Canadian exports in the auto sector, steel, aluminum and select other goods are currently subject to US tariffs. Thousands of Canadian auto workers have had their hours cut.
Canada, America’s largest trading partner, has retaliated with levies on select US products.
Current polls indicate Carney’s Liberal Party is on track to win the upcoming election, but the outlook could shift in the campaign’s final weeks.
The opposition Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, insist voters will ultimately recoil at the prospect of a fourth consecutive Liberal government due to frustration with living costs that soared during former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s decade in power.
