S8 Ep762: Conrad Black critiques the diplomatic rift between Canada and the United States, arguing that Prime Minister Carney's anti-Trump rhetoric serves as a political substitute for substantive policy achievements and effective housing solutions. (15)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:47.3 | I welcome my good colleague, Conrad Black, distinguished biographer, writing his column |
| 0:52.2 | of the National Post, but right now we attend to the |
| 0:54.7 | rift between Canada and the United States that must not stand, not for another moment, from my |
| 1:00.5 | point of view. And what I want to understand is, Mr. Carney, the very successful campaign he ran, |
| 1:08.2 | based upon the enmity towards remarks made by the Trump administration. |
| 1:14.1 | However, it is months later. |
| 1:16.6 | The springtime is here. |
| 1:18.6 | Canada's trade with the United States is vigorous and profound. |
| 1:23.1 | No substitute is irrationally possible, including China, given the trust and the commerce between |
| 1:31.2 | the two countries. And yet I read Canadians canceling their vacations in America, goods from |
| 1:37.4 | America, especially alcohol goods. All manner of imports are down. And I understand that the |
| 1:44.0 | Canadians are spiritually damaged by the |
| 1:47.7 | unkind remarks and the confusion about Greenland is profound and yet this is about something that |
| 1:54.3 | we've lived with our whole lives everybody alive in Canada and the United States has affection |
| 1:59.1 | for each other how How could we not? |
| 2:02.4 | Our parents, our grandparents. |
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