Liberal Leader Carney pokes at Alberta Premier Smith at first Western campaign stop

Dylan Robertson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 07, 2025 11:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is starting disconnected his archetypal British Columbia run stops by drafting a opposition with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Carney arrived precocious Sunday successful Victoria wherever helium is expected to walk a important magnitude of the 3rd week of the national campaign.

He told supporters astatine a assemblage hallway successful Victoria Sunday nighttime that Canada is rethinking its narration with the U.S. and needs much maturation successful fields similar greenish energy.

The Liberals and Carney person surged successful astir polls successful caller weeks arsenic Canadians accidental U.S. President Donald Trump's economical threats are their apical concern.

Carney said there's been a nationalist effort to person Americans to alteration policies similar tariffs, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford addressing the blimpish Fox News network.

"We're sending Doug Ford connected to Fox News, to amusement them we're not messing astir up here. And we're going to nonstop Danielle next, we're — well possibly we won't nonstop Danielle," helium said, with a grimace. "That was a atrocious idea."

He aboriginal joked, erstwhile his microphone chopped retired conscionable arsenic helium was discussing cleanable energy, that "that was Danielle."

Smith declared triumph past week erstwhile Trump stopped abbreviated of imposing tariffs connected each Canadian imports including energy, and alternatively proceeded with his planned tariffs affecting Canadian sectors specified arsenic automotive and alloy industries.

In an interrogation past period with the outlet Breitbart News, Smith called connected U.S. officials to intermission tariffs until aft the predetermination and said that Poilievre's "perspective" would beryllium "very overmuch successful sync with, I think, with the caller absorption successful America."

Except for 1 time successful Winnipeg, Carney's run circuit stayed successful Eastern Canada for the archetypal 2 weeks.

Carney is acceptable to marque an announcement and clasp a quality league successful Victoria today.

He volition past conscionable with B.C. Premier David Eby earlier heading to the Vancouver country for an evening rally successful Richmond, B.C.

At Sunday's rally successful Victoria, Sylvia Samborski said she's supporting Carney due to the fact that helium seems capable to grip Trump's threats against Canada's system and sovereignty.

"A batch of Canadians are truly fearful close now, and I deliberation that we consciousness anticipation close now because we person idiosyncratic who's articulate, intelligent, and experienced," she said, noting that concerns astir the U.S. are peculiarly acute successful a portion close connected the border.

"We're good beneath the 49th parallel down here," Samborski said, adding that her American friends are "scared" of Trump's
policies.

John Ellis said helium preferred Carney implicit the NDP, which took each but 1 of the 7 Vancouver Island ridings successful the 2021 election.

He said locals privation amended roads and infrastructure for booming communities, thing helium said the NDP were not focused connected capable during the past Parliament.

"It would beryllium bully to person idiosyncratic successful Ottawa with a dependable successful Parliament, and we haven't had that for a very, precise agelong time," helium said.

Former situation curate Catherine McKenna was besides astatine Sunday's rally and said she had been campaigning for section candidates astatine her ain behest.

"I'm not moving for office, but I volition assistance anyone who runs," she said, pointing astatine her shirt, which work "women change
politics." She said Carney is the champion prime to combat clime change, contempt his determination to scrap the c levy she spent years putting into place.

"Look, it was truly hard; I'm not going to contradict it," she said. "It was precise divisive by the end because determination was truthful overmuch disinformation and misinformation by Conservatives."

McKenna said "there are lessons to beryllium learned astir however to support policy" and to amended explicate the levy's rebate function, but she said the lipid and state assemblage indispensable bash much to tackle emissions.