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American commentator Phillip P O'Brien has posted his views on the latest Canada-US trade talks. https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/canada-is-right-the-usa-cannot-be?utm_campaign=email-post&r=3un3o&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

LOO?

Plus, most of them are already produced here in Canada under licensing agreements. There are reason for the decline and like you say none have anything to do with Canadian Marketing boards. An AI search turned up the following examples: Plus, Americans complaining about Canadian Marketing...

Key U.S. demands included: Lifting Alcohol Bans: Provinces must end retaliatory bans on U.S. liquor and wine, returning American products to store shelves. Dairy Market Access: Canada must modify its supply management system to allow greater access for U.S. dairy producers, specifically...

Not necessarily. One of the reasons Biden cancelled it was because he was VP when President Obama shut it down. No way was he going to let it stand, plus Trump had okayed it so that couldn't stand. So another Democrat President may not be in a hurry to cancel another Keystone XL project...

Next time Scaramucci makes a prediction we should pay attention. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trump-canada-tariffs-taco-scaramucci/

That's kind of funny considering that back in June the USAF announced it was cancelling the E-7 Wedgetail because of cost over runs and survivability issues. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/air-force-cancels-e-7-wedgetail-citing-survivability-and-cost-concerns/

And I hope that before we buy new tanks/SP guns/MCAV we actually go out in the field and test them rather than relying on the manufacturers propaganda. Or because someone in Ottawa wrote the RFIs to favour a specific manufacturer.

Defence Analyst Wesley Wark has some thoughts on various leaks that are appearing in various media outlets: https://wesleywark.substack.com/p/get-a-trade-deal-get-ready-to-give

A couple of updates on Canadian defence related news: https://defence-industry.eu/invisio-secures-canadian-armed-forces-framework-worth-up-to-sek-450-million-for-tactical-communications-and-hearing-protection/...

I on the other hand being a landlubber found it very informative and learned a lot of information about the Halifax class ships I had never known before. I also found it interestingly that while being a US commentator he used kilometers instead of miles. Will have to check some of his other stuff.

Couldn't they make a port call on the way home? Say Australia.

Interesting article about abut SAAB's plans to increase production of its Gripen E/F to fulfill a potential order of 100+ aircraft for Ukraine. https://united24media.com/defense-tech/ukraines-gripen-ambition-grows-as-saab-prepares-to-double-output-bad-news-for-russian-aviation-21531 SAAB is...

What goes around, comes around.

And who would pay for any damage? Towing company? Insurance?