Unfortunate timing for this Trump tariff announcement from the Conservative point of view. After a dismal start and some fairly clear signs of schism within the Cons, Carney’s Liberals made their first real mistake - candidate says unforgivably stupid thing that also touches on the Canadian nationalism driving the Liberal renaissance. Liberals should have dropped him immediately, circling the wagons around him became a story in itself.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/paul-chiang-liberal-candidate-withdraws-election-2025-1.7498693
In a normal election, something like that can be a turning point, and one Poilievre desperately needed. Tomorrow’s announcement is going to pre-empt all of that, and the Conservatives will spend another week struggling for air. Not sure if the timing is related, but the Conservatives chose today to drop two of their own candidates.