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FACT CHECK: Trump’s “millions” are false, and StatCan counts 154,614 fewer temporary residents
Analysis· No. 5418

FACT CHECK: Trump’s “millions” are false, and StatCan counts 154,614 fewer temporary residents

Donald Trump wrote on September 23, 2026, that Canada is “destroying itself.” In his telling, “millions” of people are getting in without checks.

REVIEW: Carney’s “less than 3%” hides more than a quarter of the EV market opened to Beijing
Review· No. 5417

REVIEW: Carney’s “less than 3%” hides more than a quarter of the EV market opened to Beijing

On September 25 at 3 p.m., the federal permit registry counted 15,763 Chinese electric cars brought into Canada under an annual quota of 49,000.

FACT CHECK: Greer’s “last hour” doesn’t hold up, and the constraint Carney decried has no text
Analysis· No. 5415

FACT CHECK: Greer’s “last hour” doesn’t hold up, and the constraint Carney decried has no text

Jamieson Greer repeated on CNBC on September 25 that Canada had asked for relief on heavy trucks in the final hours of the August…

REVIEW: The MEI is right on Section 338, wrong to tell us to shelve our counter-tariffs
Review· No. 5414

REVIEW: The MEI is right on Section 338, wrong to tell us to shelve our counter-tariffs

The Montreal Economic Institute published a paper on September 23, 2026, that gives Canada two opposite pieces of advice. Trump will probably lose in…

COLUMN: Trump rejects Iran’s plan and renames Hormuz; the Pentagon took nine months to see its breach
Column· No. 5409

COLUMN: Trump rejects Iran’s plan and renames Hormuz; the Pentagon took nine months to see its breach

“I reject their proposal.” Four words. Donald Trump spoke them on September 26, 2026, as he left the White House by the South Lawn,…

ANALYSIS: Five of nine key Senate races border Canada, and Trump’s tariffs weigh on them
Analysis· No. 5408

ANALYSIS: Five of nine key Senate races border Canada, and Trump’s tariffs weigh on them

Stacks of Canadian lumber in a lumberyard in Livonia, Michigan. The photo was taken in August. The Los Angeles Times ran it on September…

FACT CHECK: No Cuba war order is signed, but Trump’s blockade is already measured in hours
Analysis· No. 5407

FACT CHECK: No Cuba war order is signed, but Trump’s blockade is already measured in hours

“REVEALED: Trump Wants to Start Another War This Year.” That is the headline AlterNet America ran on September 26, 2026, under the byline of…

EXPLAINER: Brussels pays for Kyiv’s drones and ties its budget aid to a parcel law
Analysis· No. 5406

EXPLAINER: Brussels pays for Kyiv’s drones and ties its budget aid to a parcel law

There is a number on this parcel: €150. It is the threshold below which a parcel ordered from abroad enters Ukraine free of VAT.…

ANALYSIS: €6.6 billion unlocked for Ukraine, and only €1.9 billion with an EU address
Analysis· No. 5405

ANALYSIS: €6.6 billion unlocked for Ukraine, and only €1.9 billion with an EU address

1.9. Remember that number before the other one. On Friday, September 25, 2026, in Brussels, the 27 member states unlocked €6.6 billion from the…

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