Canada prepares for The Return of the Orange Man

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The Supreme Court appears to have ruled 5-4 that the President can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport the Tren de Aragua gang
Decision
This lifted Temporary Restraining Orders put in place by a DC district court judge.
The Court added that the alleged gang members are entitled to file for Habeas Corpus, but that must take place in the jurisdiction where the gang members are being held (Texas).
The decision was 5-4 with 3 of the 4 swing votes joining the 2 originalists and the other swing vote (Amy Coney Barrett) joining the 3 liberals.

#163

Meanwhile, the administration is downplaying the chances of a new trade deal with Canada.
Secretary Lutnick (Commerce) observed that “They have their socialist regime and it’s basically feeding off of America.”
President posted on Truth Social, “I look forward to meeting the new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. I very much want to work with him, but cannot understand one simple TRUTH - Why is America subsidizing Canada by $200 Billion Dollars a year, in addition to giving them FREE Military Protection, and many other things?”
He added during an NBC interview, “Again, remember this, we don’t need their cars, we don’t need their lumber, we don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything."
“We do very little business with Canada. They do all of their business practically with us. They need us, we don’t need them.”
One thing that always got me was the Canadian Content rules on TV and radio.

#164

SCTV’s Bob and Doug McKenzie skits were hilarious!! On the other hand, The Trouble with Tracy was a piece of garbazh!!! :-1:

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#165

Pretty crazy how it ended up being Carney and not Poilievre. Poilievre would’ve probably suited the Trump administration better.

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#166

I’ve seen Poilievre described as Canada’s Mitt Romney.
With the Canadian electoral system, Governor Trudeau actually lost the previous election in 2021. Back then, Trudeau’s party came second in the vote (33.12% vs 34.34% for the winning party) but got the most MPs (157 vs 121).This time, Carney’s party got 43.8% vs Poilievre’s 41.3%.