‘No show again’: Poilievre accuses Carney of dodging debate as Ottawa announces tariffs
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for the federal government’s failure to ease trade pressures, accusing Carney of breaking election promises.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for the federal government’s failure to ease trade pressures, accusing Carney of breaking election promises, raising industrial carbon taxes, and avoiding accountability in Parliament.
The federal government announced new tariffs and tightened import limits on foreign steel Wednesday, introducing measures that significantly restrict access to Canada’s steel market.
Ottawa will reduce tariff rate quotas for non–free trade partners to 20 per cent of 2024 levels and lower quotas for certain free-trade partners to 75 per cent. A new 25 per cent global tariff will apply to steel-derivative products including wind towers, prefabricated structures, fasteners and wire.
Temporary tariff remissions on imported steel will end Jan. 31, 2026.
The announcement came as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for failing to meet a self-set July 21 deadline to secure a trade agreement with the United States.
“He promised he’d negotiate a win with President Trump with a deal by July 21st,” said Poilievre. “No deal, no win, no elbows, no job and now the Prime Minister is spending billions more to bail himself out, to bail himself out for breaking his trade promises and for raising industrial carbon taxes on those very industries we most need to save.”
Poilievre also accused Carney of avoiding debate in Parliament on Tuesday, saying the prime minister left the House of Commons mid-question period to evade questions on pipelines and later missed an emergency debate on softwood lumber.
Carney was also absent for question period on Wednesday.
Ottawa’s measures form part of its response to ongoing U.S. tariffs and pressures facing domestic steel and lumber producers.
The Fraud continues.
Right out of the playbook of the jerk with the weird sock fetish.
Don't show up to be held to account.
Remember also ... Weird sock guy had a major advisor by the name of Carney.
Enough said.