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Liberal Leader Mark Carney is once again pausing his campaign in the federal election to head back to Ottawa ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's expected Wednesday announcement of widespread tariffs.
Carney was in Winnipeg all day Tuesday. He started off the day taking questions from journalists on candidate Paul Chiang's decision to resign as well as on the expected tariffs. He later visited a restaurant and met with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew.
Carney also had a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with whom he discussed increasing trade between Canada and Mexico. A statement from Carney's office said the call was "productive." This is the second time Carney has disrupted his campaign schedule in order to respond to Trump's tariff threats.
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S. Power & Politics hears from the chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, Pedro Antunes, about why Canada might be 'pressured' into negotiating the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Last week, Trump made an unexpected announcement that he would be moving ahead with auto sector tariffs on April 2, which the president has dubbed "Liberation Day.
" Even lesser tariffs on the Canadian auto manufacturing industry could have devastating effects on jobs, experts say..
