Q+A: Pierre Poilievre on housing, bail reform and U.S. trade war

A: Well, first and foremost, don’t break your promise. Mark Carney said he would be elbows up and he immediately put his elbows down. He said he would match dollar-for-dollar tariffs, and then he pulled his tariffs off without getting anything in return from the United States. He’s made one concession after another on the digital services tax, on military spending, and counter tariffs. Mark Carney keeps caving, and President Trump sees weakness . . . and Canadians are paying the price. So, what I would do is negotiate from a position of strength. I would say to the Americans, ‘We will rebuild our military and secure our borders to protect both of our countries in exchange for open, reciprocal, free trade going both ways.’ But I would also build our economy stronger here at home by legalizing rapid pipelines, mines, LNG (liquefied natural gas) plants, nuclear plants and other major projects that Mark Carney has failed to get building; build those quickly by granting fast permits and low taxes, so that we’re not so dependent on the Americans.