US Ambassador Threatens Canada: The Real Truth Behind the Shocking Warning

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[00:00:00]Hello everybody, welcome back. Guess what? More insults, threats, and condescending attitude from our ally, the United States. The president's man who was recalled recently to Washington for instructions is back in Ottawa and he doesn't understand why Canadians are so frustrated right now. In case you don't know that guy, that's US Ambassador Pete Hoystra. And he put on full display his ignorance and how out of touch he is with Canadians. If Canadian provinces were to put back the American alcohol on the shelves, would that lead to a tariff relief from the United States?

[00:00:35]>> No. I mean, we think the uh we think the alcohol ban is totally unfair. We think it's it it I think technically under USMCA provinces can do this. It's probably not illegal um or doesn't violate the terms of USMCA, but it's a it's a clear indicator of how 11 provinces feel about trade with the United States. He's the US ambassador in Canada and he thinks that Canada has 11 provinces and he said that well it's really unfair. The alcohol ban is really unfair but technically it doesn't violate the Koozma agreement unlike the tariffs that the United States imposed on us which do violate the agreement.

[00:01:13]This guy is so arrogant and so it just makes me cringe. But let's continue with this interview. It's shocking. uh you know they're saying sending a very very clear message about how doing business with the United States doesn't appeal to them. The prime minister has reinforced that uh message.

[00:01:35]Okay. Um and so it it creates some questions about you know does Canada really want to do business with the United States?

[00:01:43]>> It really raises into question does Canada want to do business with the United States? So, let's just just step back for a second here and think about how this all started. I seem to recall a certain president in the United States saying, "We don't need anything from Canada. Canada's been very unfair to us for decades. They've been ripping us off since who knows when. We don't need anything from Canada. We don't need to do business with Canada. We don't need their cars." Is there a little bit of projection going on here? Is this uh the typical MAGA talking points? Let's just accuse everyone else of what we do ourselves. Such an arrogant.

[00:02:19]>> Does Canada really want to do business with the United States? You know, saying don't travel to the United States. We're not going to allow certain companies to compete for provincial procurement. I mean, it's it's for us. It's a very interesting contrast >> for us Americans. It's a very interesting contrast. We're not telling people don't buy Canadian except for our president that says we don't want to buy your cars and we don't want to buy your aluminum and we don't want to buy your steel other than our president.

[00:02:45]Americans aren't saying that.

[00:02:46]>> You know, I think the prime minister or the premier from Ontario just was down in Texas said, "I had a great meeting.

[00:02:52]Americans love Canadians."

[00:02:54]>> Yes. Thanks for reminding me. We've already heard this from many conservative politicians in Canada who have traveled to the United States and let us know that Americans love us like Jamil Javanni that let us know that your president loves us and why don't we love you?

[00:03:08]>> And so here you've got folks who are doing everything they can to get the Canadian public to rally against America. Just doesn't make any sense.

[00:03:23]Well, thanks for the shout out there, Mr. Hoyster. I'm one of those guys who's doing everything I can to get Canadians, not as you say, to rally against Americans, but to rally with ourselves to choose Canada first at the expense of Americans because guess what? You started the trade war. You started all the insults and the bombastic buffoonery. Do you expect us to just lay down and take it and let you have your way? Is that what you think Canadians are going to do? Well, I'm sorry, but you really don't understand us.

[00:03:54]>> But do you understand where that frustration is coming from?

[00:03:56]>> Absolutely no.

[00:03:57]>> In Canada, because, you know, >> and this answer has to just highlight this man's total ignorance or his total devotion to the talking points that he receives from his boss. He doesn't understand the Canadian position. He doesn't understand why we're upset. Why are you upset? All we've done is put taxes on all the products that you're trying to sell us and we're threatening to take over your country and we've told you that we don't need anything from you and that you've been ripping us off for years. Why does that make you upset?

[00:04:26]>> A lot of Canadians are saying, "Well, we didn't do anything wrong and suddenly Donald Trump, you know, put tariffs on us."

[00:04:31]>> We put tariffs on everybody in the world. It's our policy.

[00:04:35]>> Oh, I get it. That makes total sense now. It's your policy. It's your country's policy. You insult and berate and threaten everyone in the world equally. So why should we be upset that you're doing the same to us? You make total sense now.

[00:04:49]>> So why should Canadian provinces put back the alcohol on the shelves if there are no guarantees? What's in it for them to put back the alcohol on the shelves?

[00:04:58]That's that's for them to you know the um >> uh well the uh >> we're we're not negotiating tariffs on alcohol bans. Okay. Uh it was a clearly retaliatory effort by Canada.

[00:05:16]>> Yes, you're absolutely right. It was clearly a retaliatory action by Canada.

[00:05:20]And guess what? Hearing you speak more is going to cause more retaliatory actions by Canadians. Instead, in the interview, Hoystra suggested Canada should instead opt for a more consiliatory approach by doing more business with the US, not less. It's like that couple that went to the worst restaurant they've ever been to. One of them said, "Boy, the food was terrible."

[00:05:42]And the other one responded, "Yeah, and the portions were so small." Now, let's step back here and kind of figure out what's going on. Why is this guy saying this stuff? Now, he was recently recalled to Washington from Canada. and he was given instructions. Go back up there and relay this message because Canada and the United States are just set to review or potentially renegotiating our full trade agreement, the Koozma agreement that's scheduled to happen this summer. And the Americans are drawing their line in the sand and making some firm and bold positions and some threats. They've also made some other moves time to this renegotiation to put pressure on us. The Pentagon has walked away from the Canada US Defense Board. Canada failed to make credible progress on military spending, says an administration official. Canadian officials say the announcement could be a tactic to try and pressure Canada into buying more US military equipment, including the F-35 fighter jets. A lot of these announcements and this tough talk is seen as posturing before the Koosma renegotiations that are going to happen this summer. And Canada also has its share of cards that we're playing.

[00:06:52]We're ramping up some pressure on the Americans as well. Just announced on May 21st, the CRTC is raising the required cash contributions from online streamers for Canadian content. Now, this isn't a tax. This is a requirement for digital streamers to provide at least 15% Canadian content if they're going to sell their product in Canada. A reporter explains it fairly well. Canada's broadcast regulator, the CRTC, is tripling the amount of money that streaming services must contribute to Canadian content. Companies like Netflix and Apple TV will have to put 15% of their revenue towards producing or buying Canadian content. The levy was at 5%, though streamers aren't even paying that right now while they challenge the rate in court. The ruling could upset trade negotiations with the US as President Donald Trump has railed against foreign fees on US streaming companies.

[00:07:45]>> Okay, so the United States is trying to pressure us and gain leverage on us and Canada's trying to pressure the United States and gain leverage on them. The United States is threatening to not cooperate with us uh militarily anymore and they're just using the tactic of being uh condescendingly arrogant.

[00:08:02]Whereas Canada has its own cards. We're threatening that maybe we won't buy the F-35s, which represents billions of dollars of uh cash going into the United States, the digital service tax, and now Canadian content rules, which I think is a good thing. Why should we be just watching uh American shows without requiring any Canadian content? 5% is too low. So now we're raising that to 15%. This is all negotiation and posturing and trying to gain leverage before this Koosma review. There is one politician in Canada who's jumped forward with his opinion. He's ready to campaign for the Americans. Surprise, surprise. Pierre Palev has come out swinging against the CRTC's quote Netflix tax, as he calls it, says it could derail US trade talks. Yeah, why would we want to have any leverage going into those talks? Like, that's a bad idea. We don't need any cards. We should just go there and beg and gravel and plead. Please Americans, lower the tariffs. That's a better strategy. Pier, the Conservative leader, Pierre Palv, is demanding Prime Minister Mark Carney step in and overrule the Canadian Radio, Television, and Telecommunications Commission as it forces most American web giants to pay more to fund homegrown media content. Pierre Palev, the opposition leader, just before we start renegotiating our Koosma trade agreement with the United States, is demanding that our prime minister reverse a decision from the CRTC and demand that American streaming companies shouldn't have to provide any Canadian content because that is conservative style negotiating. And just because the CRTC requires a minimum of Canadian-made content doesn't mean that Netflix has to produce a documentary series on the Canadian beaver, Netflix could show a series filmed in Vancouver to anyone they want in the world and make money anywhere with it. I'm so tired of these conservative politicians trashing our own Canadian talent and taking the side of US corporations that pay no tax even though they sell their product in our country. And what's wrong with a 24 episode documentary on the mighty Canadian beaver? Look at him. He looks tough. Who the hell wouldn't watch that?

[00:10:22]And then of course he tries to use misinformation and he says, "This will be a consumer tax. It will be passed on.

[00:10:29]Let's not be naive and pretend that the web giants or streamers are just going to absorb it. Of course, they're going to make Canadians pay more. For God's sakes, let people come home and relax and enjoy their favorite binge watching experience without paying another tax.

[00:10:45]Now, of course, Mr. Polyv wants to paint every issue as, well, we need to axe that tax. And the Liberals want us to pay taxes. Axe the tax, ax the tax, axe the facts. He has nothing to say about Canada's F-35 procurement contract or that the Pentagon gave Canada classified paper detailing defense priorities in those discussions because Mr. Paliff doesn't have access to anything that's classified because he hasn't got his security clearance. So, he's able to just parrot talking points and shout out slogans without actually knowing what's going on. For him, everything is a tax, a chance for a new slogan, a chance to fight the government. Even though in this particular case, he he doesn't even realize it, but he's weakening Canada's position before the Koosma renegotiation. The Americans will try to use this as a wedge issue now knowing well the opposition party in Canada supports our position of Canada dropping all their cards and just capitulating to us. He doesn't even realize that he's doing it. You know, when you have people like that on your side, Pierre Paul that's supporting the American position here and Premier Daniel Smith in Alberta putting the sovereignty of our own country in question right before these negotiations. with friends like that. I mean, you hardly need enemies. Our our government now and our trade negotiators are going to be negotiating with the Americans while fighting with these conservatives. It's just crazy uh that they can't see it. Maybe they're just trying to cash in uh selfishly for themselves on scoring political points by making these slogans. We won't even discuss Daniel Smith's motives here, but there's your update for you. Leave some comments in the comment section. Let me know what your perspective is on this issue. I'll be interested to read your comments this uh this video. Thanks for watching. Subscribe to the channel if you're enjoying the content. And if you want to support my work on a monthly basis and help me fund this channel, consider becoming a channel member by clicking the join button below. Have a fantastic rest of your day all my fellow Canadians, and I'll catch you all on the next one.