Today's News: Carney will not put up with disrespect. Not from Trump, and not from Canadian media either!

At a press conference in England, Carney made it clear he isn't going to put up with disrespect from anyone.

Not from Trump:

NEW: Canadian PM Mark Carney says Trump has to stop his “51st state” talk before he is willing to sit down with him. He calls Trump’s comments disrespectful & says: “They will have to stop before we sit down and have a conversation about our broader partnership with the US.” 🇨🇦 #elbowsup

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— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM

As Lorne Warrick at Politics and Their Discontents says:

At a time when countries seem increasingly timid for fear of offending Don Trump, it is refreshing and invigorating to see our Prime Minister setting his own course.

And Carney isn't putting up with any disrespect from anyone else either. 

Also at this press conference, Carney told Rosemary Barton and, by extension, the rest of the Canadian media, that he isn't going to put up with the hectoring and fault-finding and bad faith smears that Trudeau put up with for the last decade, and that ultimately drove him out of politics.

Remember all this crap? 

Remember Aga Khan and SNC-Lavalin and WE Charity and Trudeau's mom and Jody Wilson-Raybould and surfing in BC and the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation and the Emergencies Act and applauding Hunka and Chinese election interference and Modi being insulted etc etc etc? 

And the only thing ever "proven" against Trudeau was that he wore blackface at a party 20 years ago. 

Well, Carney isn't having it and he basically said so on Monday: 

"Look inside yourself, Rosemary - you start from a prior of conflict and ill-will... your line of questioning is trying to invent new rules." 

And if Barton "finds it hard to believe" that Carney doesn't have any conflicts of interest in his financial investments now because they are all already in a blind trust, well, tough:.

Well, calling out Rosie isn't going to sweeten her disposition, but Carney's comments are totally fair. I've said for some time that Barton has set herself up as the unofficial opposition, well beyond the legitimate role of tough journalism. #cdnpoli

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— Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM

It's not the question; it's Barton's audacity in essentially calling the Prime Minister a liar. That same energy is rarely, if ever shown toward Poilievre and the Conservatives. Barton seems devoid of the essential quality of journalism: objectivity. #cdnpoli #cbc

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— Jade Helm Recruit 🇨🇦, Eh. (@jadehelm.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM

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The Cons are already starting in with personal attacks on Carney's family:

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I thought this was a cute story too:

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I didn't see this interview myself, but I always liked Olivia Chow:

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And on a lighter note:

Justin Trudeau enjoys his first Monday as not being Prime Minister anymore.

“Gotta love a Monday morning at Canadian Tire.” pic.twitter.com/IFWnijgPqX

— Made In Canada (@MadelnCanada) March 18, 2025