Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

It can never be politics as usual again with the United States. Mark Carney has talked about the political imperative that this new and totally unexpected truth poses for this country.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney understands that Canada needs to reinvent itself as a self-sufficient country, allied to new trading partners who share our values, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

April 14, 2025

HALIFAX—The dramatic collapse in the once insurmountable lead Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held over the Liberals is the most astonishing reversal of political fortunes I have ever seen.

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