640 An unknown person or group of people fired shots at the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto.
00:00:48.400 Police in Toronto are investigating a shooting outside the U.S. consulate.
00:00:52.720 This is the second one to take place at the consulate this year.
00:00:56.240 Global's Victoria Famille is on scene with the very latest.
00:00:59.760 So, Victoria, what is the latest?
00:01:01.420 What are we hearing from authorities?
00:01:03.040 What are they saying about this shooting?
00:01:05.900 Good morning, Miranda.
00:01:07.480 Yes, so we heard from police.
00:01:08.700 They did provide an update this morning that it was actually a police officer
00:01:12.120 who had heard the gunfire just before 5 o'clock this morning,
00:01:15.420 and it didn't take long for evidence of gunfire to be located in the area of the U.S. consulate.
00:01:20.920 That was obviously located by police.
00:01:22.920 Now, have a look at the scene here behind me.
00:01:24.400 police are still very much on scene in a very large presence. Just a moment ago, I saw forensics
00:01:29.260 taking photos of the scene outside of the consulate. Now, I don't approve of violence
00:01:34.460 or property destruction. However, this is an example of how Canadians, they're reaching their
00:01:39.700 breaking point, and now they're ready to push back. Canada, we were good friends to America.
00:01:45.380 Most notably was a response to 9-11. Canadians let American planes land in Newfoundland.
00:01:50.720 We took care of our American neighbors as they dealt with the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in history.
00:01:57.320 And we did this because we were friends.
00:01:59.340 And that's what friends do.
00:02:00.880 Canada also fought alongside America in World War II.
00:02:04.060 Despite having disagreements, Canada and America, we were strong allies.
00:02:08.200 That is, until Trump's second term.
00:02:10.760 Since being re-elected, Trump has done everything he can to destroy the relationship with Canada
00:02:15.440 by lying about us, threatening to take us over, and violating a trade deal that he signed with us.
00:02:21.620 During a press conference in early 2025,
00:02:24.260 Trump stated his intention to annex Canada using economic force.
00:02:28.000 Sir, real fast, you're considering military force to acquire Panama and Greenland.
00:02:33.920 Are you also considering military force to annex and acquire Panama?
00:02:37.560 No. Economic force.
00:02:40.020 Because Canada and the United States, that would really be something.
00:02:44.200 You get rid of that artificially drawn line, and you take a look at what that looks like.
00:02:50.400 And it would also be much better for national security.
00:02:52.800 Don't forget, we basically protect Canada.
00:02:55.160 But here's the problem with Canada.
00:02:57.600 So many friends up there.
00:03:00.380 I love the Canadian people.
00:03:02.240 They're great.
00:03:03.440 But we're spending hundreds of billions a year to protect it.
00:03:07.180 He has repeatedly referred to Canada as the 51st state and threatened to drop tariffs only if Canada joined the United States.
00:03:14.520 He's lied about Canada, saying that America subsidizes us by $200 billion a year.
00:03:19.000 That's not true.
00:03:20.240 America has a trade deficit with Canada, but only because we sell them so much cheap oil,
00:03:24.980 and they use that to power their economy.
00:03:27.040 Despite being the one who negotiated the current trade deal between Canada and America,
00:03:31.420 Trump has repeatedly violated it.
00:03:33.460 He can't seem to make up his mind on what he actually wants from Canada.
00:03:37.160 First, he wanted us to secure the border.
00:03:39.300 Once the Trudeau government came to the table, he just moved the goalpost.
00:03:43.020 And then he started complaining about other issues that were already covered under Kuzma, such as dairy tariffs.
00:03:49.200 He recently reneged on a deal that Canada made with a bridge connecting Windsor to Detroit,
00:03:54.240 pressuring Canada to hand over 50% of bridge tools, and that's despite the fact that Canada paid for the bridge.
00:04:00.420 Understandably, the majority of Canadians, they're very upset with Trump.
00:04:03.880 77% of Canadians see Trump as a serious threat to the Canadian economy, according to a recent study by Pew Research.
00:04:10.380 After Trump's threats of additional tariffs on Canada, most Canadians are mad and they're ready
00:04:14.860 to hit back. The majority of Canadians right now support retaliatory tariffs, and that's according
00:04:19.840 to a recent study by Angus Reid. I believe most Canadians, they're aware that retaliatory tariffs
00:04:24.560 are going to make things a little bit more expensive, but that's a price that they're
00:04:28.300 willing to pay. The only people that are not angry at Trump right now in Canada are the people
00:04:32.900 connected to Paul Yev. Right-wing podcasters in this country, many of which attended Paul Yev's
00:04:37.860 leadership convention earlier this year, they've been oddly sympathetic to Trump. They claim that
00:04:42.360 Trump is not Canada's problem, or that any problem with Trump is Carney's fault. This has led to
00:04:47.560 Andrew Coyne writing an infamous article slamming the lack of patriotism on the Canadian right.
00:04:52.940 Rather than acknowledging their Trump admiration problem, these right-wing idiots, they've chosen
00:04:57.840 to double down. This is why critics, including myself, have labeled these people traitors.
00:05:03.160 The trade war is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better.
00:05:07.400 However, the loser is going to be Trump.
00:05:09.640 He has the midterms coming up, and his approval rating is super low.
00:05:13.260 I believe Carney is playing chess right now.
00:05:15.580 Trump is currently fighting an unpopular war with Iran, and he has seen even his most loyal supporters turn on him.
00:05:21.500 Gas prices are through the roof, which is increasing the cost of living in America.
00:05:25.700 Raising taxes further on its own people is just going to ensure that Trump's Republicans lose the midterms.
00:05:30.900 Trump declared economic war on his closest ally, but it appears that this pointless war will cost him his political career, and rightfully so. Talk to you next time.