🇨🇦 Carney asks provinces to end bans on U.S. alcohol sales as part of trade deal

So the grand Canada First trade posture lasts right up until Mark Carney gets on the phone and tells the provinces to put Kentucky bourbon and California wine back on the shelves. After months of chest-thumping, the ask is surrender first, details later. We still do not have the terms, but Carney is already congratulating negotiators for progress, as reported. Reduced tariffs, not eliminated, is now being spun as some strategic masterstroke. That is not leverage. That is Ottawa teaching Canadians to celebrate smaller losses.

And look at the choreography. Doug Ford shifts from no U.S. sales until tariffs are removed to suddenly being open to a fair deal. Tim Houston is ready to fold pending the paperwork. Meanwhile Trump says U.S. farmers will be thrilled, which tells you exactly whose interests are being protected with enthusiasm. Carney claims Canada entered with the best overall trade terms, yet we are the ones reversing our measures before seeing the fine print. Globalist managerialism in one scene: soothing language, opaque negotiations, and Canada expected to clap while our bargaining position is traded away for certainty.

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