Toronto crowd gets its elbows up in show of solidarity against U.S. tariffs, annexation threats

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Torontonians rubbed elbows with a few Canadian celebrities in Nathan Phillips Square Saturday afternoon to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and annexation threats.

Part of the grassroots "Elbows Up, Canada!" campaign, Saturday's rally was billed as a "peaceful show of unity, resilience and strength," at a time when Trump is making threats against Canada's sovereignty and slapping tariffs on Canadian goods.

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Saturday's gathering in Toronto was the second "Elbows Up" rally in Ontario this month after about 1,000 people rallied at Parliament Hill a few weeks ago.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was invited to speak, along with famous Canadians like Dragons' Den star and business leader Arlene Dickinson, comedian Shaun Majumder and Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy, who performed his new trade war-inspired song, We Used to be the Best of Friends.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-elbows-up-rally-1.7490826

There is video of Jim Cuddy, from Blue Rodeo, singing some of his new song, "We Used To Be The Best of Friends", brought about by trump and the trade war he started. The song has gone viral in a major way.

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Here is the video of him singing all of the song on YouTube: