Ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wrote a letter, calling upon Carney to come back with wins for Canada.
In the letter, Poilievre said that the liberal leader promised to ‘negotiate a win’ for Canada but argued that these promises have not been met:
We only ask that you keep your promise in this meeting with the President. You promised a deal by July 21, 2025. Still no deal. You promised to “negotiate a win” and now U.S. tariffs on Canada are twice as high as when you were elected saying you would get rid of them. You promised “elbows up”, but then caved on dollar-for-dollar countertariffs, the Digital Services Tax and more while winning nothing in return for Canada.
The conservative leader argues that U.S. tariffs on Canadian auto, steel, aluminum, and copper have doubled since Carney took office and that it was time for the prime minister to reverse these damages.
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He said, “No more losing. It’s time for you to deliver the promised wins”.
Poilievre also demands that Carney get Trump to lift tariffs off lumber, and get rid of Buy American rules that “discriminate against Canadian builders”.
These demands are in line with goals the government is already aiming to achieve.
