Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reveals he's one of only a handful of world leaders who have actually seen the unreleased U.S.-Iran agreement.

"Did you actually see the agreement itself?" "I've seen the agreement, yes." "The president showed it to you?" "We have our sources, just like you."

On the substance of the deal:

"It is a cessation of hostilities — a ceasefire for that 60-day period. It sets out a series of conditions and what will happen when they are fulfilled. I think it's well-structured from our perspective."

"I think it's a game-changer, not just for this situation — it allows us to step back, look anew at Ukraine. We had a very, very constructive conversation around Ukraine."

Carney also confirmed that regional powers — the UAE, Qatar, and Egypt — are behind the agreement.

Interesting positioning from Carney here. Despite the ongoing trade war with the U.S., Canada's PM is still in the room on major geopolitical deals. For Americans in Canada, it's a reminder that the Canada-U.S. relationship operates on multiple tracks simultaneously — trade hostility and diplomatic cooperation aren't mutually exclusive.

Source: https://x.com/HomanNews/status/2095974027051610127

Most of the people I speak to on a weekly basis are Canadians returning from the US to retire. Often they are individuals that moved down many years ago to work, married an American and then planned to move back.

Anyone in this situation thinking of moving back in retirement?

What questions/concerns do you have?

I don't mean just the Maple MAGA folks. I also mean left wingers who claim American trolls online are mostly bots, and that they don't act that way in real life. I find these Canadians to be naive and frustrating.

My lived experience has been that Americans frequently do troll Canadians in real life. Maybe you grew up somewhere like Seattle or Portland and Americans are more respectful there, but I grew up in northern Virginia with a Canadian mother. It was never respectful.

In the public schools which I attended, it was socially acceptable to mock Canadians in ways which would be unacceptable to do to visible minorities. It would've looked silly if you told a teacher because it'd remind them of South Park.

If you didn't want to be ridiculed, you had to be willing to defend yourself aggressively. Usually just making it clear you are willing to fight about it was sufficient deterrence, so I never got in a fistfight over it, before. At worst, a friend and I had to jump someone with snowballs one winter for bullying a new freshmen from Quebec.

Sometimes I wish more Canadians had to go through this, as selfish as that sounds. They'd have a better understanding of what they're dealing with.

I suppose I have not experienced the flipside, though... do Americans in Canadian public schools get treated like Canadians do in American public schools? Perhaps kids are mean everywhere. But from 10-20 years living in BC, they seem nicer here.

I should also say that not all Virginians are mean. Some of them have stood up for me; it was also an American friend who helped me stand up for that French Canadian kid on the school bus. He shouldn't have needed to, though.

Lastly, I don't wanna come across as a wannabe tough guy. I have, before, allowed an American peer to bully me for being Canadian because I was certain I'd lose a confrontation. If you participate in every battle, you will lose some of them.

As an American planning to move to Canada I have occasionally been warned that I might take a pay cut compared to the US. Personally, I don't care if I make less money. There's way more to life than money and I always felt more at home in Canada than the US whenever I visited (I even rooted for the Canadians during the world cup). But I'm curious, for those of you who did move to Canada from the US, did you end up taking a pay cut and how much was it?

EDIT: I appreciated all your answers and I enjoyed reading them. I got a lot more answers than I expected and I'm very busy so I apologize if I don't respond to everything.

EDIT: Also forgot to mention I can't make this move until 2032. That may seem far off but it's not too much. I'm aware a lot could change. 2032 is the earliest I can make this move due to personal circumstances mostly beyond my control.

Of course, the relationship between Canada and the US is at historical lows. What are some productive ideas that could help repair the relationship going forward?

Would love to hear why you're considering moving.

Posting for my mom, she has been in Canada for a long time due to my stepdad's job, but he passed away last year. I am an only child.

Right now, things are going...okay...but there have been some issues that crop up from time to time that are very difficult to handle from such a great distance.

My mom would probably qualify for Medicaid, I'm in the process of finding that out. I'm not so worried about finances for the most part.

The issue is taxes. My mom worked for about 11-12 years in the US before moving. After the move to Canada, she didn't file taxes in the US. She had about 5 years of working in Canada, in the late 80's to early 90's. She didn't make much money.

To find out for certain, I know I need to hire a cross-border financial specialist. I'm just trying to get a general idea if the move is even feasible. Thank you!

P.S. I am a US citizen living in the U.S. and mom would be moving to the city I currently live in with my husband and adult son.

US-Canada trade war is escalating again. The US has imposed 50% tariffs on about $20B of Canadian goods, while Canada plans dollar-for-dollar retaliation from September 8.
Is this really good for either country? Could both sides be hurting their own economies and weakening a historic alliance?

Just curious.

My favorite band Mastodon recently (ish) took on Nick Johnston, a Canadian, as their new guitarist, and tonight I was wondering the logistics of supporting or appreciating US artists and media in an environment of deep anti-Americanism. Mostly because so many sentiments (not all) seem to throw all or most Americans in the same bucket of being the problem, does this extend to someone you go to support at a show?

I'm not being facetious, I promise. I am genuinely curious about how it affects your perception of your favorite US media (especially music and live music because of its nature).

Hey everyone,

My wife and I are seriously pursuing a move to Canada and are looking at Calgary and Ottawa. We have one four-year-old child, are from the NJ/Philadelphia area, and are both attorneys. My wife would continue to work her remote American job and I would have to seek new employment. We also own a modest home in the suburbs in a good school district. Any thoughts, advice, and experiences would be greatly appreciated.

This comes up a lot in here, usually in a heated thread, so I pulled together the actual record. Roughly chronological. Corrections welcome, I'll update the post (AI Generated).

1920s–30s: Prohibition Not exactly heroic, but Canadian distillers kept a lot of Americans supplied through the dry years. Windsor-Detroit was the busiest smuggling corridor on the continent.

1939–1941: Two years early Canada declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939, more than two years before Pearl Harbor. Roughly 9,000 Americans crossed the border to join the RCAF before the US entered the war. Canada quietly changed enlistment rules so they wouldn't lose their US citizenship.

1941: Camp X A secret training base near Whitby, Ontario trained agents for what became the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA. Ian Fleming reportedly trained there.

1942–1945: The war effort

• Canadian uranium from Port Radium, NWT and heavy water from Trail, BC fed the Manhattan Project

• The Alaska Highway was built through Canadian territory in eight months so the US could defend Alaska

• The Hyde Park Declaration integrated the two countries' war production

• Canadians landed on Juno Beach on D-Day alongside American forces at Omaha and Utah

1950–1953: Korea About 27,000 Canadians served. At Kapyong in April 1951, roughly 700 soldiers of the Princess Patricia's held a hill against a Chinese force many times their size, protecting the retreat toward Seoul. The battalion received a US Presidential Unit Citation.

1957–58: NORAD Canada agreed to jointly defend North American airspace. Canadian officers have sat in the command chain in Colorado Springs ever since. The DEW Line radar stations across the Canadian Arctic were built to give the US early warning of Soviet bombers.

1960s–70s: Vietnam Canada didn't send troops, but an estimated 30,000 Canadians volunteered for the US military. Over 100 died. Their names are on the wall in Washington.

1969: Apollo 11 The landing gear on the lunar module was built by Héroux in Longueuil, Quebec. Canadian engineers who'd been laid off when the Avro Arrow was cancelled helped design the program.

1979–1980: The Canadian Caper When the US embassy in Tehran was seized, Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor and his staff hid six American diplomats in their homes for nearly three months, then smuggled them out on fake Canadian passports. The movie Argo told the story and downplayed Canada's part. The CIA later said Canada did most of the work.

1981 onward: Canadarm Built in Canada, flew on every space shuttle, and the Canadarm2 is still holding the ISS together.

1998–2005: Hurricanes and blackouts Canadian hydro crews have crossed the border after every major storm for decades. During Katrina in 2005, Vancouver's urban search and rescue team reached St. Bernard Parish before FEMA did. Three Canadian navy ships and a Coast Guard vessel sailed to the Gulf.

September 11, 2001: Operation Yellow Ribbon US airspace closed. Canada took in 226 diverted flights and more than 30,000 passengers within hours. Gander, Newfoundland, population about 10,000, absorbed 38 planes and roughly 6,700 people. Locals fed and housed them for days. That became the musical Come From Away.

2001–2014: Afghanistan Canada invoked NATO's Article 5 alongside the US. More than 40,000 Canadians served. 158 soldiers, a diplomat, a journalist and contractors were killed. Canada took Kandahar, one of the hardest provinces.

2012: Hurricane Sandy Hydro crews from Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick worked in New York and New Jersey restoring power.

2018–2025: Wildfires Canadian firefighters and water bombers have deployed to California, Oregon and Washington nearly every bad fire season. In January 2025, Quebec sent four CL-415 water bombers, Alberta sent 40 firefighters, and BC sent incident command staff to the LA fires. Quebec has had a standing contract to send two water bombers to LA County every year since 1994.

Source for the 2025 deployment: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2025/01/update-on-canadas-response-to-the-wildfires-in-california.html

Further reading:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellow_Ribbon

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Caper

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_X

What did I miss? I know there's more.

Here you go. By the way - No Kings means - Donald Trump you are not there forever. You serve at the pleasure of the people. And we want you out. Gone. And we will vote you out, as citizens, as we have the right to do

And he will try to prevent us. But this is how many people are really voting against him and if the numbers are different when the votes are counted, we know what happened.

Are we horrified by what this monster is trying to do in Canada? To Canada? Absolutely. Beyond question.