Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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As Carney prepares to speak with Donald Trump with tariffs hanging over Canada, the prime minister highlights massive energy and resource projects and even offers to “translate” for the U.S. president.

Jim and Iain question whether that approach represents serious diplomacy or unnecessary antagonism, arguing that Canada needs concrete leverage and a workable deal rather than rhetoric and posturing.

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0:00 Analyzing the Proposed Energy Investment
1:18 Diplomatic Tensions and Misplaced Rhetoric
2:20 Will the United States Actually Buy In?
5:34 Deconstructing a Confusing Political Speech
8:05 The Long History of the Churchill Falls Deal