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Ned Yeung<p>&lt;3</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a></p>
Will :toad:<p>American friends -- this is how it's done. Canadian MP Charlie Angus defends Democracy &amp; DEI. Stand together. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meVtjT7FsY4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=meVtjT7FsY</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
Rasta<p>Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookSky</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/dangerous-memory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">houseofanansi.com/products/dan</span><span class="invisible">gerous-memory</span></a><br>Renowned politician, author, and musician <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of the 1980s, an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>, and the common good that continues to haunt us today.</p>
Francisca Sinn<p>I’d like to just point out that sure, we’re fighting a criminal corrupt fascist regime with zero morals or ethics (or empathy, as they’ve self proclaimed), but Canadians are holding the line WHILE ALSO BAKING COOKIES. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbowsUp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a></p>
Sir Charles Tupper, Bt.<p>Longtime NDP Member of Parliament <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> going on the record about the threat that Trump poses to <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba_R-vJ-omQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ba_R-vJ-omQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/boycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottUSA</span></a></p>
Sir Charles Tupper, Bt.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UsolxctGzU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=1UsolxctGzU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/boycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottUSA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elbowsup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/buycanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buycanadian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/europeanalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeanalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>Last of all, given the fraught situation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, our <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CultureDesk</span></a></span> shared an explanation of the term “elbows up” by MP Charlie Angus. For an extra treat, here’s a video to inspire Canadians through the weekend and beyond: Joe Canada/Jeff Douglas’s updated “I am Canadian” ad, but this time it’s not for beer. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LzhCLzfJFg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=1LzhCLzfJF</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p><a href="https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/elbows-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">charlieangus.substack.com/p/el</span><span class="invisible">bows-up</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LIfestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIfestyle</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IAmCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAmCanadian</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JoeCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeCanada</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbowsUp</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Cindy<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a>:</p><p>🇨🇦 "Canadians understand that this is not a trade war we're talking about.</p><p>"This is a war by other means: A war of disinformation and ridicule, questioning our right to exist, our sovereignty, our borders. It's very much the way Putin launched his disinformation war in the years leading up to the brutal invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>"It's a seige war.</p><p>"Canadians know what's at stake. We will not bend or break" 🇨🇦 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TeamCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamCanada</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/1UsolxctGzU?si=S7p9UT6vt6AG4aIu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/1UsolxctGzU?si=S7p9UT</span><span class="invisible">6vt6AG4aIu</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>If you've seen Canadians share messages on social media (and "Saturday Night Live") with the words "elbows up" and wondered what that means, MP Charlie Angus has written this helpful explainer. Referring to the late, great hockey player Gordie Howe, Angus writes: "When Gordie put the elbows up, guys lost teeth or ended up with black eyes ... A big surprise is coming for guys like Pete Navarro, J. D. Vance, and the Trump trolls who think they can bully, threaten and push us around."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/6Yf0A_" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/6Yf0A_</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CaPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaPoli</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbowsUp</span></a></p>
Causeburn<p>Debating taking the drive to London ON this day. Anyone else going? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a></p>
Greengordon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>Damn shame he's retiring. And it's clear whose side the cops are on:</p><p>"Officer Derek told my assistant that these guys were just "a few local journalists" and that they had come to interview me.</p><p>"And with that, Ottawa Police bid farewell and left me in the hands of a hate gang."</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a></p>
Causeburn<p>Charlie Angus, saying what we are all thinking, again <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lOWV3--w54" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=2lOWV3--w54</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fucktrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fucktrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a></p>
Causeburn<p>Charlie Angus government petition to refuse Trump permission to enter Canada until he stops his threats of annexation <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fucktrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fucktrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a> <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5345" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet</span><span class="invisible">ition/Details?Petition=e-5345</span></a></p>
Causeburn<p>Petition by Charlie Angus to get the Canadian government away from Twitter/X, to a platform not controlled by a fucking asshole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fuckelonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckelonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a> <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5359" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet</span><span class="invisible">ition/Details?Petition=e-5359</span></a></p>
Causeburn<p>Charlie Angus is the hero we need <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRsfCQD6LTU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=NRsfCQD6LTU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlieangus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charlieangus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fucktrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fucktrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magamorons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magamorons</span></a></p>
Janet Fraser<p>...and more from Charlie Angus who stood up at the NATO meeting in Brussels:</p><p>“Right now, In Saudi Arabia, the most undemocratic place on the planet, a war criminal and a convicted felon are deciding the future of Ukraine. If we are silent, it will be like Munich 1938 all over. Do we have the determination to speak out for a better world because it is being sold out now, and the American delegation is allowing this to happen.</p><p>We cannot allow this to happen.”</p><p>Following my intervention, the Latvian delegation completely dropped the gloves and went hard on Trump. The hall erupted in cheers.</p><p>Afterward, the lead Latvian delegate came up to shake my hand, saying:</p><p>“We decided it was time to start acting like Canadians.”</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/natosummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natosummit</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CanadaPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/canadiansovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadiansovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NoMoreNiceCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMoreNiceCanadian</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/speak-now-or-forever-lose-your-peace?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=i0l1d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/charliea</span><span class="invisible">ngus/p/speak-now-or-forever-lose-your-peace?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=i0l1d</span></a></p>
Janet Fraser<p>Charlie Angus attempts to wake the frog. Canadian politicians have to think, speak, and act like we're entering a crisis, possibly existential, for our country. Otherwise, our chicken-of-the-forest is cooked.</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/no-return-to-normal?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=i0l1d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/charliea</span><span class="invisible">ngus/p/no-return-to-normal?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=i0l1d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/canadianpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadianpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nonpartisanleadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonpartisanleadership</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>H/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheGentYYC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheGentYYC</span></a></span></p><p>Reposted in full here because substack is for Nazis.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieAngus</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p><p>—</p><p><strong>FROM THIS MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGES</strong></p><p>How Ordinary Canadians Are Leading The Resistance Against Trump's America</p><p>Charlie Angus / The Resistance</p><p>So Donald got spooked, and we've won a pause for 30 days. Whatever.</p><p>Ordinary Canadians know that Donald Trump may come back harder in 31 days, 60 days, or sometime further down the road. And if he does, we will hit him back harder. Or, perhaps in that time, Trump will send in the Marines to force mass ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Or he'll threaten Panama. Or Greenland. Or shake down Ukraine. Such is the nature of the United States in 2025.</p><p>What matters to Canadians is that we continue the resistance and maintain the boycotts.</p><p>It needs to be pointed out that the boycott of American products wasn't organized by any campaign group. It didn't rely on a slick social media campaign to get buy-in. The boycotts started with the individual choices of ordinary Canadians who were not willing to let the Trump regime shake down our country.</p><p>The power of a determined Canadian boycott certainly spooked American leaders when they realized we were serious. The prospect of losing Kentucky's largest export market caused the governor of Kentucky to demand Trump dial it back. He was getting reports of Canadian stores pulling every bottle of Jim Beam and Kentucky spirits off the shelf. Trump backed down, and the booze is back on the shelf, but I have heard many Canadians tell me the dust will settle on those bottles. Canadians are done being nice.</p><p>Now, let's talk about the tourism market.</p><p>Canadians spend over $20 billion a year vacationing in the US, supporting over 140,000 jobs. Just a 10% drop in visits would cause serious economic pain to an industry still struggling to get over COVID.</p><p>Over the last number of days, I have been overwhelmed with stories of Canadians who have cancelled flights and accommodations to Palm Springs, Arizona, and Vermont. Even at the cost of losing their deposits and tickets. A woman who had been part of a choir I was in as a teen contacted me about cancelling a major family trip to Florida. As far as I know, she doesn't have a political bone in her body. She said her family sat down and made the decision that, even if it cost them their deposits and tickets, they did not want to give a dime to a country as dangerous and predatory as the United States.</p><p>Canadians are way ahead of their elected representatives when it comes to defending our national sovereignty.</p><p>The tariff war should have been a wake-up call to seriously begin diversifying our trade and building a resilient national economy. And yet within hours of Trump backing down, Danielle Smith was back waiving her conspiracy flag. Doug Ford immediately jumped back into bed with Elon Musk. Even Liberal cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson has been trying to entice the gangster regime in Washington by offering better access to Canada's critical minerals.</p><p>In the United States, the story of grassroots Canadian resistance was barely noticed except for the exceptional work of the Meidas Touch network.</p><p>American media and politicians only woke up when it became clear that Canada would fight, and the markets started to tank. Now they've gone back to focusing on other Trump issues, like the fact that the CIA is announcing buyouts for their entire department to make Trump happy. </p><p>Such is life in a post-democratic gangster state.</p><p>But for Canadians, everything has changed. There is no going back.</p><p>There was a time when we used to joke that we were the mouse sleeping in bed with an elephant. Then the comparisons got darker: being a neighbour to America was like living in an apartment above a meth lab. Now we are coming to terms with the fact that we share border with a predatory regime run by men who look on democratic nations as suckers for a shakedown. While we may share incredible relations at the individual level, Canadians understand that we are no longer neighbours.</p><p>And the first line of defence in our nation are the Moms at the grocery stores. It is families leading the defence in Red Deer and Halifax when they decide that they won’t spend vacation dollars in a nation as unprincipled as the United States of America.</p><p>I put my trust in the determination of ordinary Canadians. When the going gets rough, Canadians have never run. We never will.</p><p>The boycott continues. Buy Canada.</p>