Rupa Subramanya
@rupasubramanya
@TheFP .Former columnist @nationalpost Email: [email protected]
It was an honour to once again testify before @JudiciaryGOP on the Censorship Industrial Complex. Free speech and the open exchange of ideas are essential to Western values and democracy. Without them, Western civilization will disappear not with a bang but with a whimper.
📺 WATCH: Canadian journalist @rupasubramanya warns of how "free" countries like the UK, Canada, and Germany are censoring their own citizens. We must always stand for the First Amendment!
Hearing that death row inmate Richard Glossip whom I interviewed in 2023 might walk free today. Glossip has been scheduled to die 9 times and has had 3 last meals. And every time, he’s been granted another chance. My piece for @TheFP at the time. thefp.com/p/can-this-dea…
They’re likely waiting on a poll or a green light from liberal pundits. The moment prominent liberal voices frame this as a free speech issue, you can bet Poilievre, who claims he wants to make Canada the freest country in the world, will finally speak up.
An opportunity for @PierrePoilievre and the @CPC_HQ to put their money with their mouths are on freedom of expression and start creating some differentiation from the Carney LPC, but I doubt they will take up opportunities like this: cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
Non-white people surveyed feel the strongest, with 61% agreeing that there are too many immigrants, compared to 58% of white people.
Most Canadians still think Canada is accepting too many immigrants, and many don't trust newcomers: poll nationalpost.com/news/canada/mo…
No one is afraid of the rule of law anymore in Canada, a country that is increasingly veering towards lawlessness.
Driver whose licence was suspended by court order Monday morning caught on Hwy. 417 that afternoon ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article…
Autarky?? 😬
"Canadians can be our own best customer and we’re making sure that’s the case," Carney said. globalnews.ca/news/11298183/…
A 6 month jail sentence for peacefully protesting government overreach, Canada’s longest-ever "mischief" trial, is deemed “hardly extreme.” Only in Canada. And only in Canada do conservatives speak up once their critics have given them permission. 🙄
For everyone yesterday who said that Poilievre was taking an extreme position by calling out the proposed sentence lengths for Lich and Baber, here's the take from the lawyer who organized the lawsuit against the convoy and has been a vocal Conservative critic. Hardly extreme:
did you know that Canada has a unique status in the US Defense Production Act as a "domestic source"? I wonder if Carney knows. In the 1970s, when I was in working in metals business, the Defense Production Act was something that people knew about. To the extent that Trump is…
Aside from the steel and aluminum tariffs, Canada already has a relatively good deal compared to other countries. So why is Carney hedging? Even he admits Canada won’t get 0%. He should accept a 10% baseline tariff, negotiate lower rates on steel and aluminum, and most…
“We are looking for the best deal for Canada. We are only going to accept the best deal for Canada,” says PM Mark Carney, commenting on ongoing Canada–U.S. trade negotiations in his opening remarks to Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers in Huntsville, Ont. #cdnpoli
Lutnick is right. Most Canadians, including journalists, don't seem to get that 90% of Canada's exports to the US fall under USMCA, and are therefore tariff free, except for the sectoral tariffs on steel and aluminum which are obviously bad. Compared to other countries, Canada…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is asked on @FaceTheNation whether free trade with Canada is dead. “That’s silly, we have a plan called USMCA, US Mexico Canada agreement, virtually 75% of all goods coming from Mexico and Canada are already coming tariff free,”. (More)
Incredible that the state broadcaster is pointing out what I said in my piece thefp.com/p/this-week-in… ,something that's been obvious for months, that CUSMA compliance gives Canada an edge over other countries when it comes to tariffs. cbc.ca/news/canada/ta…
"The good news is that nearly 90 percent of Canada–U.S. trade is covered by USMCA. That trade deal was negotiated during Trump’s first term and ensures that the bruising 35 percent tariff would hit just 10 percent of trade between Canada and the U.S." thefp.com/p/this-week-in…
Why is @fordnation calling for tit for tariffs when data shows they have harmed us, have had no impact on the US, most of our trade is CUSMA compliant, and we're in a better position than most countries. What's to be gained by pissing off Trump? ctvnews.ca/toronto/articl…
"...the real problem: Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. The US will become a more attractive place for foreign direct investment than Canada because of our high taxes and dumb regulations."C'mon journalists..take a chance and do some real research. Canadians need their eyes opened
Lutnick is right. Most Canadians, including journalists, don't seem to get that 90% of Canada's exports to the US fall under USMCA, and are therefore tariff free, except for the sectoral tariffs on steel and aluminum which are obviously bad. Compared to other countries, Canada…
"The vast majority (~90%) of Canadian exports to the US are covered by the USMCA and therefore exempt from tariffs." Canadian journalists and commentators seem generally clueless about tariffs. thefp.com/p/this-week-in…
1. Doug Ford needs to sit down and shut up about tariff retaliation. The Canadian gov't paid for billboards in the US reading "tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans." Those billboards are 100% correct. The logic behind them is universal---our retaliatory tariffs are taxes…
1. Doug Ford needs to sit down and shut up about tariff retaliation. The Canadian gov't paid for billboards in the US reading "tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans." Those billboards are 100% correct. The logic behind them is universal---our retaliatory tariffs are taxes…
Quebec wants temporary foreign workers to stay because there's a labour shortage in manufacturing. There are 11,000 vacant job positions in manufacturing in Quebec, according to the Institut de la statistique du Québec. cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
We’ve seen this a thousand times and we’ll see it a thousand more. There is nothing anyone can do for Gaza that Hamas won’t undo. If a ceasefire comes, as I hope it will, Hamas will use it to plan more of this same kind of war. If GHF collapses and all aid returns to UN hands,…
Hamas's secret police (Sahm/arrow unit) is turning up the heat against starving civilians in Gaza. It arrested a group of men who received food boxes from a GHF site in Rafah, only to steal their food parcels, beat, and strip them naked. According to those who were arrested,…
Yes and the same folks are now applauding him for speaking up when they were berating me up until yesterday for asking him to speak up on matter that is before the courts. Blind partisanship has to be one of the most brain dead soul crushing things out there.
What is funny is that the hardcore fanclub for Poilievre are now rallying behind the excuse of "sub judice" for his silence.....now that he is not a member of government, nor the official opposition and it no longer applies.