The inquest will be held from May 27 to 31, at the Campbellton courthouse, under deputy chief coroner Emily Caissy. (CBC)
The province has
called a coroner's inquest in the death of an inmate serving time at a
northern New Brunswick jail two years ago.
Jason
Barnaby-Gloade was found unresponsive in a cell at the Dalhousie
Regional Correctional Centre and was pronounced dead at the hospital on
May 28, 2022, a release from the province said.
Back in 2022, RCMP said they were investigating the death of the 39-year-old.
CBC
News reached out to RCMP to ask for an update on the investigation but a
spokesperson did not immediately respond Tuesday afternoon.
The
Department of Justice and Public Safety was also asked why it has taken
two years for an inquest to be called. A spokesperson responded to the
request but did not immediately provide an answer.
The release
said the inquest will be held from May 27 to 31, at the Campbellton
courthouse, under deputy chief coroner Emily Caissy.
A jury will
hear evidence from witnesses to determine what happened and provide
recommendations to prevent similar deaths in the future, the release
said.
The inquest cannot make any findings of legal responsibility in the death.
Sam
Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally
from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King's
College in Halifax. He can be reached at sam.farley@cbc.ca
Jason Barnaby-Gloade, 39, died in hospital Saturday; 5th inmate to die in custody this year
CBC News ·
Inmate Jason Barnaby-Gloade was found unresponsive in his cell at the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre Saturday afternoon. (CBC)
RCMP are investigating the death of Jason Barnaby-Gloade, who was in custody at the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre.
The Department of Justice and Public Safety made the announcement Sunday.
The 39-year-old was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon.
Correctional
staff administered first aid and Barnaby-Gloade was taken to
Campbellton Regional Hospital, where he was admitted. He was pronounced
dead Saturday evening.
Barnaby-Gloade was being held on remand awaiting a June 6 court appearance.
A coroner's inquest will be held.
Five inmate deaths
This is the fifth inmate to have died in a New Brunswick correctional facility this year.
Three deaths were announced in April — Dany Bernatchez from the Atlantic Institution, and 24-year-old Jarrett Lorne Lunn and 40-year-old Wesley Robert Geneau from Madawaska Regional Correctional Centre.
Each was found unresponsive in his cell.
Skyler Sappier, 28,
a member of the Neqotkuk First Nation, formerly known as Tobique First
Nation, was serving a sentence at the Saint John Regional Correctional
Centre when he died in hospital on Jan. 31.
Dany Bernatchez died in custody at the Atlantic Institution Friday. (BENOIT JOBIN/RADIO-CANADA)
Bernatchez pleaded guilty to the 14 counts related to the incident.
He
was charged with pointing a firearm, disguise with intent, robbery,
uttering threats to cause death, riot, hostage taking, assault causing
bodily harm and prison breach with violence.
Other charges were
possession of a Schedule II substance, breaking and entering, having a
prohibited weapon in vehicle, the discharge of restricted and prohibited
weapon with intent, intimidation of a justice system participant,
failure to comply with probation rules, mischief in relation to other
property and conspire to commit indictable offence.
Two recent deaths were from the Madawaska Regional Correctional Centre, including 24-year-old Jarrett Lorne Lunn and 40-year-old Wesley Robert Geneau.
Each was found unresponsive in his cell.
Skyler Sappier, 28,
a member of the Neqotkuk First Nation, formerly known as Tobique First
Nation, was serving a sentence at the Saint John Regional Correctional
Centre when he died in hospital on Jan. 31.
Coroner inquests have been ordered for all three deaths.
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Insane
it's come to this but let's focus on the real problems like the cost of
living, out of control crime, everyone's dying in the streets and so on
- not diagolon derangement syndrome
I
have never asked for money, however I am exploring civil litigation
against Justin Trudeau, Sean Fraser and the Liberal Party of Canada.
Such
an effort would be quite expensive to pull off, however, I am confident
that I could summon 100k on my own and likely 2-3x that amount through
crowd funding.
If I am able to find a legal team I feel is up to the task, I may pursue this in the near future.
If successful
it would be my absolute pleasure to distribute significant portions of
any awards for damages to the community at large and any other social
causes or efforts I feel are deserving or under supported.
Please share this message for exposure as Id like to give any interested litigators time to pitch their skills.
None of my actual longtime supporters would tell you that I support any politicians or parties, because I don't.
They
all carry different portions of guilt and culpability for the ruin that
has fallen onto Canada in recent years, some more than others, but
there are no innocent politicians.
That
being said, I have been majorly focused on the CPC in the last year or
so as its clear they will be inheiriting this dumpster fire next, the
liberals are largely as irrelevant as a dementia ridden monarch on their deathbed.
However,
in light of the most recent display of mental illness and malevolent
lie peddling by the Liberal terrorist government guilty of assaulting,
imprisoning, murdering and bankrupting its own citizens -- I may just
dedicate my efforts and talents exclusively to causing as much grief and
mayhem among the liberal party as possible while stoking a message
among the CPC base that nothing less than transparent investigations
into their catalog of corruption, significant jail time (life) and
seizure of assets of the ruling liberal regime characters will be
satisfactory.
Its a popular idea among their base but not one PP or their leadership are willing to engage in.
I am.
The liberals have decided to come after me, my family, my friends and supporters so its only fair that I do the same.
You're gonna wish you could carbon tax the heat thats coming your way from me, Trudy.
April 2nd
The
Premier of Nova Scotia who had Morgan and I arrested and charged for
questioning his authority now has his private security (very poorly)
following us around amidst a developing court case where he is implicated in crimes.
This
is also the same province where law enforcement legitimacy is ambiguous
at best, burying and destroying evidence, fabricating evidence,
portipique witnesses "committing suicide", Bell communications servers
storing emergency calls being wiped and so on.
If anything happens to Morgan or I it was not any accident or suicide.
Videos, photos and statements have been provided to lawyers and distributed to others for safekeeping.
If I see these men following us again, I consider it a threat to mine and Morgans personal safety and will react accordingly.
The morning of Day 6. Pat King is charged with Mischief, Counselling Others to Commit Mischief, Disobeying a Court Order and Obstructing Police, and now he gets to have his day in court.
Help keep our reporters safe!
Sheila Gunn Reid shares footage of our Rebel News Quebec team, Alexa Lavoie and Guillaume Roy, being attacked by Antifa thugs while they were covering an anti-Israel protest at the University of Quebec at Montreal.
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has the latest as day 19 of former Pres. Trump's hush money trial comes
to a close; drama sweeping the courtroom as the defense tries to toss
the case.
CNN's
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experts to discuss whether Michael Cohen, the star witness in the hush
money trial against former president Donald Trump, may have hurt the
case against Trump with his latest testimony on the witness stand.
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Trudeau to deliver speech at international union convention in Philadelphia
PM invited to address Service Employees International Union convention on May 21
The Canadian Press ·
Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement at Wanuskewin
Heritage Park near Saskatoon on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Heywood Yu/The Canadian Press)
Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau is set to promote Canada's trade relationship with the
United States in a speech to one of the biggest unions in North America
next week.
Trudeau's office says he was invited to speak at the
Service Employees International Union quadrennial North American
convention on May 21.
The speech comes as Canada is bracing for
the possibility of a second presidency for Donald Trump, who has already
threatened to slap a 10 per cent tariff on all imports, including those
from Canada.
The SEIU has endorsed President Joe Biden in the race.
It
has more than two million members, including some in Canada,
representing a broad range of workers in multiple service jobs including
health care, restaurants, security, schools and airports.
While in Philadelphia, Trudeau is also expected to meet with U.S. business leaders.
Pennsylvania
is one of Canada's most critical trade relationships in the U.S., with
two-way trade in excess of $27 billion in 2023.
Fossil fuels,
metals, pharmaceuticals and food products, including chocolate, are
among the biggest imports and exports on both sides.
Canadian companies employ more than 25,000 workers in Pennsylvania.
Khadr, who completed his sentence in 2019, was hoping to vacate U.S. conviction
Thomson Reuters ·
Former
Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr leaves court in Edmonton on March
25, 2019, the day a judge ruled he had completed his sentence. Khadr has
lost a bid to attempt to vacate his U.S. conviction. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
The U.S. Supreme
Court on Monday turned away a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee's
bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier
in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which he
later pleaded guilty.
The justices declined to hear an appeal by
Omar Khadr, 37, of a lower court's refusal to hear his case on the
grounds that he had waived his right to appellate review as part of a
2010 plea agreement before a U.S. military commission.
Khadr was
one of the youngest prisoners held at the detention facility at the U.S.
naval base in Cuba. Khadr pleaded guilty in exchange for an eight-year
sentence and transfer to a Canadian prison. He was granted bail in 2015
and completed his sentence in 2019 as he continued to pursue dismissal
of his U.S. convictions.
He was taken to Afghanistan by his
father, a senior al-Qaeda member who apprenticed his son to a group of
bomb makers who opened fire when U.S. troops came to their compound in
2002. During the firefight, Khadr, 15, threw a hand grenade that killed
Sergeant Christopher Speer, a U.S. Army medic. Khadr was gravely wounded
— shot twice — when he was captured by U.S. forces.
In
2007, Khadr was charged under a 2006 U.S. law called the Military
Commissions Act with five crimes including murder and attempted murder
in violation of the law of war and providing material support to
terrorism. He was 24 when he pleaded guilty.
In 2012, a federal
appeals court in a separate Guantanamo Bay detainee's case issued a
decision with potential implications for Khadr. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that defendants could
not be charged under the Military Commissions Act for certain crimes
that occurred prior to the law's adoption in 2006.
WATCH | Omar Khadr's sentence completed:
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr walks out of court a free man
Duration 1:58
An
Alberta judge has ruled that Omar Khadr has completed his sentence and
is now a free man. The former Guantanamo Bay prisoner is now free to
apply for a passport, travel, and visit family abroad. But his troubles
aren't over yet as he still faces legal issues in the United States.
Despite
having agreed to waive his right to appellate review, Khadr appealed to
the D.C. Circuit. Attorneys for Khadr argued that his convictions,
which were based on actions he took in 2002 before Congress passed the
statute, violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on criminalizing conduct
after it has occurred.
The D.C. Circuit rejected Khadr's appeal because of his waiver of appellate review.
At
issue in Khadr's petition to the Supreme Court was whether he is bound
by his agreement to waive his right to appeal, not whether his
convictions should be immediately vacated.
Khadr's attorneys told
the Supreme Court that although Khadr had agreed to waive his right to
appeal, he had not actually filed the paperwork to finalize the waiver
when the D.C. Circuit issued its ruling establishing a new legal
standard favourable to Khadr's case.
President Joe Biden's administration had urged the justices to turn away Khadr's appeal.
Khadr's
plea deal came in a case that made the U.S. the first nation since the
Second World War to prosecute a defendant in a war crimes tribunal for
acts allegedly committed as a juvenile. Khadr's lawyers had argued
unsuccessfully at the time that he was a child soldier who should be
rehabilitated rather than prosecuted in a military tribunal.
Canada
formally apologized to Khadr in 2017 "for any role Canadian officials
may have played in relation to his ordeal abroad and any resulting harm"
and paid out $10.5 million in compensation.
The United States
opened the Guantanamo detention facility for foreign terrorism suspects
in 2002, months after U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan in the aftermath
of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. by al-Qaeda militants who
were harboured by the country's Taliban leaders. The Taliban returned to
power in Afghanistan in 2022 after Biden withdrew U.S. forces.
U.S. Supreme Court weighs extent of immunity for former presidents like Trump
Top court's ruling could potentially delay or constrain one of the 4 prosecutions Donald Trump faces
Thomson Reuters ·
U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immunity claims on election interference
Duration 2:05
After
a crucial hearing, U.S. Supreme Court justices are weighing arguments
for and against Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity from 2020
election interference charges, but a ruling will take time.
U.S. Supreme Court
justices on Thursday questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump about the
former president's claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to
overturn his 2020 election defeat, posing hypotheticals about what
happens if a president accepts a bribe, sells nuclear secrets or orders a
political assassination.
Lower courts rejected Trump's request to
be shielded from four election-related criminal charges on the grounds
that he was serving as president when he took the actions that led to
the indictment obtained by special counsel Jack Smith, assigned to that
investigation by the Justice Department.
It's new territory for
the top court, as a president has never faced criminal charges before
Trump. Richard Nixon accepted a pardon issued by successor Gerald Ford
that pre-empted any possibility of criminal consequence over the Watergate scandal, while Bill Clinton struck a deal
with independent counsel to avoid a potential indictment for perjury
after he denied an affair with intern Monica Lewinsky during a
deposition for a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones.
Trump is the presumptive Republican candidate for president a third consecutive time.
"If
a president can be charged, put on trial and imprisoned for his most
controversial decisions as soon as he leaves office, that looming threat
will distort the president's decision-making precisely when bold and
fearless action is most needed," D. John Sauer, the lawyer arguing for
Trump, told the justices.
Demonstrators
participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in
Washington, D.C., where the top court heard oral arguments about
immunity of former presidents concerning acts that occurred while they
were in office. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Presidential power under the microscope
Liberal
justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Sauer if a president could get immunity
if he ordered "someone to assassinate" a political rival.
Conservative chief justice John Roberts raised an example of a president appointing an ambassador in exchange for a bribe.
"Somebody says, 'I'll give you a million dollars if I'm made the ambassador to whatever," Roberts said.
The
U.S. Supreme Court justices are shown on Oct. 7, 2022, in Washington,
D.C. From top left to right are Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch,
Brett M. Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Seated in the bottom row,
from left to right, are Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice
John G. Roberts, Jr., Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Elena Kagan. (Reuters)
Sauer responded that bribery is not an official act, but rather private conduct that would not be protected.
Roberts
responded, "Accepting a bribe isn't an official act, but appointing an
ambassador is certainly within the official responsibilities of the
president."
Conservative
justice Clarence Thomas asked Sauer what is the source of this
presidential immunity. Sauer cited powers given to the president under
the Constitution.
Justices concerned about wayward leaders, prosecutors
Michael
Dreeben, representing the special counsel, told the justices that the
Supreme Court has never recognized the kind of immunity that Trump seeks
for a public official.
WATCH l Hearing has potential implications for future presidents:
What is the presidential immunity case before the U.S. Supreme Court actually about?
Duration 5:20
Lawrence
Douglas, a law professor at Amherst College in Massachusetts, walks
through the case in which justices will evaluate former president Donald
Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution over his role in efforts to
overturn the 2020 election results.
Alito
brought up the spectre for Dreeben of a cycle of leaders seeking through
their administrations the prosecutions of predecessors or rivals.
"And
we can look around the world and find countries where we have seen this
process where the loser gets thrown in jail," Alito added.
"So I
think it's exactly the opposite, Justice Alito," Dreeben responded.
"There are lawful mechanisms to contest the results in an election."
Roberts
signalled concern about reliance on "the good faith of the prosecutor"
in certain cases, taking pains to state he wasn't offering comment on
Smith's indictment of Trump.
Trump
arrives to speak at a rally protesting the electoral college
certification of Joe Biden as president on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
"I
do think that there are layered safeguards that the court can take into
account that will ameliorate concerns about unduly chilling
presidential conduct," Dreeben responded. "That concerns us. We are not
endorsing a regime that we think would expose former presidents to
criminal prosecution in bad faith, for political animus, without
adequate evidence. A politically driven prosecution would violate the
Constitution."
Trump did not attend the Supreme Court arguments.
He was attending trial in New York over allegations he
falsified business records to hide payments made to cover up allegations
of extramarital affairs, a case that would not be affected by the top
court's opinion on immunity.
"If you don't have immunity, you're
not going to do anything. You're just going to become a ceremonial
president," Trump told reporters heading into court in Manhattan.
LISTEN l The latest on Trump's criminal trial in New York:
Front Burner 25:10
What to expect from Trump's 'hush money' trial
Pressed on fake electors scheme
The
Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices who
Trump appointed: Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
It
is the third Trump-related matter the top court has heard in less than
two months, though their opinions could impact future officeholders.
Last month, the court overturned a judicial decision that had excluded
him from Colorado's ballot under a constitutional provision involving
insurrection for inciting and supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the
U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
They
are also considering a question on whether obstruction charges are
applicable for a Pennsylvania defendant who was at the Capitol that day.
Trump also faces obstruction charges in the Smith indictment, though
the specifics of the allegations are quite different from those facing
the Pennsylvania man.
Outside the white marble court building
ahead of the arguments on a partly cloudy spring day in the U.S.
capital, a small number of demonstrators displayed anti-Trump signs
including one that read, "LOSER."
An
explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S.
President Donald Trump descend upon the U.S. Capitol Building in
Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
Trump
took numerous steps to try to reverse his 2020 loss to Joe Biden. His
false claims of widespread voting fraud helped inspire the rampage at
the Capitol on the day Congress met to certify Biden's victory. Trump
and his allies also devised a plan to use false electors from key states
to thwart certification.
Liberal justice Elena Kagan pressed
Sauer on whether Trump's alleged role in assembling a fake slate of
electors constituted an "official act." Sauer said Trump's conduct was
official and amounted to acts aimed at ensuring the integrity of the
election.
Kagan responded, "The allegation is that he was attempting to overthrow an election."
Trump
in October 2023 sought to have the charges dismissed based on his claim
of immunity. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected that claim in
December. Smith then asked the justices to launch a fast-track review of
the immunity claim, a request they rebuffed. The U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit in February ruled 3-0 against
Trump's appeal of Chutkan's ruling.
WATCH l Explaining the racketeering prosecution of Trump in Georgia:
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Former
U.S. president Donald Trump is facing criminal charges for the fourth
time, after a Georgia grand jury issued a sweeping indictment accusing
him of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden and of
running a ‘criminal enterprise.’ Andrew Chang explains all of the
charges, and why the latest are so significant.
The
Supreme Court's decision to put off hearing arguments over immunity
until now postponed Trump's trial from an original March 4 date. Legal
experts have said the justices would need to rule by about June 1 for
Trump's trial to be held before the Nov. 5 election.
The ruling
could force Chutkan to decide whether to begin a trial in September or
October, when early voting already will be underway in some states.
If
Trump regains the presidency, he could seek to force an end to the
prosecution or potentially pardon himself for any federal crimes.
"Happily
it's never been presented to us," justice Neil Gorsuch said of the
prospect of a self-pardon at one juncture on Thursday.
Trump also
faces election subversion charges in state court in Georgia and federal
charges in Florida brought by Smith relating to keeping classified
documents after leaving office. Trump was referred to as an unindicted
co-conspirator in fresh indictments handed down of several of his allies
in Arizona on Wednesday.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the 2019 NATO summit. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
In August
2016, when the current government was less than a year old, Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet gathered at Laurentian
University in Sudbury, Ont. for a two-day retreat. The ministers bunked
in the student dorms. The big story of the week concerned a $1,700 bill for car service incurred by Jane Philpott, health minister at the time.
Among their special guests were Michael Barber, the British guru behind "deliverology," and David MacNaughton, the experienced Liberal adviser who was serving as Canada's ambassador to the United States.
"All
of the smart people in Washington were saying the Democrats were going
to win the House, the Republicans would retain the Senate and Hillary
Clinton would win the election," MacNaughton later told me. "And I
qualified it by saying, 'All of the smart people in Washington have been
consistently wrong for 18 months, so don't count on it.'"
At
that point, national polls gave Clinton a six-point lead over her
Republican rival. But the government needed to be prepared for every
eventuality, MacNaughton told the ministers.
Three months later, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States.
As
Trudeau's ministers gather in Montreal for meetings this week, the
possibility of a Trump presidency haunts Canada again. If anything, it
seems even more plausible now than it did in 2016 — even after Trump
incited a violent attack on the United States Capitol in 2021, even
after he was indicted on 91 felony charges. Recent polls show President Joe Biden and Trump running roughly even.
The
Liberal cabinet likely will spend most of its time discussing purely
domestic matters during its two days in Trudeau's hometown — "building
more homes" and "helping the middle class get ahead" will be topics of
discussion, according to the official announcement. But ministers "will
also discuss Canada's relationship with the United States ahead of this
fall's presidential election."
Kirsten Hillman,
MacNaughton's successor as ambassador, will be in Montreal to speak with
the cabinet. She will be joined for a panel discussion by Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association; Laura Dawson, executive director of the Future Borders Coalition; and Marc-Andre Blanchard, Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations and now executive vice-president at CDPQ Global.
Whatever insight or counsel they might provide, there's a lot to think — and worry — about.
The sequel might be more explosive than the original
During
Trump's four years in office between 2017 and 2021, the American
president was something like a constant source of concern for the
Canadian government. That was particularly true during the year and a
half when Trump forced Canada and Mexico to renegotiate NAFTA.
That
negotiation — and the threat it posed to the Canadian economy
— prompted a massive diplomatic effort. Canadian officials fanned out to
rally friends and find allies in American political and business
circles. If that campaign met with some success, it still consumed great
amounts of time and energy — and ended not in celebration but in relief.
And then there was everything else. The American withdrawal from the Paris climate accords The blow-up at the G7. The aluminum and steel tariffs.
The tweets. The regular and repeated demands to comment on whatever new
outrage or controversy was making news in the United States.
The Trump agenda in a second term likely
would be even more dramatic. He could withdraw from the NATO military
alliance, end American support for Ukraine and start new trade wars.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him. (Charley Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images)
"We
could expect, right off the bat, that 10 per cent universal tariff that
Trump intends to impose, not just on other countries but on Canada as
well," Dawson told CBC Radio's The House this weekend.
And of course, there's the profound threat Trump poses to American democracy.
"One
thing that Canadian politicians on all sides of the political
spectrum are going to have to grapple with is, what does it mean to live
next to a neighbour whose head of government and head of state is not
just engaging in fascist, or borderline fascist, rhetoric, but is taking
the policy steps to back it up?" Rob Goodman, a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and a former congressional staffer, told The House.
With
a few exceptions, Trudeau and his ministers were highly restrained in
what they said — and didn't say — about Trump, both when he was a
candidate in 2016 and when he was president. The
possibility of provoking a fight with real consequences for Canadians
and the economy seemed to be constantly top-of-mind for the prime
minister.
WATCH: Trudeau says another Trump presidency would have consequences for climate change fight
Trump presidency could slow progress on climate change, Trudeau says
Duration 1:23
In
a year-end interview with CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary
Barton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a second Donald Trump
presidency could slow down the world's progress on climate change in
"concerning" ways.
Trudeau might be at least somewhat more willing to speak now. He has acknowledged being concerned about what a Trump presidency might mean for the global fight against climate change. He has also spoken about the choice Americans are facing — a choice he has opted to compare to the one Canadians will face in the next federal election.
Trudeau's Liberals have not shied away from comparing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to Trump. The phrase "MAGA Conservatives" recently entered the Liberal lexicon.
Perhaps that's undiplomatic. But Poilievre, an unabashed populist, shouldn't be surprised that Liberals are trying to draw such comparisons.
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How Trump 2.0 could shake up Canada
Donald
Trump won a big victory at the Iowa caucuses this week, bringing the
possibility of a second Trump presidency closer to reality. What would
that mean for Canadian trade, security and politics? Rob Goodman, author
of Not Here, Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can
Protect Itself, and trade expert Laura Dawson, executive director of the
Future Borders Coalition, discuss how Canada can prepare itself for a
potential second Trump term.
Canadians will be watching
When given the hypothetical choice, Canadians vastly prefer Biden to Trump — a poll released this week by Abacus Data
found that 66 per cent of respondents favoured the Democratic
incumbent, compared to 34 per cent for the likely Republican candidate.
There
is a significant split along party lines. While more than 80 per cent
of Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois voters favour Biden, 57 per cent of
Conservative voters prefer Trump.
(Perhaps surprisingly,
Abacus finds that support for Trump is somewhat higher than the average
among younger Canadians — a result that lines up with Pollara's recent finding that younger Canadians feel less negatively toward Trump.)
Canadians' understandings of the stakes are somewhat mixed. Sixty-four per cent of respondents to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute
agreed that "U.S. democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald
Trump." But only 32 per cent of respondents to Abacus said the election
would have a "major impact" on Canada.
A
man carries a Donald Trump flag at an anti-mask rally during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
According
to Abacus, 28 per cent of Canadians are following the presidential
election "quite" or "very" closely. Another 43 per cent were following
it "a little." Those numbers will surely grow over the next 10 months.
American politics might be one of the world's most popular spectator
sports, but in Canada it often seems to subsume even public interest in
our own politics.
But ultimately, Canadians and their leaders can only watch and wonder, and try to prepare for all eventualities.
Trudeau said
this week that his government will be ready for whatever decision
Americans make this year — and no Canadian government can afford to
appear unready or unable to manage the Canada-U.S. relationship. In
addition to focusing cabinet's attention, Hillman's appearance might be
about showing and telling Canadians that the government is getting
ready.
But Thomas Juneau, an associate professor in the
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of
Ottawa, suggested to Politico this week that it might not be possible to be completely prepared for what comes next.
"Politically,
I understand why he would say that, but Canada is not ready," said
Juneau, who has identified "democratic backsliding" in the United States
as a security threat for Canada.
"Nobody can be ready because it would be so unpredictable."
Aaron
Wherry has covered Parliament Hill since 2007 and has written for
Maclean's, the National Post and the Globe and Mail. He is the author of
Promise & Peril, a book about Justin Trudeau's years in power.
Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and then-U.S. vice-president Joe Biden walk
down the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2016. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that he has assigned two cabinet
ministers to lead a new "Team Canada" engagement to ensure Canada and
his government are prepared for all possible outcomes from this fall's
United States presidential election.
"Canada-U.S. relations are
fundamental for the prosperity and well-being of Canadians," Trudeau
told reporters in Montreal, where he is wrapping up two days of meetings
with his cabinet.
Trudeau said he has asked Industry Minister
François-Philippe Champagne and Export Promotion, International Trade
and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng to work with Ambassador to the
U.S. Kirsten Hillman on "a Team Canada approach" with "businesses,
entrepreneurs, organized labour, civil society groups, different orders
of government, to make sure that we're ready to continue to benefit as
Canadians from a strong relationship with the United States."
Hillman was in Montreal to meet with the federal cabinet on Tuesday.
Ministers
also heard from Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts
Manufacturers Association; Laura Dawson, executive director of the
Future Borders Coalition; and Marc-Andre Blanchard, Canada's former
ambassador to the United Nations and now executive vice-president at the
investment group CDPQ Global.
Trump strongly favoured to win GOP nomination
Joe
Biden, the incumbent president, is expected to face former president
Donald Trump in November's election. Trump is the overwhelming favourite
to win the Republican party's nomination — and could strengthen his
hold on the nomination with a win in the New Hampshire state primary on Tuesday night.
The
"engagement strategy" announced by Trudeau on Tuesday resembles the
diplomatic effort undertaken by the Liberal government in the wake of
Trump's election in 2016.
WATCH: Trump brings a 'certain amount of unpredictability,' Trudeau says
Trump brings a 'certain amount of unpredictability,' Trudeau says
Duration 0:45
Canada
and U.S. 'do best' when they work together, Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau said Tuesday when asked about Donald Trump's bid for a second
term as president.
To buttress Canada's
position in the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations that
followed, Canadian officials and leaders fanned out across American
political and business sectors to make the case for continued
co-operation between the two countries.
"We know there's always
challenges whenever there's an American election," Trudeau said on
Monday. "But as we have before, we are going to be ready to deal with
whatever gets tossed at us and make sure we're defending
Canadian interests and opportunities in a strong relationship."
Trudeau
acknowledged that Trump "represents a certain amount of
unpredictability" but said it's important for the Canadian government to
work constructively with the U.S. president.
Speaking to
reporters after meeting with cabinet, Volpe said it was a "good, candid"
discussion. Volpe was involved in the NAFTA negotiation efforts and
said his association's role was to be "ready to provide substantive,
quantitative information" about Canadian investments in the U.S. and
American interests in Canada.
Flavio
Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association,
says his organization has learned something about how to deal with a
Trump presidency. (CBC)
"I think everybody
knows that he goes to the protectionist well very often," Volpe said of
Trump. "When we talk about American interests, it's important, whether
it's Trump or Biden, we always are ready to turn around and show
everybody that the American interest is, in large part, the Canadian
interest."
Volpe said dealing with the ramifications of a Trump presidency from 2016 to 2020 was a learning experience.
"I
think we learned that it was important to keep our information and our
contacts very current. Specifically, in the auto sector, we know exactly
where the 126 auto parts plants that are owned by Canadians are across
the U.S. and we know the local congressional representative and we've
been speaking with the senator," he said.
"I think we're better
prepared this time because we've [rid] ourselves of the idea that you
can check in when there's trouble. You should always be in contact."
Champagne and Ng both stressed how integrated American and Canadian supply chains are.
"Our
integrated supply chains support millions of jobs," Champagne said.
"I've said that if there's one thing that President Trump understood and
understands, it's jobs."
'Team Canada' approach would be in place regardless of GOP candidate: ambassador
Duration 9:57
Power & Politics asks Canada's ambassador to the United States about the prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency.
Hillman
argued that Canada must advocate for its interests regardless of who
occupies the White House and that it's important to "focus on the
issues."
"I find that at the local level, Republican or Democrat,
people care about jobs, security, prosperity, clean water, energy
security, energy affordability — those aren't really partisan issues,"
she said. "I think approaching it in that way is essential for Canada.
Because that's what matters to us and we need to meet them on the
issues, not on the politics, which are their own."
But Thursday also brought a reminder of the unwanted attention that Canada sometimes received during Trump's time as president.
While
campaigning in New Hampshire, Trump repeated his complaints about
irregular immigration and security along the U.S. southern border. But
he also agreed with a reporter who asked about the northern border — a concern that has popped up during the Republican primaries.
"You
have to watch both borders," Trump said. "And you have to watch
fly-ins, you have to watch everything. But the southern border is like
nobody's ever seen. But the northern border is bad too. It's getting
bad."
Aaron
Wherry has covered Parliament Hill since 2007 and has written for
Maclean's, the National Post and the Globe and Mail. He is the author of
Promise & Peril, a book about Justin Trudeau's years in power.
CBC
News got exclusive access to the Canadian lobbying effort on Capitol
Hill to ensure that a transition goes smoothly if former U.S. president
Donald Trump returns to the White House, especially because of the
challenges expected in light of his America First policy.
Canada
staged a large-scale diplomatic deployment this week in preparation for
a U.S. presidential election of more consequence than usual.
More
than a dozen Canadian diplomats posted in various U.S. cities came to
Washington to meet with scores of American lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Looming
over their visit was the potential return of Donald Trump to the White
House. In particular, there's one Trump policy they're watching warily
this year.
The former president has promised a worldwide
tariff on imported goods if he wins. This would be stricter than any
trade policy from his first term.
Trump has offered minimal details about the policy in his campaign literature and in media interviews but has said he envisions a 10 per cent global tax.
Would that apply to Canada?
Neither
Canadian officials, nor Trump's allies, have a clear answer on that.
Trump has been vague about which countries and products might be
included or exempted.
But Canada's starting position, as
one might expect, is that, no, there should not be penalties on a
country — ours — that recently signed a free-trade agreement with Trump,
which he has praised repeatedly as the best ever.
"We
will have a serious conversation with them if they're looking to apply
that policy to us," Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador, told CBC
News.
"But I think the starting point is that it
shouldn't — and we have just concluded a deal that is 99 per cent
tariff-free," she said, referring to the new NAFTA.
Kirsten
Hillman, Canadian ambassador to the U.S., led a delegation that
consisted of a dozen Canadian consuls-general to various U.S. cities as
they met with over 50 members of Congress this week. (CBC)
Tariffs on Canada? Depends who you ask
It's
worth watching Trump's platform closely, as current polls give him a
decent chance of being returned to office in the November election.
Even
in Washington there's no clear consensus on what his policy might
ultimately look like. Ask different people about tariffs on Canada, and
you'll get different answers.
"I have a hard time
believing that would be the case," Michigan Republican congressman Bill
Huizenga told CBC News. "Especially when it comes to the trade agreement
that he negotiated, and led."
North Dakota Sen. Kevin
Cramer says that's exactly what he tells Trump: "We talk about these
things a fair bit," he said. "I think we should have a North American
strategy. Not a U.S.-only strategy."
Sen.
Kevin Cramer, seen here in 2018 with Trump, says he speaks frequently
to the former president and advises him against tariffs within North
America. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
An
expert who supports Trump's tariff policies says he's not sure this
will affect nations with free-trade deals; he suspects it probably will,
but adds that Trump is attempting to do something unprecedented under
modern law.
"There's literally no precedent," said
Charles Benoit, a Canadian-born, U.S.-based trade lawyer with Coalition
For A Prosperous America, a pro-domestic manufacturing group.
He expects Trump would invoke the Trade Act of 1974.
Its section 122 allows a president to set a maximum 15 per cent tariff,
for up to 150 days, in the event of a balance-of-payments deficit with
other nations, which the U.S. consistently has.
He says
Trump could then try extending it, again and again, every 150 days.
This would certainly trigger lawsuits, as the law says extending it
requires an act of Congress.
Benoit's advice: Let it lapse for a day, then keep reimposing the tariffs every 151 days.
"I
think that that's something that the president could do. Just do it
— [and] do it a second time after letting it lapse," he said in an
interview.
WATCH | U.S. and Canadian economies 'more integrated now than ever,' minister says:
Economies of Canada and U.S. 'more integrated now than ever': Champagne
Duration 9:46
Despite
looming threats to Canada-U.S. trade relations from presidential
candidate Donald Trump, 'Team Canada' is confident American industry
leaders know that Canada is 'essential' to economic growth in North
America, says Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
François-Philippe Champagne.
One of Washington's best-known trade-policy experts over several decades says such behaviour would make a mockery of the language in the bill.
It would be challenged in court, Gary Hufbauer said. Meanwhile, countries would launch retaliatory tariffs.
As for Canada, here's his prediction: The northern neighbour will get an exclusion, as would Mexico. But it won't come for free.
He expects Trump to use the threat as a negotiating ploy — a stick to threaten Canada and Mexico into making concessions.
"He
will bargain — to get something for that exclusion," Hufbauer said,
noting that when it comes to Trump, "[It's] all transactional."
As for what Trump might ask for, he's already complained, as has the Biden administration, about the way Canada has implemented certain aspects of the new NAFTA. Specifically, dairy and autos.
"Dairy comes up right away," Hufbauer predicted.
Parsing the words of Trump's trade czar
One thing Trump has already succeeded at doing is reorienting the American political consensus on trade.
The
current Biden administration has maintained most of his policies. The
two presidents may differ in style, but they agree substantively on
trade.
That philosophy has been articulated at length by Trump's former trade minister. In his book and several magazine pieces, Robert Lighthizer has laid out some of the tariff policies Trump is now running on.
Trump's
former trade minister Robert Lighthizer, seen here in 2020, remains
influential. He has advocated for these tariffs and argued in detail for
why the U.S. needs tougher trade policy. (Andrew Harnik/Reuters)
Lighthizer
remains in the picture: He's advising the Trump campaign, and recently
said publicly that he intends to be involved in the next administration
if Trump wins; either serving in an official role, or as an outside
adviser.
His basic argument is that globalization has
impoverished the U.S. working class; made the country incapable of
producing vital goods; lost manufacturing industries that drive
innovation; and left it dependent on a potential military
rival (China) for basic everyday products.
He has little patience for people who call the United States protectionist, when it has among the lowest tariffs in the world.
And
when it comes to Canada, Lighthizer's book takes the country to task
for seeing itself as a free trader, then adopting "parochial" and
"protectionist" policies around everything from dairy to television to
telecoms.
He said tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel
were useful; Trump imposed them, then lifted them, and threatened to
reimpose them.
"The fact that President Trump was
willing to impose tariffs on two of America's closest trading partners
— one of whom, Canada, is also one of our closest allies — sent an
unmistakable signal that business as usual was over," Lighthizer wrote
in his book, No Trade Is Free.
WATCH | Canada and Mexico win first test of new NAFTA:
Canada, Mexico defeat U.S. in auto part rules dispute
Duration 1:32
Mexico
and Canada have won a trade dispute with the United States over rules
of origin for auto parts, which could help protect Canadian businesses
and jobs.
What next?
The tangible effects of Trump's trade policies remain in dispute.
Several studies say his tariffs had a minimal positive impact on U.S. jobs, and a minimal harmful impact on the economy and inflation.
One
trade economist and historian says Trump's policies shifted some
production from China, primarily to Vietnam and Mexico; meanwhile, China
bought more food from Brazil.
"In the political debate,
both the benefits and the costs [of tariffs] tend to get exaggerated,"
said Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College.
But what Trump is proposing now is bigger than his first-term tariffs, which the Congressional Budget Office said shaved 0.3 per cent off the U.S. economy.
Trump also wants Congress to pass a law that would allow reciprocal tariffs — massive duties on countries with high tariffs, like India and China.
Trump
touts his tariffs on washing machines at an Ohio Whirlpool plant in
2020. A study by economists at the U.S. Federal Reserve says those
tariffs created 1,800 jobs, but raised prices on washing machines by
about $90. It's an example of how tariffs had small effects, both
positive and negative. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Irwin
says the real risk is that in the long term, Trump's policies could
trigger a domino effect, toppling the rules-based trading system, making
commerce more political and less predictable and leading to tit-for-tat
retaliation. He says countries that rely most heavily on the U.S. for
trade are the most vulnerable.
"You're right to be worried in Canada."
Benoit takes
the opposite view. If Trump managed to enact his entire agenda, with
the biggest tariffs on Asia, he says Canada would enjoy a renaissance in manufacturing.
Instead
of reflexively opposing some of these policies, he says Canada should
offer to team up with Trump to impose similar tariffs against China.
"Canada should say: 'We're with you. We're walking shoulder to shoulder with you,' " Benoit said.
Alexander
Panetta is a Washington-based correspondent for CBC News who has
covered American politics and Canada-U.S. issues since 2013. He
previously worked in Ottawa, Quebec City and internationally, reporting
on politics, conflict, disaster and the Montreal Expos.
Dany Bernatchez died in custody at the Atlantic Institution Friday. (BENOIT JOBIN/RADIO-CANADA)
Demonstrators
participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in
Washington, D.C., where the top court heard oral arguments about
immunity of former presidents concerning acts that occurred while they
were in office. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The
U.S. Supreme Court justices are shown on Oct. 7, 2022, in Washington,
D.C. From top left to right are Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch,
Brett M. Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Seated in the bottom row,
from left to right, are Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice
John G. Roberts, Jr., Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Elena Kagan. (Reuters)
Trump
arrives to speak at a rally protesting the electoral college
certification of Joe Biden as president on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
An
explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S.
President Donald Trump descend upon the U.S. Capitol Building in
Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
Former U.S. president Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him. (Charley Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images)
Flavio
Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association,
says his organization has learned something about how to deal with a
Trump presidency. (CBC)
Kirsten
Hillman, Canadian ambassador to the U.S., led a delegation that
consisted of a dozen Canadian consuls-general to various U.S. cities as
they met with over 50 members of Congress this week. (CBC)
Sen.
Kevin Cramer, seen here in 2018 with Trump, says he speaks frequently
to the former president and advises him against tariffs within North
America. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Trump's
former trade minister Robert Lighthizer, seen here in 2020, remains
influential. He has advocated for these tariffs and argued in detail for
why the U.S. needs tougher trade policy. (Andrew Harnik/Reuters)
Trump
touts his tariffs on washing machines at an Ohio Whirlpool plant in
2020. A study by economists at the U.S. Federal Reserve says those
tariffs created 1,800 jobs, but raised prices on washing machines by
about $90. It's an example of how tariffs had small effects, both
positive and negative. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
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