Exner-Pirot on the Clean Fuel Standard (CFR): "There is an even more insidious aspect to the CFR. To meet their carbon intensity targets, many Canadian refiners blend biofuels into their petroleum products. But Canada is not self-sufficient in their production. More than half of Canada’s biofuels are imported, predominantly from the United States. Somehow, in the middle of a trade war and an energy crisis, it has gone unnoticed that Canada — the aspiring energy superpower — has artificially made itself dependent on the United States for fuel. The vulnerability was brutally exposed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s diesel export ban threat, when refiners were scrambling to find out if renewable diesel bound for Canada would be caught in the net. It is a favourite line of the Carney government that, amidst geopolitical rupture and trade disruption, “Canada is focused on what we can control.” The CFR is at the top of the list of self-harming, expensive and distortive policies that Canada controls, and has every interest in rolling back." @ExnerPirot

Doug Ford this morning (Oct 26) on US trade talks + new tariffs hitting Canadian trash:On the broader trade situation (after noting PM Carney’s recent contact with Trump): “I think we need to get a deal. It’s beneficial to Canada, it’s beneficial to the United States. And as I said on American news, a tariff on Canada is no more than attacks on the American people. I’m hoping they’re moving… we look forward to a productive meeting today” He pivoted to domestic priorities: big national infrastructure (Ring of Fire, small modular reactors, etc.), working with First Nations, and everyone prospering On the new US tariffs announced Friday (including on trash/municipal waste — Ontario sends the majority of its trash south): “It really affects us because the majority of all our trash goes down to the US. I’ve never believed in that. I believe we should take care of our own trash. I believe in turning trash into cash… everyone has to be responsible for the waste that they send out. I’ve been saying this last 20 years: take care of our own trash, but turn that into energy. That’s what we need to do.” Regular Ford framing: deal preferred, tariffs hurt Americans too, but Ontario should stop exporting its waste and convert it to energy/value instead @fordnation