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Mike Blanchfield

@mblanchfield

Journalist. POLITICO Canada. Award Winning Co-Author of “The Two Michaels”, Author of “Swingback.”

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In your Election Day Ottawa Playbook: → How do you stand up to Trump, anyway? → Closing arguments. → Doug Ford on the advice he gave to Pierre Poilievre. → Philippe J. Fournier on all the ways today could go. politi.co/4jRFJcc via Mickey Djuric Nick Taylor-Vaisey + Nahal Toosi

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NEW: Today's WH meeting is high stakes for Canadian PM Mark Carney. Donald Trump is greeting the visit with little more than a metaphorical shrug. “Just another world leader coming to visit,” one WH official told me. w/ Eli Stokols Mike Blanchfield politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

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My sit down interview with Donald Trump’s Amb to Canada Pete Hoekstra. 35 candid minutes at his embassy. “It’s outrageous that you banned American products…” #cdnpoli #Tariffs #Trump politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Latest from me for POLITICO Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is signaling a bold shift in Canadian defense spending — one where the military is a national priority. #cdnpoli #nato “We need to rebuild our armed forces politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

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Marc Garneau was a breath of fresh air to cover. Smart, decent, unnecessarily humble. And that time he elegantly called out Iranian B.S. after the IRGC killed a plane load of people, mostly Canadians, on #PS752 globalnews.ca/news/7048984/c…

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Canada’s electric vehicle mandate is under fire from Washington — and if it falls, one of the biggest losers could be Elon Musk. Latest from me for POLITICO politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

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Latest from me— ‘We’ll see’: Trump leaves Canada hanging hours before trade deadline #cdnpoli politico.com/news/2025/07/3…

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Trump slams Canada with 35% using old fentanyl grievance. But #USMCA shields Canada from much of it. Except for steel, aluminum. My latest for POLITICO #cdnpoli #trade #trump #Tariffs politico.com/news/2025/07/3…

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My interview with Dominic LeBlanc as he takes stage left from DC after an eventful week —he tells me he’s more focused in the coming weeks on his “one economy” portfolio. As for Lutnick, maybe a phone call next week. #cdnpoli politico.com/news/2025/08/0…

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Latest from me for POLITICO Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Tuesday that Canadian investment in the U.S. could decline if trade relations deteriorate: “Without an agreement, there will be less by definition”politico.com/news/2025/08/0…

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For POLITICO I interviewed Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand during her trip to Mexico this week as she and François-Philippe Champagne made the rounds and got trolled by Trump #cdnpoli politico.com/news/2025/08/0…

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Russia’s saber-rattling in the Arctic is forcing Canada to deepen military cooperation with its Nordic NATO allies — a shift away from the US. Carney sent top Cabinet ministers to Sweden and Finland this week in pursuit of new defense deals #cdnpoli politico.com/news/2025/08/2…

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Latest from me — Carney heading to Germany to build out defense and energy ties, a move designed to buffer Canada’s economy against the tariff threats posed by Trump. Hodgson, McGuinty, Joly join .#cdnpoli politico.com/news/2025/08/2…

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Carney in Kyiv adds to a historic chain that connects Canada and Ukraine from 1891 settler arrival, to 1991 recognition to training 45,000 soldiers for today’s fight #cdnpoli POLITICO politico.com/news/2025/08/2…

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Here’s POLITICO Canada Playbook and Nick Taylor-Vaisey with the skinny on Carney’s major projects. He has seen the list. We’ll have more later today #cdnpoli #cdnecon politico.com/newsletters/ca…

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Carney won praise from Trump in the Oval Office Tuesday, avoiding blows despite no trade breakthrough. “We've come a long way over the last few months, actually, in terms of that relationship,” Trump said Carney “a world-class leader” #cdnpoli #usmca politico.com/news/2025/10/0…