Poilievre Urges Tougher Trade Stance in Letter to Carney

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his Canada-U.S. relations critic Shuvaloy Majumdar have written a letter to Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem's predecessor Mark Carney, urging him to show 'backbone' in trade negotiations with the U.S.

The pair accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of caving to U.S. President Donald Trump over the past year, citing scrapping the digital service tax and removing Canada's counter-tariffs as examples.

They argued that Canadians deserve a government that fights for their workers, families, and sovereignty, and listed several demands they want to see in a renegotiated trade pact with the U.S., including an end to U.S. tariffs on lumber, steel, and aluminum and a Canadian exemption from 'Buy America' rules.

The Conservatives also called for an auto pact reminiscent of the 1965 agreement between Canada and the U.S. that would allow a car to be sold duty-free in Canada for every vehicle produced north of the border by the same manufacturer.