Toronto: Even as Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on American products amid a trade war with Washington, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s popularity has increased due to the hard line taken by Ottawa.
there may be political gain for the ruling party While the tariffs imposed by Administration of US President Donald Trump are expected to cause economic pain in Canada. ARI said it found that “three-in-five Canadians (62%) now approve of Carney’s performance, up 11 points from August and approaching his previous high-water mark. That was in April this year, again amid trade turmoil, when his popularity touched 63%. He used the 15-minute plus video to outline the three-pronged approach of his government to face the crisis, matching the CA$ 27.6 billion (US$20.04 billion) US tariffs dollar-for-dollar, to support for the hardest hit sectors, and diversifying trade partners.
In the latest of his series of Forward Guidance videos posted online on Tuesday, the Canadian Prime Minister said his government “made the right choice” to walk away from a “bad” deal being offered by the Trump administration. “In too many areas, they wanted dependency”, he said. “We relied too much on one economic partner,” Carney said.
A survey from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute or ARI, released on Tuesday, suggested that Carney is benefiting from a Trump bump. Carney reached out to Canadians on the matter on Tuesday as his government presented the counter-tariffs.
