U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that he would meet with his Canadian counterpart, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, adding that the U.S. was not in a war with Canada.
“I think this is very unfortunate that Prime Minister Carney has turned this into a political shouting match. I mean, we’re not at war with Canada,” Bessent told CNBC in an interview.
He added that Carney was “not doing what’s best for Canada.”
In his interview, Bessent also called out Canada’s retaliatory tariffs.
“I don’t think you can be in a tit-for-tat with someone who’s 13 times larger than you are,” he said.
Strong majorities of Canadians support the federal government walking away from U.S. trade talks and hitting back with retaliatory tariffs, a new poll suggests, which is translating to persistent support for Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals.
However, the Ipsos polling conducted exclusively for Global News and released Saturday also shows that support varies by age, with fewer Generation Z and millennial adults backing the Liberals and their approach to the growing U.S. trade war.
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The poll found that 63 per cent of Canadians surveyed feel Canada was right to stand firm in the trade negotiations, “even if it meant higher costs and job losses,” while just 18 per cent said Canada should have made additional sacrifices to get a deal.
An even larger majority, 73 per cent, said they back Ottawa’s “dollar for dollar” counter-tariffs on $28 billion worth of U.S. goods, matching the up to 50 per cent tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump last week after trade talks collapsed.
But those numbers fall to 48 per cent of Gen Z adults and 57 per cent of millennials who support Canada standing firm, and 59 per cent of millennials who were happy to see Canada’s retaliatory tariffs. By comparison, about 80 per cent of older boomers supported both of those positions.
— with files from Reuters and Global’s Sean Boynton
We’re not at war with Canada.
You’re right You’re at our mercy.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
To all those who are too afraid to use their real name while commenting, your opinion isn’t worth listening to.
Clowny got a mouth and bum full of come, you libs are brain-dead, inbred, fetal alcohol syndrome born
Independent Alberta. What a fantasy. Maga anarchists without an education.
The US isn’t @ war Just the BULLY qball comb over is.
Anonymous
September 1, 2026 at 8:38 am
MAGAts are sick delusional people. Go! Carney! Go!
So are Carney supporters.
MAGAts are sick delusional people. Go! Carney! Go!
American people don’t have the right to complain about Canada. They have absolutely no right to write with a “smelly black felt” pen, and change any part of Canada’s landscape and history. It just goes to show you how much intelligence he has and what he truly thinks of everyone. His dementia is getting worse daily and why his family has not stopped him from his crimes is beyond my comprehension. If the American people vote him back in November then they deserve every single thing he throws at them. I know that the world is changing but my goodness not that much.
Trump is throwing out all immigrants from America, my question to you, what about his family members? If his parents were alive they would have been deported, along with his sorry ass.
I know that this question has been asked before but never truly answered, what about the Melina? We all know she came here for modelling and on an illegal visa and she was a JE girl… kick her ass out of America just like the rest, or maybe just maybe let people live their lives in peace and get rid of Traitors like Trump, give his money back to the people who he stole from and spread the rest around to the rest of the world who needed to see him ut’m
He is such a smug SOAB…
When Alberta becomes independent and rest of cunada eating cat food under the bridge it won’t be so funny
Alaberta MAGAts posting here is pure comedy, lol!
We need nukes, then they’ll leave us alone
After Alberta leaves, the rest of canada’s main industry will be shining shoes, they already imported the workers from india
Canada in Native may mean something, but in Spanish translated, Ca-nada, “Que Nada” in Spanish means “What Nothing, or That Nothing”, which is what Canada is, NOTHING, without the USA, Trump speaks truth and Mexicans agree.
@Anonymous. That’s why we should tariff Diapers! Trump will cave immediately!
The only one shouting is the diaper wearing dumpster fire in the whir house, scott.
So glad my work transferred me from San Diego to Vancouver. Taxes are basically the same. When my wife got pregnant when I was down there, the co pays and deductible came to thousands of dollars. Glad my son was healthy, otherwise it may have bankrupted us.
Goes to show you what kind of a low life Scott and Trump are, trying to pick a fight with smaller countries that they 😨
US = 🍌 republic!
MAGAtards posting usual MAGA vitriol, such simpleton morons!
Liberals rule, Conservatives drool. Suck it Trumop
Canada doesn’t know what a real way is as they don’t fight anymore so now they think a trade/tariff dispute is a war. How embarrassing for them. Obviously not a serious country
“I deal with the Leadership of many Countries, but I find Canada to be the worst. They are entitled no longer!” — DJT
I’m 87 years old. Not sure which age category I fit into, but I want to confirm that I am 100% behind Mr Carney.
So glad I left Canada and transferred down to San Diego with work. The best attribute is no winter or Elbows Up.
Another Trump brainwashed idiot!
42 m never voting liberal, I support even more extreme measures. I’d be willing to put dollar for dollar on oil alone and drive diesel price through the roof. Push diesel to $20/gallon amd watch food prices skyrocket in the USA. Then you go dollar for dollar on potash and reduce the amount of food produced and double those food prices again. Wait for the peasants to be hungry and rowdy and then cut off the electricity and let chaos ensue.
Why are Canadians not privy to the actual trade agreement?
The article just called themselves U.S.A bullies because their bigger than Canada. Get a life
American arrogance knows no bounds…….and nothing sticks in a Canadian craw more than arrogance!
Just another MAGA mouthpiece over parroting his orange master’s garbage! ‘Shocking’, lol!
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75% of our trade goes to the states. To find a mutually agreeable solution is far easier than what is being presented. Who should we increase our trade with? The guys who would oppose China, like how idiotic is this debate. Canada is feeling the brunt of unacceptable spending on protecting itself. Militarily, in trade and in spending limits. Prime example, said we would spend 3% of GDP on Military more than 6 years ago and it dropped to 1%. Now that your biggest trading partner is calling you out on it, you go elsewhere to spend. Lowest IQ people elected.
@Timmy
Your mommy is calling you home. I think it’s time for you to bend over for her boyfriend again.
Doug Fraud signed over many contracts to US companies and keeps attacking our unions. Mini trump is helping America destroy us from within.
Canadians are at war with America. No to purchasing any military deals with America. I am all good with either Germany or South Korean tanks and planes. Bessent, you can shove your American made submarines up your own a$$.
Doug Ford and Carney are the most embarrassing and incompetent leaders in the Western world.
It’s pretty apt how “I’m bigger than you, give me your lunch money” is the trade policy of a guy whose pastime of choice is forcing himself on children
This clown is as delusional as his boss.
You aren’t? Could’ve fooled me, friends don’t insult, threaten and block other friends
Trumpmeister shat in clownys mouth
It is not a war and never was…
It is just Liberal rhetoric.
Pompus motherfcker, I hate this Bessent creep.
“a political shouting match”?
Trump and Bessent are the only ones shouting.
The older generation knows what’s better for the country and how to deal with bullies.
..The facts are trump is a liar. Full Stop. Not an opinions but a daily demonstratable fact. Bessent is simply a trump fingerpuppet and will parrot whatever lie he is told to. trump tried to pull last minute changes in the last negotiations that have blown up in his orange face politically and then lied about it all. How can Canada sign any deals with someone who has no integrity, morals or credibility?
War is the continuation of politics, and politics is the continuation of economics.
Dollars can kill as effectively as bullets.
Hope to see you lib maggots on battlefield one day, always wondered what a bazooka would do ….
Lard Ford says he will shut off power to USA as to be Elbows Up. What he doesn’t state is Ontario brings in power from the USA during the cold winter months.
oh but you are.
And one would trust Bessent, another corrupt official in Trump’s administration!? Not on your life!
Yes we are….I now despise the americans…
Canada has Oil, potash, critical minerals, lumber…..oh, and lots of fresh water that the US west needs as it dries up like a prune. Yep, many cards to play…..but but, not according to MAGAcons, lol!
When Carney was at Harvard he loved America. Still does. Ask his kids living there.
Sure.. not at war, they just have their boot on our neck and want Canada to sumbit to all of their unreasonable bullying demands, that’s all. Sort of like mobsters.
Canadians hold no cards at all. Ford acts tough but takes no action. Typical Liberal.
F*CK THE UAS ALL TO H*LL! I hope the damn country burns like it has made so many others burn. Time for the USA to be blasted just like it HAS DONE SO MANY OTHERS.. F*CK THE YANKEES!
Keep sucking MAGAt holes Con traitors!
Precisely the kind of arrogant, ignorant, obtuse response you would expect from this American administration. Morally, ethically bankrupt sycophants with zero integrity, who pretend they know, or care, what’s in Canada’s best interest.
Americans are laughing at us because Canadians are acting like butthurt children throwing a temper tantrum.
Why didn’t they include his joke about attacking the US with the 2 subs from the West Edmonton Mall?
Liars!!
Keep sucking carnhole ya lib maggots!
Bessent is correct when he says Carnival is not doing what is best for Canada. Carnival is doing what is best for himself, we will see if he can hold onto his majority…
canadian military, canoes and slingshots! So friggin funny 🤣
We don’t need weapons of mass destruction. We Canadians like to use our bare hands, look em in the eye..
Desperate MAGAcons polluting this thread once again with their garbage, lol! Don’t like Canada, move to the swamp south of the border already.
@doris How is Iran winning? Leaders dead. Navy destroyed. Air force destroyed. Country looks like the surface of the moon. US bombing at will and the greatest Navy in the world has a blockade on the straights.
He added that Carney was “not doing what’s best for Canada.”
The LPC hasn’t been doing what’s best for Canada for the past 11 years!
Jack Dasilva, history 101.
The Vietnamese and the Afghans didn’t have national armies. How did the U.S. do?
Canada has an organized military and is better disciplined.
I don’t remember Canada asking Bessent his opinion , nobody this side of the border cares about that clown opinion
And I promise not to come in your mouth.
Bessent is a fool. Not at war. The Trump administration berates us, calls us names at every opportunity. He is a smug mug. Americans attitude is “we win and you lose”. Trump is upset because we stood up to him. The whole bunch of them act light toddlers having a hissy fit.
I think Trump is doing an amazing job really.
Canada has no military or armed forces to fight a war.
Would rather be an Independent Rublic or with the USA. Alberta would do much better outside Chinada
Ya, we can see how easily the mighty usa won its war with Iran
In reality, the Liberals have been at war with the Canadian middle class since 2015.
Trump has the whole world rattled!
Carney living in an economic fantasy land by thinking he doesn’t need the USA. He wants to go Elbows Up
Trump Denial Syndrome is alive and well based on the comments here.
A lot of Canadians know there is no war. But the TDS is so bad among the activist set you’d expect Canadians will invade Michigan any minute now.
Remember the time, Trudeau allowed Canada to be used as a staging area for millions of illegal aliens and tons of fentanyl to flood into the U.S. during the Senile Joe Autopen kleptocracy?
Remember when he reneged on our NATO and NORAD commitments and cheated on NAFTA and USMCA to help china dump steel and aluminum into the USA?
Remember the time we elected Mark Carney, the guy who economically advised Trudeau to do all of the above and more?
No?
Well Trump remembers, so here we are.
Who’s hand does canada have to hold now?
Another desperate attempt by the Orange guy’s cultists to spread misinfotmation before the midterms, as polls continue to show he’s at an all-time low, lol!
Love seeing all the TDS. North America leadership is a joke all around. No part of NA is taken seriously. Lake America lol
Give it up, the world has you figured out, you fool no one any more.
The t.d.s. is strong in these elbowzoes !
Better hope a real war doesnt start or we Canadians will be screwed.
Trump is at war, even with himself.
lol, sure, and I’m the Easter bunny! Delusional Orange Administration.
I find it interesting that the US starts tarrifs, breaks their agreements, and if we do not suck it up and take it, we are some how the aggressors.
Do these people have any idea how history will petray them.
Carney just uses it to vote pander, he has done nothing but say a few slogans. The lefties think money will fall from the heavens for just saying some ultruistic left way garbage.
He explains why American is an adjective in Canada. He like all the leadership in USA don’t get it. LMAO
Good commentary by Prof. Ryder, good reportage including the questions posed of the commentator.
I choose to buy from Aliexpress and temu. Lets make China great
The comments from braindead MAGAts here are hilarious. Such a bunch of chest thumping mouthbreathing losers. These are the kind of twits who chant “U-S-A” at every opportunity. But remember, every comment from a MAGAt is a comment from a person who protects pedophiles.
Nope, not a war. This is just how the US treats its supposed allies. With friends like that, who needs enemies?!?
The US is determined to be an island. Canada and the rest of the world will accommodate it, and then collectively learn to steer way clear of its waters.
You people are sheep and parrot whatever the media tells you.
@Ben. Great. What does you Clown index say about GDP and military strength? You love democracy so much that you Clownadians are busy bootlicking China.
@ben. Did you Clownadians forget you invaded Afghanistan too? God, it just keeps getting dumber and dumber. And Iran, Vietnam dont depend on the US for equipment. They got China and Russia
The comment by Scott Besant are laughable and obviously he is as out of touch with the reality of what occurred in the final negotiations as is his boss Donald Trump. PM Carney has kept all of this very low key and professional unlike his US Counterpart who still refers to Canada as a state, renames a lake partially in Canada then takes all his toys back and goes home in a pout with not having gotten his way completely. I support PM Carney and our Canadian Team now plus in any future negotiations as futile as those might be. Donald Trump can’t even stand the CUSMA deal he negotiated and call a great deal at that time.
Matt Swanson. Carney walked away from a bad deal. Anyone who’s negotiated anything knows that to get a good deal you have to be prepared to walk away because If you are willing to take any deal, you’ll get a bad deal.
@Lol. The US is lower than Canada on world democracy and freedom indices, some published by organizations with Republicans in them. Are you upset the US is failing in Iran like it did in Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam? Go bully someone your own size, like China.
The only good American is a dead American
Scott Bessent has savagely criticized Canada a number of times, so extending an olive branch by saying we aren’t at war shows how unreliable the administration’s word is.
Matt Swanson you can’t negotiate with a lie and cheat and think it’s good. Glad he walked away better then dealing with gearbox like trump🤫🤫🤫
Carney walked away from the negotiating table like a true coward. He doesn’t want a deal obviously.
Scott Besant doesn’t care how many US citizens are hurt apparently
War with Clownada would be a joke. Not only do they need to use our maps, they also need our military equipment
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Indeed. It would be ridiculous to go to war with a bunch of clowns whose entire existence is dependent on the US military