Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Carney government is not getting a good deal for Canada, as it is dropping the counter-tariffs on the United States but getting “nothing in return.”
“Today, we learn that it is yet another capitulation and climbdown by Mark Carney. His elbows have mysteriously gone missing,” Poilievre said during an Aug. 22 press conference, making a reference to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election-time campaign messaging drawing on a the hockey metaphor “elbows up.”
Earlier in the day, Carney announced that Ottawa would remove some retaliatory tariffs it had placed on the United States as a gesture of goodwill to resume stalled trade talks, saying that’s what Trump had asked for to restart negotiations. All tariffs on goods from the United States covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will be removed by Sept. 1, but Canadian tariffs on U.S. automotives, steel, and aluminum will remain for now….