Poilievre calls Trump’s Canada attacks ‘wrong,’ urges U.S. trade stability
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Poilievre called for the creation of an all-party working group on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade as the three countries begin a review of the deal.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre laid out his vision for the Canada-U.S. relationship on Thursday, directly denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Canada while insisting on a stable relationship with our southern neighbour.
“The lesson in this moment is simple: the path to sovereignty is focusing relentlessly on what is within our power,” Poilievre said in a speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto.
Poilievre called for the creation of an all-party working group on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade as the three countries begin a review of the deal.
He pledged to work with the Liberal government, while noting the Official Opposition has “a constitutional and patriotic duty to scrutinize the government.”
The Conservative leader did find common ground with the Liberals on Thursday, at least rhetorically.
A central theme of his speech was control. “We must divide the problem into what we control and what we do not control,” he said.
As Poilievre was delivering his speech on Thursday afternoon, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc was speaking elsewhere in Toronto.
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