Western Standard - Western Standard News Update ｜ Stockwell Day： Carney weakened Canada in U.S. trade war ｜ 27 Aug 2026

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00:00:15.240 The death toll from devastating flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border has continued

00:00:20.280 to rise, with more than 350 people now reported dead and more than 1,300 missing as rescue

00:00:28.280 crews search areas devastated by a massive surge of water ice rock and debris declassified records

00:00:37.320 show federal civil defense planners considered creating an elite list of canada's brightest and

00:00:43.640 most skilled people who would be protected from nuclear war and passed with helping rebuild the

00:00:50.280 country the 1954 privy council proposal called for a preservation of brains and skills initiative

00:00:57.720 that would identify Canadians whose intelligence and experience were considered essential to keeping

00:01:03.880 the government functioning and restoring the country after a nuclear attack. The escalating

00:01:10.360 trade war between Canada and the United States is among the worst in both nations' history,

00:01:17.640 with Prime Minister Mark Carney's foreign policy contributing to Ottawa's weakened

00:01:23.640 negotiating position according to stockwell day they who served as federal international

00:01:30.280 trade minister and conservative prime minister stephen harper's government from 2008 2010 told

00:01:37.560 the western standard that the liberal government's current foreign policy agenda has created a great

00:01:43.400 deal of friction with the trump administration that's it for now join us next time for more

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Western Standard - August 27, 2026