Remaking Canada at warp speed: Nov. 4 will be a budget like no other

The Liberals have been left to draw up a budget package in the midst of the destruction of the trade relationship that is the modern Canadian economy.

In his first budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney has on his shoulders a collective task that surpasses the long-term challenges undertaken by a single prime minister in decades, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 22, 2025

OTTAWA—Back in the winter, when Mark Carney was angling to become prime minister, the size and shape of the trade war initiated by United States President Donald Trump was unclear.

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