{"id":1093,"date":"2026-04-12T12:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1093\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:23:19","slug":"mark-carney-takes-swipe-at-trump-with-whiskey-joke-in-defiant-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1093\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney Takes Swipe at Trump With Whiskey Joke in Defiant Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> has highlighted that U.S. exports continue to feel the effects of the country\u2019s ongoing boycott of American goods, the backlash linked to President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s trade<\/a> measures, and rhetorical attacks against the nation in the U.S. leader’s second term.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Liberal Party convention on Saturday, Carney cited Trump’s tariffs<\/a> and growing doubts about Canada<\/a>\u2019s relationship with Washington while celebrating \u201csmall individual acts of solidarity\u201d exhibited by Canadians, including those who forego American holidays in favor of domestic trips, and abstain from purchasing U.S. alcohol<\/a> products.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone had any bourbon recently?\u201d Carney said, to applause and laughter from the Montreal crowd, before adding that Canadians \u201care rediscovering our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why It Matters<\/p>\n

Relations between the two historically friendly powers have frayed<\/a> since the return of Trump to the White House last year, primarily due to high tariffs levied on Canadian imports, as well as his repeated references to the country as the U.S.\u2019 \u201c51st state.\u201d<\/p>\n

This has led to widespread boycotts of American products within Canada, to which Carney made reference, one that industry groups warn is significantly impacting sales in one of their most critical markets.<\/p>\n

What To Know<\/p>\n

Early last year, several Canadian provinces removed American alcohol from their shelves in response to new tariffs on the country\u2019s products\u2014measures tied to the wider \u201cBuy Canadian\u201d movement that U.S. trade officials have said \u201cgreatly hamper\u201d its alcohol exports.<\/p>\n

According to a recent report from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, a trade association representing American producers and sellers, this \u201chad an outsized impact on total 2025 export figures,\u201d with exports to Canada dropping 70 percent compared with 2024 levels.<\/p>\n

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During his speech on Saturday, delivered days before a handful of by-elections to the 45th\u00a0Canadian\u00a0Parliament, Carney outlined a national strategy which leans into the idea of Canadian self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n

The prime minister unveiled plans to prioritize Canadian suppliers, further diversify exports away from the U.S., to and pursue a more independent economic and foreign policy.<\/p>\n

“With our new Buy Canadian policy, when the federal government spends, we will select Canadian suppliers by default,” he said. \u201cThe days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to build Canada strong with Canada steel, Canadian aluminum, Canadian lumber, Canadian workers,\u201d Carney continued, later stating that the country was on track to double its non-U.S. exports to $300 billion over the next decade.<\/p>\n

What People Are Saying<\/p>\n

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said: \u201cAt this decisive moment, Canadians are demonstrating just how strong we are. You know, it started quietly: People choosing a wine from the Okanagan over one from California\u2026A family planning a vacation to Prince Edward Island instead of booking flights to Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall individual acts of solidarity, but repeated millions of times, and together they make a statement: We are the masters of our destiny,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, in a recent report on “Foreign Trade Barriers,” wrote: “Most Canadian provinces have province-run liquor control boards, which are the sole authorized sellers of wine, beer, and spirits in those provinces. Market access barriers imposed by Canadian provincial liquor control boards greatly hamper exports of U.S. wine, beer, and spirits to Canada.”<\/p>\n

What Happens Next<\/p>\n

Other signs of fracture in U.S.-Canada relations continue to emerge. In a poll commissioned by The Globe and Mail, 57 percent of respondents said that they would support Canada joining the European Union, with 32 percent opposed to the idea and 12 percent unsure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has highlighted that U.S. exports continue to feel the effects of the country\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[761,17,162,762,111,400,401,760],"class_list":{"0":"post-1093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mark-carney","8":"tag-alcohol","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-freemium","12":"tag-mark-carney","13":"tag-tariffs","14":"tag-trade","15":"tag-whiskey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}