Canadian party leaders react
'Conservatives share Canadians' disappointment that a deal with the United States was not reached by the August 1st deadline,' Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre
said in a post on X
, calling Trump's tariffs 'deeply misguided policies (that) will hurt families and businesses on both sides of the border.'
Poilievre called on Carney's government to cut taxes on energy and home-building and repeal what the Conservative Leader called 'anti-development laws.'
Carney 'gave in on key issues' amid tariff talks but still could not achieve a deal in time, NDP Leader Don Davies chided
in a statement
, pointing to the scrapped digital services tax and the controversial Bill C-2. 'Mr. Carney knew his strategy was failing. He hinted at a missed deadline days ago - and now it's happened.'
Davies urged the Liberals to invest in domestic manufacturing and union jobs, stop cuts to Canadian public services and speed up trade diversification with Europe and Asia, among other demands.
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