He's been holding Canada First rallies for the past month, with another one happening today at 6 in North York.
Sure, but show me specifically what he has said about
Trump. It’s not a lot. If both sides are setting up precautions against elephants, but one is cautious not to say much at all about why while the other points to the elephant in the room and said “we need to be careful because of this elephant”, there’s a bit of an edge to the side that doesn’t shy away from talking about the elephant.
Remember that we’re talking electoral politics here. Canadians are looking for leadership and reassurance in the context of a major economic threat- and a part of reassurance comes from clearly acknowledging the problem, or in the electoral context, what is broadly perceived to be the problem (that’s Trump).
It’s been a quiet two weeks in the tariff front, but don’t forget that April 2nd is the target date for both the global reciprocal tariffs, and the end of the delay to tariffs for good and services negotiated under CUSMA. That could be a double whammy for us. Trump has not signalled an intent to back away from that. This means the election campaign could happen against a backdrop of auto plants shutting down, small businesses closing… It’s not just about today as a point in time, but the next 37 days, and who will be more seen as rising to the occasion.
This election is absolutely up in the air, votes are up for grabs between the borders of NDP-LPC, LPC-CPC, CPC-PPC (though it kills me to concede any relevance to the PPC), and multilaterally in Quebec with the Bloc in play. I think this could go right down to the wire, it could be very close, and I’ll be astonished if there’s a majority government of either colour. How each of the contenders directly and specifically addresses the Trump problem matters.
I could also be completely wrong, because apparently wacky shit just happens these days and there isn’t really a playbook for what’a going on right now.
