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Canada’s account (PM Mark Carney, Aug. 22 remarks):
Carney said the U.S. introduced last minute demands to restrict Canada’s ability to sign trade deals with other countries; he called it a “power play” on sovereignty. He also said the U.S. sought changes to Canada’s protections for the French language and Quebec culture, which Ottawa rejected. On autos, he said the two sides disagreed on tariff levels, Canadian content rules, and vehicle coverage. Carney summarized the overall U.S. terms as “uneconomic, unfair,” adding “we will not give what they’ve asked.”

U.S. account (USTR Jamieson Greer, Aug. 22):
Greer said the U.S. offered Canada “the best treatment of any major exporter” to the U.S. market, but said new demands and walk backs of prior commitments by Canada, not the U.S., upended the deal. He did not detail specific U.S. asks in his public statement.

Result:
The U.S. proceeded with 50% tariffs on roughly $20B of Canadian goods (dairy, alcohol, cement, hockey equipment). Canada announced dollar for dollar retaliation on steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp/paper, and electronics, effective the Tuesday after Labour Day.

Sources (primary and major outlets):

**•**	PM Carney’s full remarks (primary source): [https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/08/22/prime-minister-carney-delivers-remarks-canada-us-trade-negotiations](https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/08/22/prime-minister-carney-delivers-remarks-canada-us-trade-negotiations)  
**•**	CNN (Greer’s response): [https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/economy/us-canada-trade](https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/economy/us-canada-trade)  
**•**	Al Jazeera: [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/23/canada-to-hit-us-with-retaliatory-tariffs-as-trade-war-escalates](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/23/canada-to-hit-us-with-retaliatory-tariffs-as-trade-war-escalates)  
**•**	Fox Business (Carney detail): [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/canadas-carney-us-last-minute-power-play-trade-talks-collapse-retaliatory-tariffs](https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/canadas-carney-us-last-minute-power-play-trade-talks-collapse-retaliatory-tariffs)  
**•**	Washington Post: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/23/us-canada-breakdown-shows-limits-trumps-aggressive-trade-strategy/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/23/us-canada-breakdown-shows-limits-trumps-aggressive-trade-strategy/)  
**•**	NPR: [https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5941584/us-canada-tariffs](https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5941584/us-canada-tariffs)  
**•**	Wikipedia timeline (background): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline\_of\_the\_2025%E2%80%932026\_United\_States\_trade\_war\_with\_Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2025%E2%80%932026_United_States_trade_war_with_Canada)

This Bella! She’s approximately 17 years old. We found her with her four kittens outside 16 years ago. She’s a lovely formally feral girl who still has a bit of wild in her.

Bella lives in our family room which she only leaves if people come to visit or she’s using the litter box. She’s screams and cries loudly several times a day. Sometimes we know it’s because she’s hungry, albeit more often than usual in the past few months.

Her bloodwork is good. No underlying health problems other than environmental allergies for which she gets a tiny piece of a vet suggested antihistamine when we are able to get close enough.

Does anyone know what would cause her to cry and scream so often? She doesn’t seem to be in pain, but there must be something we’ve missed. We want to help her, we just can’t figure out what’s wrong.