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@MarkJCarney @melaniejoly Why is this even allowed? The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa released a list of quotes from Canadian politicians—including Industry Minister Mélanie Joly (five times), Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and others—that it says show plans to influence American politics by pressuring U.S. businesses and targeting individual states in response to tariffs. Prime Minister Carney did not directly address the specific quotes. He simply noted that the U.S. started the trade actions and that everything Canada has done is in the interest of Canadian workers and families. Ford said he has no interest in interfering in American elections. Canada has spent years accusing other countries of foreign interference in its own elections, launching public inquiries, and treating the issue as a serious threat to democratic integrity. Now Canadian ministers and a premier are on record discussing how to pressure American companies and states—precisely the kind of cross-border political pressure Ottawa has condemned when directed at us. This is the same pattern of selective rules: Quebec gets special immigration powers because it is “distinct,” massive EV and industrial subsidies are announced by proclamation with no parliamentary vote and no clear repayment conditions, and now trade retaliation that looks like election interference is waved away as defending Canadian interests. The federal government cannot keep demanding one standard for everyone else while operating under a different standard itself. At what point does this become untenable? When the deficit is already producing record debt-service costs, when households cannot afford the products the subsidies are supposed to create, and when the same government that lectures others about interference is caught describing how it will lean on foreign businesses and jurisdictions. Citizens are the ones who will pay the bill and live with the consequences. The double standard is not sustainable.