THE LATEST: Party leaders back on campaign trail; Kinsella weighs in on Poilievre

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Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back on the road today after making a detour to Ottawa for meetings about U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs.

Carney is expected to be in Montreal today, after meeting virtually with Canada’s premiers and sharing a response to the tariffs.

Trump unveiled Wednesday a 10% baseline tariff on imports from most countries and a lengthy list of tariff levels dozens will face, though a White House fact sheet said goods imported under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, still do not face tariffs.

Read more here.

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POILIEVRE LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE PM MATERIAL

Before the tariffs hit, before Donald Trump kicked off his three-ring circus in the White House lawn, my genial colleague Brian Lilley suggested I come with him to see the Conservative leader speak to the elite of Bay Street.

So I did. I watched at the back.

His tone was right. Pierre Poilievre looked and sounded like you would expect a Prime Minister to look and sound. His economic plan, and his plan for dealing with the tariffs, seemingly made sense.

Read Warren Kinsella’s full column here.

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