The Liberals may have just lost their most winning issue

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As U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have backed off his threat to Canada, liberals may have lost their strongest campaign issues.

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When the Liberal Party first began polling under new leader Mark Carney, Canada’s most pressing political issue was the economic threat to the United States

The March 24 Leger poll was one of the first major polls to put Carney into the majority, and partly identified Trump as the reason.

After years of liberals hammered in polls, ranking affordability as the highest political concern for Canadians, Legge finds it suddenly overshadowed by fear of Trump. When asked about “the most important question in this federal election,” 36% of respondents said it was looking for the prime minister to “deal with President Trump and actively engage in U.S. trade lawsuits.”

A survey of abacus data starting at the same time found that while voters remain skeptical about affordability and the free management of the economy, that’s another matter in the Trump trade war.

When asked which party leader was “best to deal with any Trump influence”, Carney made 34% of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre with 36%.

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In the March 30 IPSOS REID poll, Carney was also named the Prime Minister’s best choice, citing his ace handling skills. Carney got 40% of Poilievre’s 28% on the question of which party leader can “stand on President Trump.”

When Carney was sworn in on March 14, Canada was arguably the most obvious tariff target imposed by the Trump administration.

While Mexico is also within the crosshairs of the first major Trump tariffs, the premise is the most vulnerable when it reaches Canada.

The White House justified the trade war by citing Canada as the center of “unrestricted drug trafficking,” a claim that quickly contradicts its own security agency, which even failed to mention Canada as a drug supplier in its threat assessment in March.

Trump has repeatedly annexed Canada.

But now, as Trump expanded his trade war on Wednesday, which included more than 200 countries, many of which were even harder to strike than Canada. Sri Lanka accounts for 44%.

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Although Canada’s previous tariffs remain, it especially removed the new list – a fact that did not make Carney’s official video statement respond to Trump’s announcement.

“We will fight these new tariffs with countermeasures,” Carney said in his video address in Ottawa.

In a longer statement, Carney will clarify that he refers to the indirect impact on Canada on Wednesday, not targeting Canada on Wednesday, but rather by damaging the “international trading system.”

Liberal candidates continued to highlight Trump’s threat even after probation Wednesday. “Donald Trump remains a central threat to Canada. … Mark Carney helped Canada avoid the worst and was the only one to protect our economy and defend our sovereignty.” Toronto Center liberal candidate Evan Solomon posted an article to X on Wednesday.

Trump also supports his usual threat of annexation. His 51st statement last time he called Canada was a month ago on March 11, when he responded to the threat from Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford

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“The only thing that makes sense is to make Canada the fifty first states we cherish. This will completely disappear for all the taxes and everything else,” he wrote.

In the weeks that followed, Trump has barely mentioned Canada, except for his fierce comments on his first call with Carney.

“It’s an extremely productive call and we agree that many things will meet immediately after the upcoming elections in Canada, politics, business and all other factors will eventually be very useful for both the United States of America and Canada,” he wrote.

Not only is there no threat of annexation of the Post, but it also marks several times Trump has mentioned high-ranking Canadian politicians without demeaning them. Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau is often ridiculed by Trump as “governor”, ​​a reference to Trump’s 51st state remarks.

The U.S. president also expressed disgust for Carney’s main rival in the federal election, calling Poliff a “much mistake” by opposing U.S. tariff policies.

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A broad innovative research poll released this week is the first time since the campaign began to bring conservatives to the leadership of the fight against liberals (38% of Conservatives, 37% of Liberals).

Canadians remain in favor of Carney as the main prime minister who deals with Trump, the poll found. When respondents were asked about the people who were most capable of handling Canadian-US relations during Trump’s presidency, 43% chose Carney to the 33% option.

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