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Canadian officials condemned US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s social-media post that mocked a Canadian cadet with a Canadian flag emoji and the caption 'this is real,' calling it below the dignity of the office. The Army Cadet League of Canada and Canada's top military leadership criticized the post, while MPs weighed in amid strained US-Canada trade talks and ongoing defence partnership between the two countries.
Canada says it has secured a deal with British Columbia to build a major oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, aiming to export over 1 million barrels per day to Asian markets and reduce dependence on the United States amid a US–Canada trade war. The plan involves the Trans Mountain Corporation and Pembina Pipeline, with Alberta pushing production growth while BC faces environmental and Indigenous concerns and maintains its northern coast tanker ban. The arrangement follows the Trans Mountain expansion that already shifted a large share of Pacific Coast crude to Asia, part of a broader effort to diversify energy markets beyond the US.