Mark Carney looked at the camera Sunday and said the thing every Canadian already knew in their gut: the Americans aren’t our partners anymore, the relationship is a weakness, and we need to diversify or we’re cooked. Premiers from both parties nodded along. New Brunswick’s Susan Holt called it exactly what it is — a vulnerability.
Pierre Poilievre’s response? Carney is “pushing fear.” A grown man who wants to run the country watched a full year of tariffs and betrayals and a customs portal owing businesses $166 billion, and decided the real problem is the Prime Minister being honest about any of it. His counter-pitch was the same Tim Hortons napkin he’s been reading from since the election he was supposed to walk into and lost three times over: more houses, cheaper gas, tougher negotiation with a guy who rips up agreements for sport.
This is what’s left of the Canadian right after Trump broke the game. A leader who can’t say Trump’s name out loud because his whole movement is basically Trump with a thicker coat. Carney said the obvious and Poilievre called it scary. He’s not wrong that it’s scary. He’s just wildly confused about who should be scared.