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Poilievre says he would not ‘attack my prime minister on foreign soil’

September 10, 2026 /

On his latest tour of American network talk shows in New York City, a CNBC hosts asked Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre if he believes Prime Minister Mark Carney was “acting in good faith” in the latest round of trade negotiations, which ended on Aug. 22 when Canada walked away from the table.

Poilievre said he would not “attack my prime minister on foreign soil.” When pressed to allocate blame for the breakdown in talks, he pointed out that America hit Canada with tariffs first “and everything escalated thereafter.”

The Canadian Press: Conservative Leader Poilievre in New York to pitch closer Canada-U.S. ties

A hostile American reopens old wounds

September 10, 2026 /

At times he even intimates violence, as in a recent Truth Social post depicting himself and Mr. Carney in hockey gear, with Mr. Trump standing over a fallen Mr. Carney as though he has just body-checked the Canadian leader.

“I think it’s actually impossible to find a period where things were as bad,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs who specializes in U.S.-Canada relations. “There’s never been an occasion, ever, where an American president has said the annexation of Canada was his objective.”

NY Times: A Hostile Trump Reopens Old Wounds in the U.S.-Canada Relationship (Archive)

CIBC commits $2-billion to help finance defence-related companies

September 10, 2026 /

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is committing C$2-billion over five years for small and medium-sized defence-related and dual-use businesses in Canada.

While the tightly regulated banking sector has typically shied away from lending to riskier small and medium-sized defence companies, that approach has been changing alongside the federal government’s efforts to diversify away from dependence on the U.S. Some of Canada’s biggest banks have been ramping up efforts to expand services to the burgeoning sector.

The businesses eligible for CIBC’s program range across sectors deemed critical to Canada’s economy, including infrastructure, energy, cybersecurity, digital capabilities, and advanced technologies.

Stefanie Marotta writing in the Globe & Mail: CIBC commits $2-billion to help finance defence-related companies

Les Affaires: La Banque CIBC annonce un engagement de 2 milliards de dollars pour contribuer au développement des entreprises canadiennes du secteur de la défense et à double usage

Canada and Ukraine to scale up drone production

September 10, 2026 /

From the Prime Minister’s News Release:

“To accelerate Canada’s own production capabilities, Prime Minister Carney today announced the creation of the Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace (DDIM) Supply Arrangement. This national digital drone marketplace will connect operators and end-users to this Canadian defence ecosystem – accelerating the discovery, acquisition, and fielding of uncrewed and counter-uncrewed capabilities. This system, modelled after Ukraine’s world-leading Brave1, will ensure the reliable, rapid, and continuous supply of drones for the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard. Canada’s Allies and partners will have privileged access to nearly 400 trusted Canadian suppliers.

Canada has awarded initial contracts worth up to $50 million that will increase the number of drones currently deployed by the Canadian Armed Forces tenfold.

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Canada and Ukraine are deepening ties, signing of a 100-year partnership

September 10, 2026 /

Joint statement by Prime Minister Carney and President Zelenskyy:

The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met in Calgary on September 10, 2026, and signed the 100 Year Partnership Declaration, setting out their intention to elevate the relationship between their countries into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and confirming their aligned nature.

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Meeting at a moment of global rupture, the leaders reaffirmed their intention to build a new order founded on trust, rooted in shared values, and underpinned by the strength and determination to uphold them. They remain determined to restore a comprehensive, just and lasting peace — one that is based on respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, including its territorial sea. There can be no decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine.

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Why does Trump hate Canada so much?

September 10, 2026 /

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic:

Even by the standards of Trump’s many fixations, his obsession with Canada has become not only weird but truly destructive. He has opened a giant political and economic rift with one of America’s biggest trading partners, a sister nation, and an ally in the common defence of North America and Europe. Why does Trump hate Canada so much?

We can only speculate about what goes on in the president’s head, but his actions suggest a pattern. When Trump is frustrated about something he can’t control, he lashes out at friends harder than he does enemies.

The Atlantic: Why Trump Has It Out for Canada (Archived)

NATO must plan for a future without the U.S.

September 10, 2026 /

American action is now less predictable, and its leaders are less communicative and less reliably committed to the NATO structure that has governed European security for 75 years. Even if the U.S. doesn’t ultimately fulfill the president’s threats to leave the alliance, experts say NATO needs to prepare to go it alone.

“It has been the Russian foreign policy objective for 25 years to weaken NATO,” Jeff Rathke, who serves as president of the American-German Institute in Washington, said. “That has been a Russian aspiration since the time when Vladimir Putin came to power, and the United States’ actions now bring that closer to reality.”

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RCMP sends disaster victim identification specialists to Nepal

September 10, 2026 /

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) disaster victim identification specialists are in Kathmandu to assist Canadian officials already in the region in response to flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

Canada is assisting international efforts to locate survivors after devastating floods on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing in the region along the Nepal-China border.

Global Affairs Canada says the agency is aware of 29 Canadians and permanent residents in Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region who still have not been located.

The Canadian Press: RCMP sends disaster victim identification specialists to Nepal for flood recovery

Analysts: Trump’s war is likely to drag on well past the U.S. midterm ⁠elections

September 10, 2026 /

Matt Spetalnick, Reuters:

After six months of war, the U.S. is mired in a battle of attrition punctuated by bursts of ​hostilities – exemplified by this week’s exchange of attacks on oil tankers – while Washington tries to tighten the economic noose around Tehran.

Analysts warn it is likely to drag on well past the U.S. midterm ⁠elections in November, when voters’ opposition to the war could threaten the Republican Party’s chances of keeping control of Congress.

And, much like those earlier conflicts, there is no obvious exit even as the economic costs weigh on U.S. consumers.

Reuters: Trump’s Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 ‘forever wars’

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