Justin Trudeau assures that Canada would be able to “manage” a return of Donald Trump to the White House, as Ottawa has managed to do in the past, notably by reactivating a “Team Canada” responsible for defending Canadian interests The border is responsible in the south.
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“Mr. “Trump represents a certain uncertainty,” the prime minister admitted Tuesday morning at a news conference in Montreal to finalize a retreat for his Cabinet before returning to Parliament next week.
“We don't know exactly what he will bring, but as we knew seven years ago, we knew how to deal well with Mr. Trump by defending Canadian interests and showing that we can create economic growth on both sides.” Border.”
Mr. Trudeau was quick to point out that after eight years in power, he has already worked, exchanged and negotiated with three American presidents, from Barack Obama to Joe Biden to Donald Trump.
The prime minister also announced on Tuesday that his government is reactivating a “Team Canada,” made up of elected officials, unions, business owners and experts, who will be responsible for defending Canadian interests in the coming months from the standpoint of Canada-U.S. relations . The strategy was used successfully during the Trump years to reduce the negative impact of the president's protectionist policies on Canada.
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“It is certain that there is no American president who makes things easy for a Canadian prime minister. “It is always a complex relationship in which the interests of Americans play a large part in the discussion,” the Prime Minister made clear on Tuesday.
Still, Mr. Trudeau acknowledged that Donald Trump “doesn’t mean the same thing as Mr. Biden,” as a journalist in the room put it.
Tied with Joe Biden in the polls, Donald Trump, despite endless prosecutions, has the support of a significant portion of the American population, for whom the allegations are nothing more than a fabric of lies.
Across the border, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government have significantly weakened in the polls and are falling behind Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives.
Some observers believe a strong comeback by Donald Trump could benefit the federal Liberals: A majority of Canadians don't loathe them.
Justin Trudeau doesn't hesitate to openly criticize Donald Trump and doesn't hesitate to bring him as close as possible to his conservative rival. As evidence of this, the prime minister and members of his team have been saying for some time that Poilievre's conservatives are pursuing MAGA-style politics, the acronym for Make American Great Again, the movement launched by Mr. Trump.
“In two years we will make a similar decision here in Canada, we will have to make a similar decision: Do we move forward to defend democracy, our principles? Are we still fighting climate change? Are we defending individual rights? Are we defending minorities? Or are we going backwards because we are too angry about everything that is happening in the world around us?,” the prime minister said during a conference in Montreal last week, without mentioning Mr. Poilievre by name.