I strongly encourage you all to watch the federal ministers' session this morning. This is Dominic LeBlanc (finance), Mélanie Joly (foreign affairs) and François-Philippe Champagne (innovation, science and industry). It starts about 25 mins into the stream: www.youtube.com/live/LnY6qS3... - ThreadSky

edtubb.bsky.social • 19 hours ago

I strongly encourage you all to watch the federal ministers' session this morning. This is Dominic LeBlanc (finance), Mélanie Joly (foreign affairs) and François-Philippe Champagne (innovation, science and industry).

It starts about 25 mins into the stream:

https://www.youtube.com/live/LnY6qS3Feio?si=YiQkcuyZcvHgLNVN

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petesky.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I just pinned it on X & posted it here before seeing this. Canadian Public Access Channel is by far my favourite everyday news source in Canada.

Personally, I almost always prefer watching in 'langue originale' we get free language lessons and a brush up on what every Canadian learned in school ❤️

petesky.bsky.social•15 hours ago

FYI everyone I didn't watch on YouTube @cpac.ca starts at the beginning; the full 47+ minute broadcast is here:
https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/canada-responds-to-us-tariff-hike-on-steel-aluminum--march-12-2025?id=84fff8e4-f832-4a3b-ad3b-0c68ece3dbf8

damccaig.bsky.social•18 hours ago

These three individuals deserve Canada’s highest award for remaining at their posts, doing the yeomen’s work of keeping our country alive and well, while we work on finding a new government. I don’t know where we would be without them. Perhaps the US’s 51st state!

maximummeh.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I strongly hope that under new leadership more liberal voices get to be heard. These past two months we've really seen the strength of individual members of our government and that should continue.

petesky.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I hope so too, Vanessa…as it happens that was one of the tenets of Ms. Gould's platform.

I hope everyone stuck it out for the Q&A François-Philippe totally rocks, too. the very end is great. Ministers are working round the clock and maintaining such healthy senses of humour in very tough times.

edtubb.bsky.social•19 hours ago

(I don't believe this session was live translated, but the ministers do a good job of not letting a thought go by in just the one official language.)

edtubb.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The emphasis in this session, LeBlanc explains, is "dollar-for-dollar" retaliation. Canada's measures total $29.8 billion in tariffs with, "of course," ongoing conversations about further retaliatory measures.

This is a "day-to-day fight" Joly says, laying out the recent, dizzying timeline.

msclarke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Joly is doing a good job

edtubb.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Here's the start of Joly's opening statement. I strongly encourage a listen.

"The excuse for (Trump's) tariffs shifts every day. The only constant in this unjustified and unjustifiable trade war seems to be President Trump's talks of annexing our country through economic coercion."

ladyscorcher.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I particularly like that she pronounces his name trompe.

marnanightingale.bsky.social•17 hours ago

“The H’art of the deal” was also good.

ladyscorcher.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Then I think she code switched when she was addressing Europeans? Really well done.

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