US pushes to remove references to sanctions and Russia’s war in Ukraine from a Canadian draft statement

The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to reports last night.

Canada, which has the current Group of Seven presidency, proposed the measure ahead of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Quebec later this week.

In negotiations to agree a joint statement on maritime issues, the US is pushing to strengthen language about China while watering down wording on Russia, the reports said.

  • @madscienceEnglish
    13•21 hours ago

    Trust is gone. At least from my perspective as a Canadian

    • @ghostrider2112English
      6•21 hours ago

      Can’t say I blame you! I lost trust in most of my fellow Americans long ago. But, some of us are decent.

      • @madscienceEnglish
        7•20 hours ago

        My mom was from New Jersey. I have a lot of family there and only one cousin is MAGA. I know most Americans are ok but if this happened now it could happen again.

        • @ghostrider2112English
          4•20 hours ago

          Oh, as long as we have gerrymandering, I guarantee that it will continue to happen again. That is why my wife and I had been on our way out of the country permanently for over a year. But, unfortunately, ran into some unexpected roadblocks for now.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•12 hours ago

            not only gerrymandering but voter suppression, plus thier constant rigging never gets challenged, or even investigated.

          • @madscienceEnglish
            4•19 hours ago

            “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,"

            • @ghostrider2112English
              2•19 hours ago

              Well, I had a chance to vote against it in my state this year. Unfortunately, I lost this one.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•21 hours ago

      Oh I don’t think we expect you guys to trust us at all for a long ass time.

      When the adults come back we just want to make sure we can bring the rest of the country up to speed. It gonna take a long time and a lot of restructuring to build trust again

      • @cmbabulEnglish
        6•19 hours ago

        The United States as we have known it for all of our lifetimes is dead, adults will never steer that ship again. There are certain portions of it that may be reasonable and trustable allies again at some point. But the current form of my country will never return to reason. I genuinely hope you don’t think we’ll have free and fair national elections again