Mickey Djuric
@MickeyDjuric
Politics + policy reporter @Politico 🇨🇦 Canada Playbook author [email protected]
Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers are tempering expectations that they’ll strike a new economic and security deal with Donald Trump by the end of the month. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs are biting into Northern Ontario’s backbone, threatening to kill jobs and gut industries — and forcing businesses to consider packing up for the U.S. Those most likely impacted: Indigenous Peoples & First Nations politico.com/newsletters/ca…
Takeaways from the meeting yesterday with PM Carney and First Nations: - Despite gov’t wanting it to happen behind closed doors, chiefs who wanted it to be made public began streaming the meeting on Facebook + sharing hours of audio with reporters thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/carne…
Defense Minister David McGuinty quietly removed all of Canada's restrictions on air and missile defense — a potential reversal of a decades-old policy politico.com/newsletters/ca…

Canada is overhauling its steel trade policy to better protect its domestic industry from a flood of cheap imports, especially from China, while exempting the United States from the measures. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…
Why RFK Jr. wants Canada to pardon 400 ostriches ow.ly/Zst9106fUIf
Why RFK Jr. wants Canada to pardon 400 ostriches The plight of flightless birds in an avian flu drama has drawn in members of Trump’s administration, right-wing influencers and a GOP megadonor. Latest for @politico politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
A battle over 400 ostriches, which involves a big-name ally in the Trump administration, is playing out in federal court today. politico.com/newsletters/ca…

'Justin Trudeau had triumphantly infamously declared Canada to be a “post-national” state with “no core identity.” And now suddenly Canada is arguably the most nationalistic place on earth.' politico.com/newsletters/ca…
This story is stunning: Saudi Investment Bank says it has nothing to do with mysterious Canadian lobbyist thelogic.co/news/the-big-r… by @smithjoanna
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew wrote Industry Minister Mélanie Joly a letter requesting an urgent in-person meeting to discuss the government’s ordered shutdown of TikTok Canada — but his request has so far gone unanswered. politico.com/newsletters/ca…


Canada pauses new tariff threats as Trump escalates The president’s letter to the prime minister extends the trade deadline to Aug. 1. politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
🚨BREAKING: The European Commission has dropped plans to levy a tax on digital companies, a move that hands victory to Donald Trump and U.S. tech giants like Apple and Meta. Full story: ow.ly/ECtz50Wowk5
NEW: Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton, who is part of PM Carney’s Council on Canada-U.S. Relations, calls a trade deal with Trump by July 21 “not realistic.” @mikelecouteur #cdnpoli ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…
New: Nate Erskine-Smith, the one-time OLP leadership candidate who lost to Bonnie Crombie and now finds himself on the outs with the Carney government, is poking around Crombie's leadership review. #onpoli thetrillium.ca/insider-news/p…
Canada’s electric vehicle mandate is under fire from Washington — and if it falls, one of the biggest losers could be Elon Musk. Latest from me for @politico politico.com/news/2025/07/1…