Last Week Today Episode 196 Show Notes for Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Carney Meets Trump, UK King Charles to Open Parliament, Censorship Surrounding Intensive Israeli Offensive in Gaza, Canadian Media Censorship + Sunlight, Diet, Skin Cancer and More.

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Carney Meets Trump

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with US president Donald Trump on Monday. As outlined in the May 3rd, 2025 The Guardian post, “‘Not everybody who voted for Carney quite knows what they got’: Canada eyes its new prime minister,” it was expected to be a widely watched and commented on encounter.

Legacy media seemed intent on framing this as a high stakes test of Carney’s new government.

As noted in pieces like the May 6^th, 2025 Reuters post, “Facing tariffs and uncertainty, Canadian firms look past US markets,” domestic industries, including automotive, pharmaceutical and even media, are quietly attempting to source new, international markets for their products.

This will be difficult for them, since most of those industries have spent the last 50 years serving as branch plants for US and foreign concerns.

For more on the legacy news perspective surrounding Carney’s meeting with Trump, check out the May …