PJ The Belt - May 30, 2026


Trump Just Gave Carney an ULTIMATUM..


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China's foreign affairs minister is in Ottawa. The trip comes at a pivotal moment for both Beijing and Ottawa. Both are pushing back against U.S. imposed tariffs. President Donald Trump is continuing to warn of a substantial response if the Canadian government signs a deal with China.

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00:00:00.000 China's foreign affairs minister is in Ottawa.
00:00:02.720 The trip comes at a pivotal moment for both Beijing and Ottawa.
00:00:06.300 Both are pushing back against U.S. imposed tariffs.
00:00:09.520 Our leaders set out a clear and ambitious vision for our recalibrated relationship.
00:00:16.300 Canada, in conclusion, is committed to deepening engagement with China.
00:00:20.620 We have momentum to continue this work together.
00:00:24.960 Well, a deal that wasn't going to be good for us is the line, ultimately,
00:00:28.020 because, you know, I'm playing it out and we're going to see.
00:00:30.400 And that's what I do. I negotiate. They negotiate.
00:00:32.580 They're very good negotiators. They're crafty.
00:00:35.520 But in the end, we have all the cards.
00:00:38.580 U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to warn of a substantial response
00:00:42.680 if the Canadian government signs a free trade deal with China.
00:00:46.760 If they do a deal with China, yeah, well, there's something very substantial.
00:00:50.620 We don't want China to take over Canada.
00:00:52.580 And if they make the deal that he's looking to make, China will take over Canada.
00:00:58.800 This whole thing with China didn't happen overnight.
00:01:02.040 For months now, Carney has been quietly signaling a shift towards Beijing, talking about reengagement, stability, expanding cooperation, even as Canada's relations with Washington have been getting more and more hostile.
00:01:16.280 You've seen it in the tone, you've seen it in the meetings, and you've seen it in how often Canada sides with Europe and other globalist organizations instead of the U.S., even on core security issues.
00:01:26.480 But here's the part most people are missing, and this is critical.
00:01:30.340 China doesn't separate trade, diplomacy, or security the way Western countries do, and that means that any deeper cooperation with them always comes with strings attached.
00:01:40.560 So the real question isn't whether Canada is getting closer to China. It's what Ottawa has already given up to make that happen.
00:01:47.820 As you're well aware, CSIS has said that the People's Republic of China is Canada's greatest espionage and foreign interference threat, and that its activities threaten Canada's national security and long-term economic prosperity. 0.58
00:01:59.400 And your former colleague, Christopher Freeland, has also said that absolutely your government was considering banning Chinese-made software and electric vehicles to counter the security threat from China. 0.82
00:02:08.800 And you cited similar rationale in your ban from a year and a half ago.
00:02:12.840 So I guess my question is, really nothing has changed in terms of the security threat from the software.
00:02:18.940 Last time you were here, you said you're working on a framework, but the import of these is now allowed.
00:02:23.280 So is this framework considering banning the software from those vehicles?
00:02:27.040 Are they going to come in as some sort of empty shells in that regard?
00:02:29.980 So I think these are really good questions that should be asked to the Minister of Public Safety
00:02:34.040 and also Minister of Transport as they're working on a new software approach when it comes to EVs.
00:02:40.280 Thank you.
00:02:40.520 But you're working on that with them.
00:02:41.640 You said that last time you were here.
00:02:42.700 Are you not being consulted?
00:02:43.920 I am, but I'm not in charge of CSIS.
00:02:45.880 So you're not concerned about the security implications?
00:02:48.540 That's not your job to worry about that? 0.91
00:02:50.240 You're just bringing them in?
00:02:51.140 If a U.S. ally, even a close ally, has a problem with a U.S. foreign policy proposal,
00:02:57.720 President Trump says he doesn't care, even when it's Canada.
00:03:01.540 The president says Canada is against the Golden Dome being built over Greenland,
00:03:06.620 even though the Golden Dome would protect Canada.
00:03:09.140 Instead, they voted in favor of doing business with China, 0.86
00:03:11.460 who will eat them up within the first year.
00:03:14.040 That post follows a somewhat defiant response to recent Trump criticism of Canada
00:03:19.080 from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
00:03:22.180 But Canada doesn't live because of the United States.
00:03:27.100 Canada thrives because we are Canadian.
00:03:30.980 Well, I guess it was only a matter of time. I mean, when you look at the way the Canadian government's been behaving towards the United States, you quickly begin to realize that things just aren't the same between the two countries.
00:03:42.360 Don't forget, we basically protect Canada. But here's the problem with Canada. So many friends up there. I love the Canadian people. They're great. But we're spending hundreds of billions a year to protect it. We're spending hundreds of billions a year to take care of Canada. We lose in trade deficits. We're losing mass. We don't need their cars. You know, they make 20 percent of our cars. We don't need that. I'd rather make them in Detroit.
00:04:08.780 the days the days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollars to the united states are over
00:04:16.380 in the past you would have expected a canada that would have been
00:04:22.460 much more aligned with the united states but that simply isn't the case anymore and here's
00:04:28.480 the part that most people aren't paying attention to because this next move it's what's actually
00:04:33.340 putting Washington on alert. What he's about to do with China on security could trigger a further
00:04:39.420 response from Washington. Beijing, Canada's greatest security threat. That was during the
00:04:45.480 election. Despite this, within a year, he signed a memorandum of understanding with communist China
00:04:50.920 as it relates to security matters. I have been asking for that memorandum of understanding
00:04:56.600 for over five months. The minister, the prime minister have refused to disclose it. When will
00:05:03.120 they produce the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed with Communist China.
00:05:08.680 You know, the United States has recognized that the CCP is infiltrating Canada,
00:05:12.480 and that threat level has increased substantially. It's only been recently that the U.S. administration
00:05:17.600 has taken steps to identify it and call Canada out. Should Canada take further steps with the
00:05:24.540 CCP, we don't know where that could go. You know, from Chinese boots on the ground to munitions to
00:05:31.880 that military type support. That's a bigger concern, I think, for the United States than
00:05:37.420 the hybrid warfare pieces at this moment. It's been building for the last 30 years and say,
00:05:42.640 you need to fix what's going on in your country because we're worried about you.
00:05:47.720 And that's where the concern is. And now you're worried that it's accelerating,
00:05:51.460 basically. That's what you're saying, right? Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. It's definitely
00:05:56.120 accelerating um the brakes have been taken off um the constraints that that that were once there are
00:06:03.560 are no longer limiting so the ccp is has a free run in canada and for the prime minister thawing
00:06:10.200 relations with china is offering political challenges too over issues like chinese
00:06:15.720 election interference and beijing's detention of the two michaels and this is where the questions
00:06:21.560 come in because this isn't just a foreign policy story it's a choice is canada actually moving away
00:06:28.280 from the united states or is ottawa gambling but it can play both sides without consequences i
00:06:33.880 cannot speak to the specifics of what is in the mou based on a obviously an agreement with our
00:06:40.840 partner in that particular case chinese law enforcement that we would not disclose anything
00:06:46.280 in the agreement without their permission.
00:06:49.520 Donald Trump's ambassador in Ottawa again making waves,
00:06:53.240 now saying Canada has no hope of getting any substantial tariff relief.
00:06:57.840 We put tariffs on everybody in the world.
00:07:00.420 In an interview with Radio Canada, P. Hoekstra says there will be no exceptions.
00:07:05.240 There's different tariffs for different parts of the world,
00:07:07.720 depending on economic circumstances and that,
00:07:09.820 but the concept of tariffs is uniformly applied to everyone that we trade with.
00:07:16.280 Indeed, Trump's trade representative has railed against the Trudeau-era Online Streaming Act,
00:07:21.680 which allows for these higher levies, saying Canada must drop a law that discriminates against
00:07:26.900 U.S. tech and media firms if there's any hope of renegotiating KUSMA. The Motion Picture
00:07:32.900 Association that represents the streamers also says a rate hike on them violates Canada's
00:07:38.620 obligations to free trade. The issue is, of course, the two sides haven't had any sort of
00:07:43.520 formal trade talks in months. Do you think this security cooperation with China is smart or is
00:07:49.140 Canada playing with fire here? And if Washington does respond, will Canada be ready for what comes
00:07:54.180 next? Let me know what you think in the comments. And if you want more breakdowns that cut through
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