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Canadian PM Mark Carney made his first overseas trip to France and the UK, seeking stronger alliances amid Trump's trade war.

Without naming Trump, Carney and French President Macron presented a united front against economic threats. Carney emphasized the importance of "reliable allies" and stated Canada would "never be part of the United States."

The trip is seen as a direct response to Trump's 25% tariffs and comments about making Canada the 51st state. Carney plans to call an election soon, with his Liberal party potentially benefiting from the anti-Trump sentiment among Canadians.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Thanks to Trump, the Liberals have been gifted the best possible campaign season. Poppinfresh has spent his entire time as leader doing only three things:

  • Basing their entire campaign on Trudeau

  • Coming up with stupid three word slogans.

  • Outwardly and openly styling himself after Trump in order to court our own version of MAGA.

They'd be stupid not to take advantage of it earlier rather than later. It's primed for all this shit to blow up in the Cons faces in an exceptionally hilarious fashion.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why was Trump good for Ford in Ontario but not good for PP federally?

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Because Ford has a personality. And he used it to make a big show about (pretending) to counter Trump, which gave him a boost.

For the most part, not even Conservatives in Canada like Trump. It's a mistake to think that Canadian Conservatives are just "Northern Republicans". Some are. But for the most part, Conservatives here (especially Ontario provincial Conservatives) are still human beings.

Poppinfresh, on the other hand, made his entire schtick about basically copying Trump style tactics. He and his cronies are to federal conservatives what MAGA is to old-school republicans; a hard-right political fringe that is attempting to wrest control of the Conservative narrative by appealing to the same demographics as Trump, clamping down on what Con MPs are and are not allowed to say to the media, personal attacks and three word slogans instead of actual policy, etc...

And it almost worked. For a while it looked like he would succeed. And it's why he was absolutely desperate to get an election before Trump took office; before the idea of a Trump presidency became the reality of a Trump presidency. Because even among Conservatives, Trump's chaos craters the popularity of any politician that seeks to emulate him, which Doug Ford certainly did not do.