Conservatives Target Trump As Canada Campaign Kicks Off

Source: International Business Times

Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks in Ottawa on March 4, 2025 AFP Canada's Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre argued Monday that he is the strongest candidate to take on US President Donald Trump, whose annexation and tariff threats have shaken the once promising chances of a Tory-led government. The leading candidates ahead of Canada's April 28 election fanned out on the first full day of campaigning in a vote certain to be dominated by Trump. Liberal leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau earlier this month, was in the eastern province of Newfoundland, saying Canadians needed to view the United States as "a friendship lost.