Mark Slapinski - February 26, 2026


Poilievre SLAMS Trump Over Tariffs


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

141.50943

Word Count

205

Sentence Count

12


Summary

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What President Trump says about Canada is wrong. Our trade surplus does not represent exploitation by Canada of the United States of America. Quite the opposite, in fact. It is the result of us selling very good and very well-priced, below-market-priced raw materials which America then upgrades and turns into massive profits for its economy. Ironically, U.S. workers gain six-figure salaries turning our raw meat into profit to their country. And they owe a big debt of gratitude to Canada for allowing us to take those resources to world markets.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 What President Trump says about Canada is wrong.
00:00:03.760 Our trade surplus does not represent exploitation by Canada of the United States of America.
00:00:08.840 Quite the opposite, in fact.
00:00:10.840 It is the result of us selling very good and very well-priced, in fact, below-market-priced raw materials,
00:00:19.800 which America then upgrades and turns into massive profits for its economy.
00:00:24.500 Ironically, U.S. workers gain six-figure salaries turning our raw meat material into profit to their country,
00:00:35.060 and they owe a big debt of gratitude to politicians and bureaucrats in Canada
00:00:39.960 who have blocked us from building the necessary infrastructure to take those resources to world markets.
00:00:46.540 He's also wrong to ignore the sacrifices Canada has made for the United States.
00:00:53.260 Canadians fought and died along Americans in Afghanistan.
00:00:56.300 And let's be clear, we did that exclusively in response to an attack on our American neighbors.
00:01:02.820 We also fought and bled along America, not just in the trenches of Western Europe,
00:01:08.460 but in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, defending American territory in the Second World War.
00:01:15.680 And of course, we joined rapidly to fight communism in Korea,
00:01:19.260 And in countless other ways, our cooperation, whether it's NORAD or
00:01:23.300 our efforts to secure the Arctic, have been beneficial to both countries.