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Scotty

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  • Former Canadian Deputy PM Says China Benefits the Most From US-Canada Trade Spat, Warns We Should Be Skeptical of Commitments from Beijing

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  • Her remarks are absolutely accurate. She must know it because China tried to coerced Canada into a trade agreement via the Canada China Business Council, using Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig as sort of bargaining chips. Freeland was minister at the time.

    Canada is also a great supporter of Ukraine in its war against Russia. It doesn't make much sense to engage in a trade deal with China which is the single largest enabler of Moscow's war machine and provides the economic lifeline for Putin.

    It also contradicts Mark Carney's own warning from April 2025 that named China the "largest security threat" for Canada.

    Canada needs to diversify its trade. This trade deal with China is not diversification, though. It risks to become another dependence trap.

    @wampus@lemmy.ca

  • Former Canadian Deputy PM Says China Benefits the Most From US-Canada Trade Spat, Warns We Should Be Skeptical of Commitments from Beijing

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  • Canada's trade with EU countries and similar like-minded democracies in the Indo-Pacific is extremely low, there is a lot of potential. China will use any leverage in the future for political and economic coercion.

    If Canada engages in some sort of 'tit-for-tat' business, it's fair enough, but any trade deal will lead to unreasonably high risks for Canada's independence.

  • Former Canadian Deputy PM Says China Benefits the Most From US-Canada Trade Spat, Warns We Should Be Skeptical of Commitments from Beijing

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  • Canada's trade with EU countries and similar like-minded democracies in the Indo-Pacific is extremely low, there is a lot of potential. China will use any leverage in the future for political and economic coercion. China doesn't necessarily need an 'amphibious landing in Vancouver.'

  • Former Canadian Deputy PM Says China Benefits the Most From US-Canada Trade Spat, Warns We Should Be Skeptical of Commitments from Beijing

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  • China's reliability depends on China's government in the first place. It has nothing to do with the US nor anyone else. Beijing isn't becoming better because Washington -or anyone else- is getting worse. The danger for Canada doesn't come only from the south.

  • World News @quokk.au
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Former Canadian Deputy PM Says China Benefits the Most From US-Canada Trade Spat, Warns We Should Be Skeptical of Commitments from Beijing

    www.bloomberg.com /news/videos/2026-02-25/china-benefits-from-us-canada-trade-spat-freeland-says-video
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Former Canadian Deputy PM Says China Benefits the Most From US-Canada Trade Spat, Warns We Should Be Skeptical of Commitments from Beijing

    www.bloomberg.com /news/videos/2026-02-25/china-benefits-from-us-canada-trade-spat-freeland-says-video
  • World News @lemmy.world
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Iran: Children Among 30 People at Risk of Execution

    amnesty.ca /urgent-actions/iran-children-among-30-people-at-risk-of-execution/
  • World News @quokk.au
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Iran: Children Among 30 People at Risk of Execution

    amnesty.ca /urgent-actions/iran-children-among-30-people-at-risk-of-execution/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Toronto Rallies Again in Support of Iran’s Lion-and-Sun Revolution Following Historic 350,000-Person Demonstration

    www.globenewswire.com /news-release/2026/02/25/3245083/0/en/Toronto-Rallies-Again-in-Support-of-Iran-s-Lion-and-Sun-Revolution-Following-Historic-350-000-Person-Demonstration.html

  • Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

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  • Did

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  • Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

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  • Nah, a vast majority of Iranians rejects the Islamic Republic. There are several independent surveys that prove that, as this one from 2024 said:

    ... The Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN), which conducted the survey in June 2024, said ...., "A majority of the population opposes the Islamic Republic and supports changing or transforming the political system." ... Support for the principles of the 1979 revolution and the Supreme Leader fell to 11 percent, down from 18 percent in 2022. By contrast, some 40 percent of participants said regime change was a precondition for reform, while another 24 percent favored a structural transition away from the current system.

    A clear majority of Iranians do not want the theocracy that came to power with the 1979 revolution. They want a secular democracy.

  • Ukraine @sopuli.xyz
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    Long read

    Why One Canadian Traded Saskatchewan for War-Torn Ukraine -

    thewalrus.ca /why-one-canadian-traded-saskatchewan-for-war-torn-ukraine/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org
    Long read

    Why One Canadian Traded Saskatchewan for War-Torn Ukraine -

    thewalrus.ca /why-one-canadian-traded-saskatchewan-for-war-torn-ukraine/

  • Indigenous-led clean energy projects could help clean up Canada's grid, say advocates

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  • Yeah, it's just important that these panels and batteries are produced in Canada and like-minded democratic allies rather than, say, China. It wouldn't make sense to become dependent on autocratic regimes.

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Indigenous-led clean energy projects could help clean up Canada's grid, say advocates

    www.cbc.ca /news/indigenous/indigenous-clean-energy-climate-targets-9.7098216
  • Europe @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Germany and Canada intensify cooperation on clean mobility

    www.cleanenergywire.org /news/germany-and-canada-intensify-cooperation-clean-mobility
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Germany and Canada intensify cooperation on clean mobility

    www.cleanenergywire.org /news/germany-and-canada-intensify-cooperation-clean-mobility

  • ‘Chinese court rules against Xi’s tariffs’ and other headlines you won’t see [Opinion]

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  • Yet compare the American outcry and mass protests over these crackdowns to the Chinese response to the Uyghur genocide.

    @Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.work

  • ‘Chinese court rules against Xi’s tariffs’ and other headlines you won’t see [Opinion]

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  • The linked article makes very good points. A US court has ruled Trump's tariffs unlawful, while a Chinese court wouldn't rule against Xi's tariffs. Several US media still publish articles critical of Trump, but there are no article in Chinese media criticizing Xi. There is no doubt that despite Trump's decline into a dictatorship, China is far ahead in that respect.

    But as you're trying to ridicule the source without commenting on the content: what is a good source for China?

  • Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

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  • Canada prepares an aid package for Cuba as it faces fuel shortages worsened by the US oil embargo. And Canada does and should stand with the Iranian people against an oppressive regime that has killed thousands in the last weeks.

    These are just two points of your comment that is misleading and in some parts outright wrong.

  • Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

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  • For the Trump agenda? The Iranians have been (once again) fighting against their oppressive regime and demand a change.

  • World News @lemmy.world
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org
    Opinion

    ‘Chinese court rules against Xi’s tariffs’ and other headlines you won’t see

    thehill.com /opinion/international/5748170-canadians-shifting-views-us-china/
  • Global News @lemmy.zip
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org
    Opinion

    ‘Chinese court rules against Xi’s tariffs’ and other headlines you won’t see

    thehill.com /opinion/international/5748170-canadians-shifting-views-us-china/
  • World News @quokk.au
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org
    Opinion

    ‘Chinese court rules against Xi’s tariffs’ and other headlines you won’t see

    thehill.com /opinion/international/5748170-canadians-shifting-views-us-china/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org
    Opinion

    ‘Chinese court rules against Xi’s tariffs’ and other headlines you won’t see

    thehill.com /opinion/international/5748170-canadians-shifting-views-us-china/

  • Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

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  • It's correct, but she is correct ;-)

  • World News @quokk.au
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

    montreal.citynews.ca /2026/02/16/anand-says-regime-change-in-iran-would-be-required-for-restarting-diplomatic-ties/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    Scotty @scribe.disroot.org

    Canada FM Anand says ‘regime change’ in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties

    montreal.citynews.ca /2026/02/16/anand-says-regime-change-in-iran-would-be-required-for-restarting-diplomatic-ties/

  • Canada’s pragmatic turn towards China is not without strategic limits [Opinion]

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  • It's just an exaggeration to make a point calm down.

    This is an ignorant and disgusting statement imo that only helps to whitewash the Chinese party-state's genocidal policies.

  • Canada’s pragmatic turn towards China is not without strategic limits [Opinion]

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  • As this nonsense comes mostly from Americans ...

    Questioning China as a reliable partner isn't nonsense but justified and necessary. And this op-ed's author is a Canadian, born in the former Soviet Union, and raised in Afghanistan.

  • Canada’s pragmatic turn towards China is not without strategic limits [Opinion]

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  • There are more than just two options, and China certainly isn't better than the US.

  • Prime Minister Carney Should Have Firm Guardrails When Resetting Canada–China Relations [Opinion]

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  • Who is "our"? Whose community is this in your view?

  • Prime Minister Carney Should Have Firm Guardrails When Resetting Canada–China Relations [Opinion]

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  • I am not anti-China but pro-Canada, and this is a Canada community.

    It is weird that you say "our" community with "tankie" in your account name.

  • Canada must strengthen its China EV deal to protect autoworkers

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  • Corrected, thanks.

  • Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals

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  • You have apparently commented in the wrong thread. Your comment has nothing to do with linked article's content and China.