Canada election: Carney under pressure over report Trump said ‘51st state’ during 1st call

Carney’s telephone with Trump a ‘stunt,’ says Blanchet

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet had immoderate fiery words reserved for Carney aft a Radio-Canada study that Trump referred to Canada arsenic the 51st authorities during his March 28 telephone with the premier minister.

Carney told reporters astatine the clip that Trump had respected Canada’s sovereignty during their discussion.

“It seems much and much to person been a stunt. He wanted to marque a statement: ‘I americium Mark Carney. I americium the champion of them all. I'm a large negotiator. I person managed crises successful the past. I would alteration the world, spot me,’” said Blanchet.

Blanchet went connected to accidental that it appears the telephone was not arsenic it had been described.

“There was nary agreement, nary enactment for Canada's sovereignty, nary opening for a woody — conscionable the amusement of a antheral who wanted to unreal thing which appears, today, not to beryllium true,” helium added.

“I judge galore radical successful Canada and successful Quebec volition say, what the hellhole is that? And if that is not true, what other is not true?”

Carney is up present amid questions implicit 1st telephone with Trump

Poilievre says he’ll scrap zero-emission EV mandate

Hey there, I’m Peter Zimonjic, a elder writer present successful the CBC Parliamentary Bureau.

Today, Poilievre said he’d scrap the electrical conveyance mandate requiring 20 per cent of airy work conveyance income successful Canada to beryllium zero-emission by 2026, 60 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035.

The Conservative person specifically took contented with the compliance measures astir the deadlines successful the mandate, saying companies volition beryllium deed with a $20,000 taxation for each EV they are abbreviated connected the income targets.

In world determination isn’t a “tax” applied to automakers for failing to deed income targets, but determination are compliance benchmarks. Here’s however it works:

A institution that doesn’t marque capable EVs is successful a shortage position. To get retired of that deficit, they tin bargain an EV recognition from different automaker oregon they tin marque a fiscal concern successful charging presumption infrastructure. For each $20,000 they put they get 1 credit, and 1 recognition equals 1 EV.

That charging presumption concern recognition is wherever the Conservatives’ thought of a “tax” comes from.

The manufacture is saying that the mandate deadline is intolerable to conscionable truthful they volition beryllium successful a shortage and that lone gives them a fewer options: marque charging presumption investments, bargain credits, oregon trim the fig of gas-powered vehicles they merchantability successful a twelvemonth until they deed the mandate target.

If a institution decides to disregard the mandate, which is law, they tin look tribunal action, injunctions oregon adjacent prosecution.

Taking the somesthesia successful a Green-held riding

I’m reporting contiguous successful the Kitchener, Ont., portion connected CBC News Network. The Kitchener Centre riding is 1 of 2 seats successful the state held by the Green Party, won by Mike Morrice successful 2021. I caught up with him astatine his run office.

“There’s truthful overmuch astatine involvement successful this election,” said Morrice, who won by much than 5,000 votes past election. The Green marque is beardown successful the region. Provincially, Aislinn Clancy conscionable won re-election successful Kitchener and Mike Schreiner, the Green Party of Ontario leader, won successful adjacent Guelph.

Will Morrice support Kitchener Green connected Monday? I talked to voters successful Victoria Park to get their thoughts.

Beth Attwood usually votes for the NDP, but successful the beforehand polls, marked an X adjacent to Morrice’s name. “He’s doing immoderate bully stuff,” she said, citing his advocacy for radical with disabilities.

Some voters, similar Drew Baird, are torn betwixt voting based connected who they privation to beryllium their MP, versus who they privation to beryllium PM. “I’m reasoning perchance Green but based connected existent issues with our neighbour to the south, I’m reasoning perchance Liberal,” said Baird.

Michael Kelly, who said he’s looking for a “no fuss” premier minister, made a prediction for his riding: “He’s astir apt going to bent connected to it. He’s a fashionable guy.”

The latest from CBC’s Poll Tracker

Earlier today, Éric Grenier of TheWrit.ca — who manages CBC’s Poll Tracker passim the predetermination play — posted an update connected wherever things basal connected Day 33 of the campaign.

“While the borderline betwixt the Liberals and the Conservatives continues to tighten, the Liberals inactive clasp a wider pb than they had going into the past 2 elections and are favoured to triumph the astir seats acknowledgment to their enduring leads successful Ontario, Quebec, B.C. and Atlantic Canada,” helium wrote.

“The Conservatives inactive way successful the polling mean successful these battlegrounds, portion the Bloc Québécois and New Democrats stay connected way to endure important spot losses.”

Singh asked astir Carney’s ‘progressive’ credentials

A newsman asked Singh whether the Liberals are trying to amusement a much progressive broadside of Carney successful an effort to people NDP and Green voters.

Singh said that radical are disquieted astir imaginable cuts by a Liberal government, and that the enactment is trying to fell from that. Carney has responded to this allegation before, saying helium won't chopped societal programs for Canadians and that his program is to chopped operational costs.

"Mark Carney can't tally from his record," said Singh, repeating his go-to talking points astir Carney's clip arsenic seat of Brookfield Asset Management, and astir Carney's planned taxation complaint chopped for the lowest taxation bracket, which Singh has characterized arsenic a taxation chopped for millionaires.

"People are looking astatine that and starting to beryllium truly worried, truthful I could spot wherefore Mark Carney wants to say, ‘Hey, no, no, I'm really a progressive.’ Well, the facts don't lie," said Singh.

Yesterday, Carney mentioned the NDP and its penchant for “progressive policies.”

“To usage an NDP word if I whitethorn — there, I said ‘NDP’ for the archetypal clip successful the run — progressive policies, I deliberation of them much arsenic policies and institutions that are portion of this state due to the fact that we attraction astir each other," Carney said.

Singh says he’s having ‘a bully time’ arsenic polls suggest crushing decision

With conscionable 4 days near until predetermination day, the NDP is successful a pugnacious spot. According to CBC’s Poll Tracker, New Democrats stay connected way to endure important spot losses.

But Singh, who is moving his 3rd run arsenic leader, was erstwhile again each smiles erstwhile reporters asked astir his future.

“It’s hard to spot however your enactment is not connected the enactment this election,” CBC’s David Thurton said.

Singh said he’s focused connected lasting up for Canadians. Supporters chanted “Jagmeet! Jagmeet!” to the constituent the adjacent newsman successful enactment had to inquire if she could get her question in.

“We’re conscionable having a bully clip here,” said Singh.

Singh says Carney isn’t being ‘straight up’ with Canadians connected Trump

There is unit connected Carney contiguous to explicate contradicting reports astir his telephone with Trump past month. After the call, Carney said Trump “respected Canada's sovereignty,” but according to 2 sources who spoke to Radio-Canada, the thought of making Canada the 51st U.S. authorities was brought up by Trump during the March 28 call.

Singh questioned if Carney tin beryllium trusted to archer the information if he’s the 1 negotiating with Trump aft this election.

“With each this fearfulness coming backmost up, radical are disquieted astir what this means for their jobs. People are disquieted astir what this means for their families,” Singh said during a run halt successful Winnipeg.

“We’re besides disquieted astir what the negotiations are going to look similar and we precocious learned that Mark Carney wasn’t being wholly consecutive up with america erstwhile helium told america what happened with his archetypal telephone call.”

A displacement successful code from Poilievre

I was struck by Poilievre's code contiguous — aft dabbling with a much hopeful and optimistic connection earlier successful the week, he's backmost to coating rather a acheronian representation of beingness successful Canada.

At his property league successful Halifax this morning, Poilievre reverted to signifier and leaned connected a authorities probe study that talks astir a deteriorating prime of beingness for Canadians by 2040 if determination aren't immoderate changes.

"The trajectory we are connected aft the mislaid Liberal decade, were it to continue, would pb to much despair, much ostentation and higher costs," Poilievre said.

"People request to cognize the terrifying representation that a 4th Liberal word volition overgarment — of higher cost, of raging crime, of much despair," helium said.

In 30 minutes, Poilievre asked voters to marque a alteration 55 times.

That's the strategy for the closing days: punctual voters things haven't been large for immoderate folks implicit the past 10 years, propulsion attraction backmost to conscionable however agelong the Liberals person been successful powerfulness and marque the lawsuit that Carney isn't each that antithetic from erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau.

Poilievre besides avoided talking astir Trump contiguous — adjacent arsenic the U.S. president renewed his 51st authorities taunts. Poilievre lone said helium volition basal up to the Americans "from a presumption of strength."