Poilievre: Carney’s “trillion dollar concession” to Trump betrays Canada

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney today for what he called a “trillion-dollar concession” to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Source: The White House

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney today for what he called a “trillion-dollar concession” to U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing Carney of selling out Canadian jobs and investment at a meeting in the White House.

On Wednesday, the Conservative leader accused Carney of making a “massive trillion-dollar concession before the deal was even signed,” without getting “anything in return.”

“The prime minister casually said, in the Oval Office today, he bragged, that a half trillion Canadian investment dollars have left here for the United States in the last five years and then promised that a trillion more will leave in the next five years,” said Poilievre.

“That will mean mines closing in Quebec and opening in Pennsylvania, it’ll mean mills closing in B.C. and opening in Washington state. Factories closing in Ontario and going to Michigan. Why is it that the prime minister sells out Canadian workers, Canadian jobs and Canadian investment in the White House?”

Poilievre said moving investment money out of the country will mean “lower salaries” and “fewer jobs” for Canadian workers.

“Why is it when the prime minister goes for lunch at the White House, it’s Canadian workers on the menu?” asked Poilievre.

During a press conference in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Carney boasted that Canada was the “largest foreign investor in the United States.”

“We are the second-largest trading partner with the United States. Secondly, we are the largest foreign investor in the United States. Half a trillion dollars in the last five years alone, probably one trillion in the next five years if we get the agreement that we expect to get,” said Carney.

Amid simmering trade tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump cited “natural conflict” between Canada and the U.S. ahead of his second meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Trump added that “Canadians will love us again” once trade negotiations with Carney conclude.

Few details were presented during the Oval Office press conference ahead of their meeting. Still, Trump said supply management would be included in the negotiations because the new deal would “include everything.”

When asked about the upcoming CUSMA renegotiation, scheduled for next summer, Trump said separate deals could be renegotiated with each country but had no preference on how it would unfold.