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‘He’s still recovering from surgery to have his elbows removed,’ says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, on Prime Minister Mark Carney no longer taking the tough-guy Elbows up approach with Trump
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President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Not guilty!
Guess the mob who singled out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a host of conservative politicians, most Albertans and many right-thinking folks from across the country as traitors will now drop the charges of treason.
Now that we all know Mark Carney’s fightin’ mad song and dance turned out to be a pile of masterful political B.S. worthy of at least one chapter in the history books.
Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader who would be prime minister but for those drinking the Carney Kool-Aid, hit the nail on the head in the House of Commons Wednesday.
After hammering the PM, Poilievre says the following.
“We’ll go soft on him today because he’s still recovering from surgery to have his elbows removed,” says the leader of the official opposition.
Poilievre conjures up the ridiculous image of Carney dancing with his elbows in the air.
“We haven’t seen the elbows since the election.”
Carney has no response. He knows the score. Elbows up was a political con.
“It wasn’t a promise. It was THE promise he ran on. Now the elbows have come down, the American tariffs have doubled.”
In Poilievre’s words, Carney is “bowing before the president in weakness.”
My, how the tables have turned.
Premier Danielle Smith, what do you say?
To reporters in Ontario, the premier says she never really thought Elbows up was the right way to go, not with Trump.
To your scribbler, Smith says … now read this carefully.
“It is good to see the diplomatic approach I’ve been advocating since Day One seems to be working for the prime minister — although I note he isn’t being labelled a traitor for it.”
There is more. Didn’t you know?
Remember when Canadians pushed to cut off Alberta oil to the Americans or put an export tax on it?
Remember Smith was raked over the coals for resisting such a stupid idea?
Now Carney tells Trump he would like to see the Keystone XL pipeline resurrected so more Alberta oil could go to the Americans and Trump will be happy and he will cut tariffs on Canadian goods.
Smith and the Alberta government, despised for not going nuts against Trump and the Americans, will now be enlisted to help save Canada.
It is head-shaking hilarious.
Here’s Smith’s reaction.
“It also appears Alberta oil may be a catalyst for reducing tariffs on products in the rest of Canada, which is also what I have been saying all along.
“The irony of that is not lost on me and I hope politicians in Ottawa and other provinces remember it.”
Doubt it. That would require looking in the mirror.
I still remember the fury of the accusations earlier this year. Traitor. Trump bootlicker. Collaborator. Quisling. Turncoat.
The word fascist was also in the mix.
Smith showed her face at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Treason!
Smith advocated diplomacy with Trump and the Americans and advised against a collective nationwide anti-Trump, anti-American hysteria. Sellout!
Writers supporting Smith’s approach. Guilty as charged.
Many Canadians literally lost their minds in the moment, tossing and turning in the middle of the night fearing to wake up in the morning with Canada as the 51st American state.
There was talk of a U.S. military invasion of Canada and members of the deep-thinking chattering class fed this intellectual swill to the masses.
There were patriotic gestures where a well-respected pollster just a few months earlier found only one in three were very proud to be Canadian.
Did Prime Minister Mark Carney believe in the tough guy Elbows up routine when he was scrounging for votes? Of course not.
What he did believe was he and his deeply-wounded Liberal party could win an election if they threw some fuel on the fire and distracted enough Canadians from the horrendous 10-year record of the Liberals.
These days, Carney dances the Elbows up dance no longer.
He doesn’t go nuclear on the Americans as his voters wanted.
He doesn’t ride into Washington, D.C., ready to kick Trump butt.
No, he flatters the American president. He recites a long list of Trump achievements in front of the president.
When Trump goes on about stuff Carney does not want to hear, the prime minister shuts the hell up and lets it go.
He smiles, he jokes, he flatters, he indulges in what would have called Trump bootlicking a few months ago.
Now, talking heads and the cheerleaders for all things Carney, call it clever politics.
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