Air Canada strike intervention shortens Carney’s domestic runway to land ‘Trump and trade’ deals, say strategists

'Carney is going to have to deliver something big,' says Liberal strategist Joe Jordan.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's intervention in the Air Canada strike and recent concessions in negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump are the latest of several unforced errors since taking office that could build into major liabilities and vectors of attack for the opposition when Parliament returns in the fall, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

August 27, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney is burning goodwill and accumulating a growing number of "self-inflicted wounds" domestically amid his "laser focus" on negotiations with the United States and efforts to strengthen Canada's economy and military, say strategists.

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