le sigh “A pact that guarantees decades of American business would probably push firms currently sitting on the sidelines with stacks of cash to invest in one of this century’s mining booms. But these megaprojects run through indigenous lands.”
Carney’s colossal Canada-US pact
It would give America a first right of refusal on Canadian minerals
Canadian politicians are using the destruction of civil liberties in America as a distraction to destroy civil liberties in Canada. They aren’t “resisting America” or “fighting for Canadian sovereignty”. They struck a deal with Trump to continue providing resources to the American Empire.
“Mr Trump will lift the tariffs on Canada’s exports in exchange for guaranteed access to the country’s critical minerals.” I don’t even need a cork board when the connections between the dots are so obvious bsky.app/profile/jeff…
… and this time they got the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), er, sorry, I mean the “Critical Response Unit”. I wonder what critical things they’ll be responding to www.cbc.ca/news/indigen…
RCMP C-IRG unit announces new name, mandate amid federal investigation | CBC News
The RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group in British Columbia — dogged for years by formal complaints, lawsuits, alleged civil and Indigenous rights violations and an ongoing federal investigation …
Indigenous resistance to this latest land grab is gonna be so hilariously demonized as a threat to Canada’s “national security”. This is why they are setting up the enforcement infrastructure now, to appease American investors nervous about those “pesky Natives” bsky.app/profile/jeff…
lol wtf is this, Canada’s version of the Patriot Act? The Authorized Access to Information Act (SAAIA) compels electronic service providers to “fulfill legally authorized requests to access or intercept information and communications” I guess they are getting ready to criminalize Idle No More 2.0
To be super duper clear, Carney is preparing a counter-insurgency campaign backed by the American Empire. The US aren’t playing around, they really do need these resources if they want to keep playing the imperial game. This was just a warm up: ricochet.media/justice/poli…
Playbook for RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en raids provided by former U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan
The mental gymnastics to frame this American land grab as somehow a project of exercising “Canadian sovereignty” sure is something to behold. Carney’s contradictions are making so much more sense now, as are the provincial moves to ramp up resource development ASAP. Canadians are getting so played
You don’t even have to take my word for it, the damn economist lays it all out:
A big, beautiful deal: Carney’s colossal Canada-US pact, It would give America a first right of refusal on Canadian minerals by The Economist, Jun 11th 2025|Ottawa
Canada has been the crucible for Donald Trump’s rambunctious trade and foreign policy; America’s president had his northern neighbour in his sights before he was even inaugurated. As world leaders flock to Alberta on June 15th for the G7 summit, Canada is on the verge of cementing its place in the vanguard of Trumpian geopolitics. It may soon become the first country to emerge from the bewildering thicket of tariffs and threats with a sweeping new pact on security and trade.
Caprice has been Mr Trump’s calling card, so no one is declaring a done deal. But its outlines have already been negotiated. Mr Trump will lift the tariffs on Canada’s exports in exchange for guaranteed access to the country’s critical minerals. During his election campaign Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, told Canadians that Mr Trump wanted to “break us, so that America can own us”. If the deal goes through, he may find it hard to explain why he has made such a monumental deal with the breaker-in-chief.
The Nazi traitor of Canadians doesn’t need to explain himself to me, his actions make it obvious who Carney works for and it sure as hell ain’t ordinary Canadians. Carney is a Harper Zionist clone, he works for genocidal Israel first and foremost, the world’s rich fuckers like tech billionaires, and Nazi USA
The deal has been in the offing since Mr Carney visited the White House on May 6th, a week after his Liberal Party won a historic fourth term. At Mr Trump’s Oval Office press conference Mr Carney declared that “having met with the owners of Canada during the course of the campaign, it’s not for sale.”
But in private discussions across the hall in the Roosevelt Room the contours of “Fortress Can-Am” were already being hammered out.
Before going to Washington Mr Carney asked officials to list the Canadian products that Mr Trump needs the most. Rare-earth elements and critical minerals topped the bill. A continental agreement would free the United States from its reliance on China for the extraction and refining of these resources. They are vital to the production of magnets that go into engines, resonators and navigation systems for everything from missiles to fighter jets. The F-35 Lightning II alone—the multi-role fighter most NATO countries have ordered—requires over 400kg of rare-earth elements. High-tech equipment of all kinds, from batteries to semiconductors, requires rare earths and critical minerals whose supply is often dominated by countries that Mr Trump dislikes trading with.Yup, stupidest, most evil species on earth. I am forever grateful I was not forced into producing any offspring, adding more to our destructive inhumane over populated kid-raping species. That, is the only thing that gives me joy in this hideous experience of a lifetime watching humans destroy everything I love and “christians” mass raping and murdering non stop.
Tariffs were meant to force manufacturers to set up shop in the United States, but they are also stunting investment in the mining of these critical elements in Canada. So Canadian negotiators are using the national-security imperative to get them lifted. Flavio Volpe, head of Canada’s association of auto-parts manufacturers, notes that the White House wants to repatriate manufacturing. “But they don’t get to repatriate resources.”
People briefed on the negotiations say the United States would be guaranteed first right of refusal on Canadian resources. That is quite a prize at a time when countries around the world are scrambling to line up their supplies.
Should we take him literally?
That may explain why Mr Trump wants a deal with Canada. But why would Mr Carney work with the man who has repeatedly said he wants to swallow his country? Probably because Mr Trump’s tariffs are not just stifling investment, but beginning to hurt Canadian workers. Unemployment hit 7% in May. Pandemic aside, that is the highest rate since 2016.
Economists say trade between Canada and the United States is mid-collapse. Canada’s overall trade deficit more than tripled between March and April, from C$2.3bn ($1.7bn) to C$7.1bn. That is the result of tariffs on an economy that sent 76% of its exports to the United States in 2024.
Mr Carney has vowed to diversify Canada’s trading options so that it is never again so dependent on a single trading partner. But it will be years before Canada can escape the gravity of the world’s largest consumer market that is so easily accessible by rail or lorry, if it ever can. The deteriorating Canadian economy compels Mr Carney to act now to maintain access to the market that has been responsible for Canada’s prosperity for close to a century.
Access to minerals is not the only thing Mr Carney is offering. On the campaign trail he said Canada would spend the equivalent of 2% of GDP on defence by 2030. On June 9th he announced a dramatic acceleration, saying Canada would in fact hit 2% by March 2026 by spending an extra C$9.3bn (most of which will go on recruitment and increasing soldiers’ pay).
Critical-mineral exploitation is expensive. Canada’s reserves of uranium, tungsten, vanadium and graphite are in isolated areas. Roads will need to be carved out of wilderness. Processing plants will have to be built where there is little existing infrastructure. A pact that guarantees decades of American business would probably push firms currently sitting on the sidelines with stacks of cash to invest in one of this century’s mining booms. But these megaprojects run through indigenous lands. Canada has a constitutional duty to consult its First Nations before proceeding with resource development. Many indigenous leaders remain wary.
These kinds of projects can take decades to go from planning to full production. Any deal would almost certainly only bear fruit beyond the political lifespans of both Mr Carney and a president who favours leverage over the letter of agreements he has championed. The peril to the national security of the United States might tame that Trumpian tendency—in this instance.
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you gotta be kidding me www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic… “hey kids! come see Canada before we fucking bulldoze it!”and create more pollution driving/flying to the park just to abuse wildlife, at a time when humans ought to be staying home to prevent as much global warming pollution as possible.
Carney’s ‘Canada Strong Pass’ to come into effect on June 20
The federal government is set to announce details of its promised ‘Canada Strong Pass’ next week and the tourism initiative is expected to take effect later this month.
lmao, Carney’s “Canada Strong Pass” comes into effect the day before “National Indigenous Peoples Day” (June 21) They couldn’t even give us one fucking day before they send everyone to go shit on all the land their ancestors stole bsky.app/profile/mich…
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com:
For @thenarwhal.ca, I considered why people feel so entitled to parks.All my life, I’ve believed parks (not playgrounds or fabricated parks like Central Park in NY), notably national parks must ban all humans, all vehicles, all drones, all fly overs, all tourists most especially, only allow wardens and staff (no scientists chasing, collaring, spying!). Wild beings have no where on earth to go to heal and be without constant abuse and harassment by us, the most hideously rude, noisy, invasive, polluting and cruel species on earthPublic space! My tax dollars! Racism! Good news, I address all that here: thenarwhal.ca/bc-parks-fir…
Why are First Nations closing B.C. parks? | The Narwhal
you’re all witnessing the absurdity of this, right? have I truly lost the plot this time? I can’t tell anymore
I know this guy is full of shit, but still, sounds like a fucking groupchat “The ambassador said Trump, Carney, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and various Canadian ministers are negotiating with advice from businesspeople on both sides of the border.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/06/n…
Canada and the US share the same economic goals: Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
Though he said the U.S. intends to continue imposing tariffs on imports from multiple countries, including Canada, he argued there’s room to resolve irritants in the economic relationship.
looooool the Economist deleted the story and Bluesky post “Hoekstra said the fact that Trump and Carney have been engaging in private talks that haven’t been leaked to the media indicate a mutual focus on making progress.” o rly
they really are trying to sneak this one through aren’t they globalnews.ca/news/1123670…
The Bloc Quebecois has argued the internal trade portion of Bill C-5 could be passed quickly, but called for a separate study of the changes to major project reviews.
I assume it’s all related to this: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e… thus all Trump’s threats about annexing Canada and Greenland. The US (and European) military and tech sectors are dependent on China for a lot of raw minerals and needs new sources, Canada being one of many places to get them.
Greenland earmarked for new minerals project as US eyes island
Ten of the new projects will be focused on materials essential for electric vehicle batteries and battery storage
“Canada’s rich deposits of uranium, nickel, potash, and a host of obscure strategic metals, including REEs, could help explain Trump’s persistent but cryptic threats… Canada’s vast amounts of fresh water as a ‘faucet’ that can be activated at will by parched Americans” bsky.app/profile/thew…
The trade wars of the future will be battles over access to critical minerals—and Canada is caught in the crosshairs. Journalist Christopher Pollon breaks down how resources and geography are turning Canada into both a strategic prize and a potential target. thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly-nee…
“Trump’s fixation on critical metals is so persistent… who in his circle of advisers could be whispering ideas into his ear… Peter Thiel is an influential insider who has invested in Ontario lithium mining and processing plants in Canada and Europe.” OH FFS thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly…
The US Badly Needs Rare Minerals and Fresh Water. Guess Who Has Them? | The Walrus
As China tightens its grip on critical resources, Trump eyes Canada’s riches
why is it that so many of the horrible and ridiculous things in this world seem to trace their way directly back to Peter Thiel www.popsci.com/technology/b…
Billionaires dream of building utopian techno-city in Greenland
“Canada must now confront the very real possibility that the current US federal government could eventually use critical minerals and water as a pretext to take control of North American territory it considers critical to its future security and affluence.” ironic considering Canada’s role in mining worldwide
“Some of these attacks arise from the ‘range of ways’ [governments restrict] civic space & discourse & ‘prioritizing economic profit…we’ve seen a consistent, sustained pattern of attacks against people who speak out against business-related human rights, risks, and harms'” bsky.app/profile/taht…
Tristan Ahtone @tahtone.bsky.social:
Mining, including the extraction of transition minerals, leads every sector in attacks on environmental & human rights defenders. 40% of those killed were Indigenous, a reflection of the fact that more than half of all critical minerals lie in or near Indigenous land. grist.org/indigenous/i…
Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals
The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern” of violence against Indigenous people who oppose corporate human rights abuses.
le sigh
Meanwhile: “…knowing how important these minerals are to U.S. national security, there are no guarantees that China won’t rescind this offer in the future and use its rare earth dominance to push for a deal that’s even more favorable to its own terms.” www.forbes.com/sites/natash…
Potential US-China Trade “deal”highlights US dependence on China’s rare earth minerals
US trade “deal” highlights how dependent the US is on China’s rare earth minerals
The Ring of Fire gets a lot of coverage, for good reason, but there’s many other “critical” mining projects across Canada that the US would be very interested in securing to reduce its military, tech, and transportation supply chain reliance on China: natural-resources.canada.ca/minerals-min…
Rare earth elements facts – Natural Resources Canada
Update: bsky.app/profile/jont… This just makes me more curious about wtf is going on in those group chats
Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social:
The Economist rescinded an article about a prospective Canada-US deal that would give the US right of refusal to new minerals. Economist Americas editor Hal Hodson wrote me, “We withdrew the story on Canadian trade talks shortly after publication because we were not satisfied with the sourcing.”Translation: Der Orange Painted Führer und der Nazi Carney underling ordered it removed?
whatever they are chatting about it doesn’t sound good: bsky.app/profile/brea…
The Breach @breachmedia.ca:
Don’t believe the hype about a breakup between Canada and the U.S. The two countries are moving closer together on an issue they agree on: keeping out refugees. @desmondcole.bsky.social writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill. breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord…
Carney’s border bill is a gift to Trump—and a roadmap to ‘mass deportation’ The Breach
Mark Carney promised to stand up to Trump. His new bill continues the two countries’ long-standing pact on restrictive immigration policies
lol is Tabatha Bull in the group chat representing “Indigenous” businesses? lollll we’re so cooked bsky.app/profile/corr…
Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social:
MacNaughton is on Carney’s council for Canada – U.S. relations. Carney’s latest legislation is a companion piece to Bill 5. Bill 5 is the means to get Fortress Am-Can done. TCEnergy lobbyists wrote much of Fortress Am-Can.
uh, wtf, this seems kinda important: “Palantir Technologies Canada Inc… and Carahsoft Canada, have partnered to expand and accelerate delivery of Palantir’s operating systems across the Canadian Public Sector.” www.carahsoft.com/news/palanti…
Palantir Technologies Canada Inc. and Carahsoft Canada, have partnered to expand and accelerate delivery of Palantir’s operating systems across the Canadian Public Sector.
“CARAHSOFT CANADA INC License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components” search.open.canada.ca/contracts/re… “Palantir Technologies Canada Inc. Cloud-based software as a service, Software” canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-op…
Looks like Palantir’s Foundry and Gotham software are already deployed in PSPC? hosting-services-hebergement.canada.ca/s/detail/a4O…
Search Government Contracts over $10,000
Here’s Palantir’s Gotham description btw: “Powering the Kill chain: Gotham’s targeting offering supports soldiers with an Al-powered kill chain, seamlessly and responsibly integrating target identification and target effector pairing.” www.palantir.com/platforms/go… cool cool
Have no fear, when Israel is finished exterminating every Arab in the Mid East, they’ll come kill here to mass murder, aided by Nazi Carney (he’s already setting up the killing spree) and in Nazi USA, to feed the greed of the vile white supremacist billionaires. Nazi Harper and the IDU couldn’t care less where his tech kills non white kids. Good “christian” that he is.
The Operating System for Defense Decision Making
“[~2/3] of Mr. MacNaughton’s communications with federal public office holders… consisted of pro bono offers of assistance to the federal government to provide access to Palantir products and services in connection with its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” www.lobbycanada.gc.ca/en/investiga…
David MacNaughton, President of Palantir Canada; | Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
This report follows an investigation conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) pursuant to section 10.4 of the Lobbying Act (Act) to determine whether Mr. David MacNaughton, former…
Meanwhile Carney is trying to ram through Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act, which includes the “Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act (SAAIA)”. Hmmm I wonder why… bsky.app/profile/jose…
New from 404 Media: we’ve published the full internal Palantir wiki in which it argues why it is working with ICE. It is rare for outsiders to get insight from a tech company on why it might decide to work on a project like this. Spelled out acronyms but left unedited www.404media.co/this-is-pala…
This Is Palantir’s Justification for Building ICE’s Master Database
404 Media is now publishing the full internal wiki page in which Palantir explains its work with ICE building a system for finding the location of people to deport.
sound familiar? bsky.app/profile/bian…
“We look forward to the opportunities this will unlock for using Palantir software to transform how Canadian Public Sector entities execute their mandates and achieve mission success.” bsky.app/profile/davi…
David A. Banks @davidabanks.online:
Military parade sponsored by Palantir. Official White House Feed.
The quote above is from David MacNaughton, Director of Palantir Technologies Canada Inc. He also said this in the press release: “Our partnership with Carahsoft Canada represents a key milestone in Palantir’s growth and continued investment in Canada”. Contract: www.carahsoft.com/buy/canada-c…
Carahsoft offers Canadian Government customers Palantir products & services through the Palantir software licensing supply arrangement (SLSA) contract.
I forgot about this post from 3 months ago, before the election bsky.app/profile/jeff…
Did y’all forget Idle No More? Harper’s fiscal policies were brutal for Indigenous Peoples, so him wanting Carney as his executioner doesn’t bode well for us if Carney wins. Remember Bill C-45, the Jobs and Growth Act? It was introduced by Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance… youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4
The Power Was With Us: Idle No More – Part 1
YouTube video by APTN News
Canada has had contracts with Palantir for a while, so I’m not saying “Carney is the one making deals with them”. Yet it’s well reported what the company does yet Canada still buys their software (from 2016) www.theverge.com/2016/12/21/14012534/palantir-peter-thiel-trump-immigrant-extreme-vetting
Documents suggest Palantir could help power Trump’s ‘extreme vetting’ of immigrants
Training materials obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center show Palantir plays a role in a far-reaching customs system
Connecting the dots, you can see the machinery being built here regardless of which political party is in power. When the same names keep popping up, and those people are very explicit about the world they intend to create, you should probably pay more attention “to the man behind the curtain”.
“Federal Government departments and agencies across Canada can use these pre-qualified suppliers to launch a streamlined procurement process to obtain AI solutions.” Palantir is on this list btw. They are pre-qualified for Band 3, the max amount, up to $9M before taxes www.canada.ca/en/governmen…
List of interested Artificial Intelligence (AI) suppliers – Canada.ca
I don’t know what it is about Canadian exceptionalism that makes people think “this could never happen here!” but it certainly can and the way things are going it likely will: bsky.app/profile/jeff…
“Clearly, they had technology in their system which linked those posts to my Esta … a long time before I took them down… Because they knew all about the posts, and then interrogated me about the posts once I was there… They had already prepared a file on me and already knew everything about me”
Note that Shared Services Canada has a $373,842,375.31 contract with Carahsoft as of Mar 31, 2025. So I don’t really trust their ability to do basic due diligence. bsky.app/profile/jeff…
“not the first time Carahsoft has faced government scrutiny. In 2015, the company and VMware agreed to pay $75.5 million to settle allegations that they had violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting commercial pricing practices and overcharging the government” www.newsweek.com/fbi-raids-ca…
FBI raids Carahsoft, major federal cyber contractor, headquarters
An FBI raid on Virginia-based Carahsoft as partner software firm SAP comes under investigation for potential price fixing.
can probably speak to this further as he was involved in this Palantir investigation back in 2020 www.cbc.ca/news/politic…
Canada’s ethics commissioner has ordered nine senior officials — including two Liberal cabinet ministers and the chief of the defence staff — to have no official dealings with Palantir executive David…
“Bill C-2 itself contains several areas where proposed powers appear designed to roll out a welcome mat for expanded data-sharing treaties or agreements with the United States and other foreign law enforcement authorities.” bsky.app/profile/mehl…
Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social:
I know there’s a lot going on, but this report on the way Bill C-2 would allow Canada to access and share your personal information without judicial oversight is well worth a read. citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr…
On June 3, 2025, the federal government tabled Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related sec…
@templedrake.bsky.social:
This is very bad.