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In the wake of Carney’s Davos address and Trump’s rebuttal, questions of dependency, leverage, and North American cooperation have moved to the foreground
When Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026, the significance of the speech was shaped as much by the venue as by the message. The WEF describes itself as the “International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation,” saying it convenes political, business, and other leaders to shape global and regional agendas. Its Annual Meeting is framed as an “impartial platform” for dialogue on shared challenges. In his speech, Carney frames the present moment as “a rupture” rather than a “transition,” describing an international environment that he argues is already taking shape; and warning it will likely continue to shape state behaviour in the years ahead.
In the same address, Carney references the end of what he calls a “pleasant fiction”: the belief that the world’s most powerful states, particularly major military and economic powers such as the US and China, would reliably submit to limits. He also argues that “middle powers,” including countries like Canada and other mid-sized economies, can still increase their influence by acting collectively rather than seeking individual accommodation. Coverage of the speech described it as unusually direct for a Canadian PM speaking in Davos: the Financial Times highlighted Carney’s framing of “weaponized interdependence” and a world order in “rupture,” while The Guardian characterized the address as a forceful challenge to the “rules-based” framework and a call to action for middle-power coordination. Reporting on the full text and immediate reception also emphasized the speech’s focus on economic coercion and vulnerability through trade and supply chains, with The Independent and Global News both presenting it as a major, unusually blunt intervention for a Canadian leader at WEF.
The remarks landed amid heightened tension in Canada– US relations during US President Donald Trump’s second term, which began on January 20, 2025, and has been widely covered as a period in which the Trump administration has applied more pressure on allies through both security and economic tools. In Europe, coverage focused on Washington pressuring NATO partners to assume greater defence burdens and openly questioned longstanding assumptions about US commitments. In North America, reporting has emphasized the use of tariff threats and trade leverage, including tensions tied to the USMCA review process, as instruments of pressure on close partners such as Canada. While Carney did not name Trump in the Davos speech, The Guardian described the address as a thinly veiled critique of US conduct and the broader erosion of the “rules-based order.”
The political escalation that followed made the subtext explicit. In remarks reported by Canadian and international outlets, Trump asserted that “Canada lives because of the United States,” a line that circulated widely as a reprimand. Carney later rejected this framing in public comments, and emphasized Canadian sovereignty and national capacity. The exchange was framed less as a personal dispute than as evidence of a more openly contested bilateral relationship: the Associated Press linked the rhetoric to looming USMCA review dynamics and tariff threats, while Time situated it within wider disputes over tariffs and sovereignty issues.
The domestic and international political response added to the speech’s impact. In Quebec, the CBC reported the reactions of Premier François Legault as well as other provincial political and business figures reacting mostly favourably to the speech, despite Legault’s history of disagreement with Carney on other issues. Internationally, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly praised Carney’s remarks during her morning press conference, calling the speech “in tune with the current times,” according to multiple reports. The approval from Quebec and Mexico was widely read as politically notable by political commentators and foreign-policy analysts because it signaled support from actors positioned differently within North American diplomacy, at a time when Canada and Mexico both face uncertainty over the future tone and terms of their engagement with Washington.
The economic backdrop is central to why the “rupture” framing resonated. Canada remains deeply integrated in trade with the United States. The trilateral North American trade pact, USMCA, is approaching a major inflection point because its joint review on July 1, 2026 is a built-in decision point that can shape whether the agreement is reaffirmed or becomes a renewed target for renegotiation. This has significant implications given Canada’s heavy trade dependence on the US. The Center for Strategic and International Studies similarly emphasized that the review mechanism can become a political battleground because it creates a scheduled moment for the parties to debate renewal and concessions. In that context, CBS News reported that Carney’s message amounted to a call for middle powers to build a new order “less reliant on the United States,” while Policy Magazine explicitly framed the speech as Canada declaring “strategic autonomy” and warned that autonomy without leverage invites pressure. Both readings situate the address not as a diagnosis of global disorder, but as an argument for diversification and reduced vulnerability.
Taken together, the Davos address and the ensuing exchange with Trump positioned a long-running Canadian debate, to what extent should the country rely on the United States, as a more immediate policy question rather than an abstract geopolitical thought experiment. Carney’s argument, as presented in his WEF address and echoed in subsequent coverage, is that a middle power’s security and prosperity cannot rest on the assumption that the dominant partner will remain predictable, rule-bound, or non-coercive. With the USMCA review scheduled for July 2026, and public rhetoric hardening on both sides, the underlying question raised by the speech is increasingly practical: whether Canada’s approach should aim for a return to a familiar equilibrium or policy should be built around the expectation that the relationship will remain more volatile and openly transactional for the foreseeable future.
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This could be the market’s black swan in 2026
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MEDIA WATCH: Press gala hails Carney, CTV pushes Liberal donationsCanada’s legacy media dropped all pretence of journalistic independence during the Canadian Media Summit when a presenter pledged their unwavering support to Carney over the weekend.
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Subject: YO Mr Trudeau Need I say Bah Humbug again???
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>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>
>>>>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war >>>>> essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
>>>>> ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
>>>>> and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
>>>>> or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
>>>>> terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
>>>>> “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
>>>>> Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
>>>>> ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
>>>>> Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
>>>>> was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
>>>>> amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
>>>>> denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
>>>>> self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
>>>>> “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
>>>>> G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
>>>>> behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
>>>>> Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
>>>>> cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
>>>>> are not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
>>>>> mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
>>>>> world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
>>>>> David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
>>>>> and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
>>>>> and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
>>>>> “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
>>>>> criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
>>>>> tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
>>>>>
>>>>> In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
>>>>> “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
>>>>> successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
>>>>> marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
>>>>> military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
>>>>> equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
>>>>> antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
>>>>> years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
>>>>> won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
>>>>>
>>>>> My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
>>>>> Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
>>>>> Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
>>>>> served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
>>>>> democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
>>>>> other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
>>>>> these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
>>>>> other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
>>>>> and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
>>>>> shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
>>>>>
>>>>> From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
>>>>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
>>>>> Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
>>>>> the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
>>>>> alive
>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
>>>>> your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
>>>>> to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
>>>>> Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
>>>>> War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
>>>>> To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
>>>>> Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.
>>>>> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
>>>>> milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
>>>>> sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
>>>>> <smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>>>>> susan@blueskystrategygroup.com
>>>>> eugene@blueskystrategygroup.
>>>>> Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
>>>>> <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
>>>>> <whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>>>>>
>>>>> I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
>>>>> Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
>>>>> Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
>>>>> CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
>>>>> be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
>>>>> that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
>>>>> if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
>>>>> about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your
>>>>> old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
>>>>> never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
>>>>> interesting though
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
>>>>> this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
>>>>> Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
>>>>> Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>>>
>>>>> The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
>>>>> shy political animal
>>>>>
>>>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>> 902 800 0369
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy Mr Weston
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/
>>>>>
>>>>> "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
>>>>> brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
>>>>> says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
>>>>> to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
>>>>> including a Canadian general.
>>>>>
>>>>> That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
>>>>> who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
>>>>> U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
>>>>> also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
>>>>> prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
>>>>>
>>>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
>>>>> being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
>>>>> demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
>>>>> "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
>>>>> into the US policy.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
>>>>> colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
>>>>> in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
>>>>> report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
>>>>> never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
>>>>> were deployed WMD.
>>>>>
>>>>> Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
>>>>> invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
>>>>> concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
>>>>> (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
>>>>> about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
>>>>> that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
>>>>> authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
>>>>>
>>>>> There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
>>>>> its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
>>>>> to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
>>>>> folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
>>>>> upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
>>>>> are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>>> and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
>>>>> Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
>>>>> correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
>>>>> George W Bush administration was onerous
>>>>>
>>>>> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
>>>>> military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
>>>>> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
>>>>> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
>>>>> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
>>>>> operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
>>>>> lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
>>>>> ....not necessarily in that order. "
>>>>>
>>>>> You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
>>>>> Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.socom.mil/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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Silver plunges into a bear market for the first time since 2022. Here’s how long it may last.
Gold isn’t in a bear market, but the pullback in metals has been stunning
Last Updated:A more than 30% one-day drop in silver on Friday pulled prices for the metal into a bear market for the first time since 2022, but the move hasn’t shaken everyone’s confidence in the metal’s potential.
“I’m inclined to discount the traditional percentage-drop parameters,” said Peter Grant, vice president and senior metals strategist at Zaner Metals, adding that he isn’t “entirely convinced silver is in a bear market” — even if it technically is.
Is MAGA weaponizing Alberta separatism?
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, January 20, 2026. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has weighed in on the separatism movement in Alberta.
Bessent has said that the province is a “natural partner” to the U.S., and that it has “great resources”.
While Bessent is certainly the most high profile U.S. official to muse about Alberta separatism, he hasn’t been the only MAGA supporter to chime in. Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon and Republican congressman Andy Ogles have also waded into the debate.
Today we’re asking why MAGA is eyeing Alberta separatism and whether it’s a threat to Canada’s national security.
Joining us: Jason Markusoff, writer and producer for CBC Calgary, and Patrick Lennox, a national security expert who ran for the Liberals in the last federal election in Edmonton. We’ll also hear from Jeffrey Rath, legal counsel and spokesperson for the Alberta Prosperity Project. That’s the main advocacy group pushing for Alberta independence.
For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
Harman Bhangu says he will ‘most likely’ run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives
Published:
VICTORIA — B.C. Conservative MLA Harman Bhangu says he will “most likely” run for the leadership of the provincial Opposition party, if the yet-to-be-released rules for the race are to his liking.
Bhangu, a former trucker who was elected as MLA for Abbotsford-Langley in 2024, says he will make his final decision once the party has released the rules, which he expects in the second or third week of the new year.
“If I like the way it is, transparent, then I feel like it will be a good honest race, I will definitely, most likely, put my name forward,” he said.
His signal comes after Bhangu’s friend Aaron Gunn, who is a federal Conservative MP, said on Christmas Eve that he would not seek the B.C. Conservative leadership.
Bhangu had said earlier this month that he would not seek the party leadership as long as Gunn was in contention, saying he would not “run against a friend I’ve stood shoulder-to-shoulder with since the beginning.”
Bhangu said he entered politics to help Gunn seek the leadership of the B.C. Liberals, before the party imploded last year.
“I committed to him back then, and I want to be a good friend, stick by his side,” Bhangu said. “But he has decided (against running). But who knows? Things can always change in politics, right? Who knows what’s going to happen next week?”
Bhangu — who was one of five MLAs to vote in favour of banning land acknowledgments by public employees in October — said he had been making a lot of calls and “a lot of folks” have told him that they would back his candidacy, adding the likelihood of him running “is pretty high up there.”
He said his final decision will also take into account the possibility of a snap election, because the winning candidate must be able to “raise a bunch of money” quickly.
There was talk of a snap election “all the time,” Bhangu said. “It’s always been floating around. So...if you are running for leader, you need to assess, ‘do you have the network to help after the leadership (race) to bring in a supplementary and a third and a fourth wave of funding to get the party and all the candidates ready and put them in a situation to succeed?’”
Bhangu first ran for the B.C. Conservatives in 2022 and served as the party’s vice-president before it rose to contend for government under former leader John Rustad in the 2024 election.
He said he would focus on economic issues if he were to run, citing his background in trucking.
Although no one has officially announced their candidacy since Rustad quit on Dec. 4, the list of names linked to the race is long.
It includes former grocery executive Darrell Jones, who has said he is “seriously considering” running.
Conservative MLA Peter Milobar, former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Iain Black, former federal Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer, commentator Caroline Elliott and Chris Gardner, president of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, have also been suggested as contenders.
Bhangu said nobody has officially announced their candidacy yet because, like him, they are waiting for the rules to drop and nobody wants to sign a contract without knowing what they are buying.
This report by Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press, was first published Dec. 30, 2025.
Double duty: B.C. Conservatives prepare for leadership race and potential snap election
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From the top-most ranks to newly joined volunteers, the B.C. Conservative Party is starting out the new year preparing for both a high-profile leadership race as well as the possibility the ruling New Democrats could take advantage of their vulnerability and call a snap election.
The party has announced a Leadership Election Organizing Committee comprised of lawyers and Conservative stalwarts to iron out the minutiae of the leadership race, which has general parameters but lacks certain details they’re now working on—including when voting starts.
“We’re an old party, the last time I think the party was in government was in 1926, but it was in a dormant phase for many, many decades,” said Angelo Isidorou, the B.C. Conservatives’ executive director.
“We’ve been preparing to not only run a leadership race, but we’re also doing election readiness,” he revealed, adding they are preparing for multiple scenarios including a call before a new leader is chosen and a call that comes “10 minutes after.”
Premier David Eby has faced constant questions from journalists as to whether he’s tempted to call a snap election given the chaos on the right, even though it’s just a year into the current term.
While he hasn’t ruled out the possibility, he’s reiterated that he doesn’t think British Columbians want to return to the polls so soon.
Of course, there are many factors the NDP are considering in striking while the Opposition is lead by a temporary figurehead: Eby’s popularity numbers are tepid, their housing agenda is starting to have an effect but hardly making waves, and the party’s strategies to address crime and toxic drugs aren’t having a clear impact.
“I think it’s too risky, despite the fact that they have benefited from the chaos within the Conservative party and it’s taken the heat of the NDP and given them some breathing room,” suggested Sanjay Jeram, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University.
“I think it wouldn’t work in the way they might hope that they could sort of catch the Conservative Party off guard, and I think the public would punish them for that.”
Isidorou also believes the New Democrats run that risk and is prepared to highlight the political opportunism should Eby make that decision.
The Conservatives expect mail-in and electronic voting to elect their new leader, rather than a full convention, anticipating a spring campaign and leadership race.
“We want something that we can conclude going into the summer and allowing the new leader that opportunity to tour the province, to build momentum and then to go back into the house in the fall,” said Isidorou.
‘I’m in’: Caroline Elliott confirms run for B.C. Conservative leadership
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VANCOUVER — Political commentator Caroline Elliott has confirmed she will be joining the race for leader of British Columbia’s Conservative Party.
Elliott, who was involved with the former BC Liberal Party and its successor, BC United, for about two decades, says she will represent the “change this party and province needs” and adds that she has “the support of an exceptional team with a winning campaign manager.”
The confirmation of her candidacy comes after Kory Teneycke told the Curse of Politics podcast that he would be moving to Vancouver to help manage Elliott’s leadership campaign.
Teneycke, who served as director of communications to former prime minister Stephen Harper, has also worked as Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s campaign manager and helped that province’s Progressive Conservatives secure three successive majority governments.
Elliott joins B.C. Conservative MLA Sheldon Clare, entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer and Rossland contractor Warren Hamm as declared candidates.
Former grocery executive Darrell Jones and MLAs Harman Bhangu and Peter Milobar have also indicated they are seriously considering running to replace John Rustad, who resigned last month.
“I’m in,” Elliott says in a brief statement on Tuesday. “It’s time to defeat the NDP and bring renewed hope and confidence to B.C. I look forward to announcing my vision very soon — stay tuned.”
This report by Brieanna Charlebois of The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 13, 2026.
Yuri Fulmer running to lead B.C. Conservatives, website reveals
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How a little-known B.C. Conservative built up a backroom dream team
Elliott has criticized government lawyers for 'pulling punches' in the recent Cowichan decision extending Aboriginal title to tracts of private property near Vancouver
OTTAWA — Caroline Elliott has never held elected office, or even put her name on a ballot, but she arguably became the early favourite in the British Columbia Conservative Party leadership race before even officially jumping into the fray.
Kory Teneycke, a onetime spokesman for former prime minister Stephen Harper and current ally of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, got the ball rolling on Monday when he revealed on a podcast that he’d soon be B.C. bound to manage Elliott’s campaign.
“I’m going to throw a ‘hey you’ out to all the people of British Columbia, I’m going to be moving out to your fair province … to go back to the campaign management business,” said Teneycke in a clip that launched a thousand hot takes.
Teneycke’s podcast bombshell blew open the floodgates, with a host of well-known conservative operatives announcing in the following hours that they’d also be joining the campaign.
By the time Elliott put out a terse statement reading “I’m in” on Tuesday, a large team of backroom talent had formed around her.
Some of the big names include digital guru Jeff Ballingall, Nick Kouvalis, a former advisor to Toronto mayors Rob Ford and John Tory and Anthony Koch, formerly a spokesman for both federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and ex-B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad.
National Post has also learned that Howard Anglin, former senior advisor to both Harper and ex-Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, will also be joining the campaign. As will conservative pollster Brooke Pigott, who’s worked for both Harper and Poilievre.
Koch said that, while Elliott is far from a “household name,” her outsized political appeal comes down to a rare mix of intangibles that those in the know have seen in her.
“I think (Elliott) touches on three key things: she’s very smart, eminently electable and a real conservative. That’s a very rare combination for conservative leaderships aspirants,” said Koch. “Usually, the best you can hope for is two out of three.”
Koch added that Elliott has steadily built a name in conservative circles for her bold commentary on hot-button issues like Indigenous reconciliation, with her byline regularly appearingin the National Post and other right-leaning outlets.
Elliott is a co-founder of new-right blog Without Diminishment but will be taking a hiatus from the publication while she runs for B.C. Conservative leader.
Margareta Dovgal, a regular contributor to Without Diminishment, says that Elliott’s approachable political style and extensive formal education in Indigenous relations make her ideally suited to navigate the political minefield of reconciliation.
“I think we’re already seeing Caroline (Elliott) move forward the conversation on reconciliation, because she’s been approaching it in such a thoughtful, fact-based way. Not everyone agrees with her, but even those who don’t can see she’s a serious person,” said Dovgal.
Elliott, who holds a PhD in aboriginal self-government and liberal democracy, is an avowed critic of what she calls “divisive” policies separating Indigenous and non-Indigenous British Columbians, such as closures of some B.C. parks to the latter.
She’s also criticized government lawyers for “pulling punches” in the recent Cowichan decision extending Aboriginal title to tracts of private property near Vancouver, arguing that they knowingly failed to marshal the strongest possible arguments in court.
Koch said that the Cowichan decision and other recent developments surrounding Indigenous relations in B.C. have marked a turning point making reconciliation a mainstream political issue.
“I think (reconciliation) is an issue that’s top of mind for British Columbians and also people across the country right now,” said Koch. “And I think most honest observers will see that she has a very nuanced and appropriate position on this that speaks directly to the concerns of people who are very worried about losing the most valuable asset that they own, which is their property.”
Koch added that Elliott wouldn’t “just be talking about reconciliation,” noting that she’s well-positioned to discuss the province’s soaring cost of living as a mother of two young children who lives in the Greater Vancouver area.
Brad Zubyk, a conservative strategist and former chief of staff to Rustad, said that the star power coalescing around Elliott doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll run away with the leadership race, stressing that she’ll need to build a network inside B.C.
“This is a leadership race and, at the end of the day, leadership races are about selling party memberships,” said Zubyk.
Zubyk said the high-profile Teneycke’s association with the campaign could be a double-edged sword, noting that he took attention away from Elliott right from the get-go by scooping her campaign announcement.
“The podcast stunt was one-hundred percent planned in advance,” said Zubyk.
Teneycke is a polarizing figure among grassroots conservatives after publicly, and repeatedly, criticizing the Conservative campaign during last spring’s federal election.
Koch says that while he “doesn’t share” Teneycke’s opinions on the federal Conservatives, the very fact that the two are working together — alongside an assortment of conservative talent from various parts of the coalition — reflects the breadth of Elliott’s appeal.
He noted that there are a good number of Poilievre alumni on the team, such as himself, Ballingall, Pigott and former federal Conservative candidate Mauro Francis.
“At the end of the day, you want to win and you want to assemble the best collection of talents that can actualize that,” said Koch.
Voting will start on May 9, with the next B.C Conservative leader to be named on May 30. Other declared and rumoured contenders include former provincial cabinet minister Iain Black, businessman Yuri Fulmer and B.C. Conservative MLAs Sheldon Clare, Peter Milobar and Harman Bhangu.
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Premiers Ford and Legault push for fair, transparent federal procurement processes
WINNIPEG, MB, July 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Quebec Premier François Legault released the following joint statement:
"Ontario and Quebec have a strong record of working together to create a competitive business environment in our provinces and prosperity for our people.
We need the Government of Canada to be a strong partner and champion, working with us to offer fair opportunities for Canadian companies to access federal procurement processes in sectors such as shipbuilding, aerospace, and defence equipment through public tender.
Firms in Québec and Ontario are key partners in supporting Canadian security and major exporters around the world. This generates significant economic benefit and growth at home, foster innovation while reinforcing Canada's reputation as a leader, especially in aerospace and defence technology and excellence on the world stage.
These domestic firms should be able to compete in open, transparent tenders for important Canadian procurements, such as Canada's Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) replacement.
We call on Prime Minister Trudeau and Ministers Anand, Champagne and Jaczek to stand up for the Ontario and Quebec aerospace and defence sectors and allow our firms to compete in an open CMMA tender."
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