Who has the best economic plan to build a prosperous and sovereign Canada: Carney or Poilievre?

So far, neither party has presented such a plan. Yet the need is urgent. While we must retaliate in the face of U.S. tariffs and other hostile threats, the bigger issue is how to ensure future growth and opportunity for Canadians.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration courtesy of The Hill Times' Neena Singhal

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

March 17, 2025

TORONTO—With a federal election looming, the most important issue will be which party and leader—the Liberals, led by Mark Carney, or the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre—has the best economic plan to build a prosperous and sovereign Canada in response to the Ame...

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