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The Elbows Up crowd has created the perfect political system.Carney gets a deal? Brilliant negotiator.Carney gets no dea...
08/22/2026

The Elbows Up crowd has created the perfect political system.

Carney gets a deal? Brilliant negotiator.

Carney gets no deal? Strong leader.

Tariffs disappear? Victory.

Tariffs hit Canada? Trump’s fault.

Canada retaliates and Canadians pay more? Courage.

Businesses need billions in support afterward? Compassion.

There is apparently no possible outcome where anyone has to admit this strategy might be failing.

Nothing captures this moment better than reading people cheer:

“Proud of Carney. He didn’t cave.”

Wonderful.

Can I pay my hydro bill with that?

Can a manufacturer use it to cover higher input costs?

Meanwhile Canadian businesses still need customers. Workers still need jobs. Manufacturers still have to decide whether Canada is worth investing in.

At some fu***ng point the scoreboard matters.

08/22/2026

Guys, I think we owe the Elbows Up crowd an apology.

We doubted them.

We said electing Mark Carney because he was supposedly the sophisticated economic genius who could “handle Trump” might not work.

But no. They knew better.

So lead us, guys. Seriously. You won. Your guy is Prime Minister. Show us the master plan.

Oh… the Americans are hammering Canada with tariffs again?

Okay. Part of the strategy.

Trade negotiations collapse?

Also strategy.

Canadian businesses get another round of uncertainty?

Obviously strategy.

And now comes my favourite part... whenever an agreement with the Americans starts looking possible, suddenly getting a deal is suspicious because (brace yourself) it might benefit Americans too.

Yes. That's generally how trade works.

Canada gets something. America gets something. Everybody goes home claiming victory.

But the Elbows Up movement backed itself into a hilarious political corner. They spent so long portraying virtually any compromise with Trump as surrender that Carney now has to negotiate while an entire chunk of his own base is waiting to scream “HE CAVED!” the second America benefits from anything.

So what's the alternative?

No deal?

More tariffs?

More uncertainty?

Canadian workers and businesses absorbing the damage indefinitely so Liberal boomers can maintain their emotional support slogan?

Apparently that's “standing up for Canada.”

And when the negotiations fail, we're now told that is a victory too because Carney “didn't cave.”

Amazing.

They've invented a political philosophy where every outcome proves them right.

Deal? Carney is a brilliant negotiator.

No deal? Carney stood his ground.

Tariffs? Trump's fault.

Economic pain? Necessary sacrifice.

Compromise? Capitulation.

Failure? Leadership.

At what point are we allowed to ask for an actual fu***ng result?

Because younger Canadians don't get to pay their mortgages with “Elbows Up.” Businesses can't make payroll with Liberal pride. Workers don't give a s**t who won the Twitter argument when their livelihood is caught in the middle.

You elected the economic mastermind.

You told everyone he was the man for this exact moment.

So enough slogans. Enough excuses. Enough grading him on intentions.

Lead.

Get Canada a good deal.

And if your definition of a “good deal” is one where America receives absolutely nothing in return, congratulations...

You've finally discovered why you're not the one negotiating.

This is becoming absolutely indefensible.According to the United States Trade Representative, Canada declined to finaliz...
08/22/2026

This is becoming absolutely indefensible.

According to the United States Trade Representative, Canada declined to finalize a trade deal under terms agreed earlier this week and instead introduced new demands and walked back other commitments.

And look at what the Americans say was on the table...
Reduced tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber.
Critical-minerals cooperation.

Aerospace supply-chain coordination.

Expanded digital trade.

A broader economic and national-security partnership.

And Canada was reportedly being offered better treatment than any other major exporter into the U.S. market.

Yet somehow Mark Carney.... the supposed global economic mastermind.... couldn't bring it home.

Now we're staring at 50% tariffs and another enormous economic headache with the country that is, by an absurd margin, Canada's most important customer.

This is precisely the situation Canadians were told Carney was uniquely qualified to handle.

So where is the competence?

You don't get elected as the great international negotiator and then expect Canadians to applaud while one of the most important negotiations in the country collapses.

This is such an immeasurable failure on Canada's most important economic relationship.

****ed

08/22/2026

Apparently this is Canadian patriotism now. 🇨🇦

Buy the wrong bottle of booze and you should be publicly shamed as a “traitor.”

Remember when Canadians could disagree without treating their neighbours like enemies?

Watch this one.

****ed

There was a time when most Canadians trusted that our institutions basically worked.Then came the moments that made peop...
08/22/2026

There was a time when most Canadians trusted that our institutions basically worked.

Then came the moments that made people start asking harder questions.

Different Canadians have different breaking points.

These are a few of them.

Which one changed you?

Three children are dead.Five years old. Three years old. Eight months old.Their mother killed them.Their names were Cora...
08/21/2026

Three children are dead.

Five years old. Three years old. Eight months old.

Their mother killed them.

Their names were Cora, Dawson and Callan.

And somehow there are Liberal women across the continent lining up to make HER the sympathetic figure in this story.

Pink shirts. Public rallies. Endless excuses. Nearly a million dollars raised around her.

No.

Absolutely not.

There are three kids who deserve every ounce of sympathy here and they are Cora, Dawson and Callan.

This reflex to explain away every horrific act until the person responsible becomes the victim is one of the most morally bankrupt habits in modern progressive culture.

There is something deeply broken in a culture that can look past three dead children because it is more emotionally satisfying to identify with the adult who killed them.

Those children were the victims.

Not the person who killed them.

I just can't get over how gross this story is.

08/21/2026

I have watched this a few times now.

Still waiting for it to make more sense.

There is something uniquely modern about watching activists proudly combine causes that, outside a Western protest march, can have some pretty serious disagreements about values.

And yet here they are.

Same parade.

Same banners.

Same chants.

Maybe I am old fashioned, but I generally like to know whether the people I am loudly defending would extend me the same courtesy.

Apparently that question has fallen out of fashion.

08/21/2026

There is a reason clips like this are getting such strong reactions right now.

Canadians are tired of being told not to believe what they can see happening in their own communities.

Housing shortages.

Packed transit.

Overloaded health care.

Schools under pressure.

And neighbourhoods changing incredibly quickly.

None of that means the people arriving are bad people.

It means the federal government treated population growth like a numbers exercise while ordinary communities were left to absorb the consequences.

A serious country should be able to welcome newcomers without completely losing control of the pace.

Canada seems to have forgotten that there was supposed to be a brake pedal.

08/21/2026

Be honest.

How good are you at letting something go when your blood is absolutely boiling?

Because this guy gets tested.

His window gets smashed with a bat and the person responsible starts driving away.

At first, he does nothing.

And that is exactly why you need to watch the rest.

There is a point where anger, pride and common sense all start arguing with each other.

I am curious which one you think won here.

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