Shiftheads - The Arsonist Offering To Put Out The Fire

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Aug 25, 2026 · 8m

A prime minister stood up this weekend and said Canada had done nothing wrong in these trade talks. That claim gets tested against the same government's own record on military spending and energy investment, and the gap between the talking point and the history is bigger than the headlines suggest.

The tariff math tells its own story too. A deal that drops the rate from fifty percent down to twenty five still leaves Canada worse off than before any of this started, which raises an uncomfortable question about who actually gets credit for putting out a fire he lit himself.

Then there is Doug…