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What did Carney offer Trump? Poilievre demands failed trade deal be made public

Pierre Poilievre is demanding Mark Carney reveal what he offered Donald Trump before trade talks collapsed, citing his misleading claims over the Gordie Howe Bridge deal.

Alex Dhaliwal
Aug 26, 2026
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney release Canada’s failed U.S. trade deal, citing the Gordie Howe Bridge controversy as a warning against government secrecy.

“Canadians deserve to know what the deal is that the Prime Minister at first planned to accept and then later decided to reject,” Poilievre told reporters Tuesday.

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"Release the proposed text." Pierre Poilievre demanded Mark Carney release the failed U.S. trade deal, citing the Gordie Howe Bridge agreement as a warning against government secrecy. "Transparency is essential."
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“Release the proposed text.”

Poilievre argued there was no national security justification for withholding the proposal because it had already been shared with the Trump administration, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

“The President has seen it. His negotiators have seen it. The United States has seen it. Canadians deserve to see it,” he said.

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