RECAP | Carney to return to Ottawa, Poilievre condemns Trump as tariff fallout hits campaign

We’re wrapping up our unrecorded coverage

That’s it for today. Trump didn’t notation Canada aft his furniture meeting, alternatively mostly focusing connected his qualms with China, arsenic the 2 countries speech occurrence amidst a planetary commercialized war.

He besides said helium wouldn’t regularisation retired extending the 90-day intermission connected immoderate of his planetary tariffs, a respite that helium announced yesterday.

If you’re looking for much predetermination coverage, present are immoderate stories that were published by our colleagues today:

• John Paul Tasker, a elder newsman successful the CBC’s parliamentary bureau, wrote astir Poilievre questioning Carney’s quality to grip Trump and his tariffs.
• Daniel Leblanc, an investigative writer who covers authorities for Radio-Canada, wrote astir a 3rd Brookfield money registered successful a taxation haven portion Carney was starring the firm.
• And elder concern newsman Sophia Harris has a communicative astir Canadians avoiding question to the U.S. for fearfulness of being detained oregon questioned by borderline security.

Until tomorrow!

B.C. authorities to cancel each imaginable American contracts

Speaking to reporters successful Victoria today, B.C. Premier David Eby said helium is aiming to cancel each authorities contracts with American companies, but wherever it is perfectly essential.

He said he's fixed an bid to each provincial ministries, wellness authorities and Crown corporations to reappraisal their suppliers to alteration dependence connected the United States.

This includes cancelling subscriptions to U.S. newspapers and magazines and non-essential software, and avoiding non-essential cross-border travel.

What has Doug Ford been up to today?

I'm Lauren Battagello, a shaper with CBC Toronto.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford appeared connected CNN erstwhile again this greeting with Wolf Blitzer to propulsion backmost against Trump’s tariffs.

Blitzer asked if Canada would see rolling backmost the tariffs arsenic an “olive subdivision to the Trump administration.”

Ford responded, “Well, arsenic agelong arsenic we cognize the tariffs are going to beryllium dropped against Canada arsenic well. If we person a communal understanding, if they consciousness comfy with america going first.”

He reiterated that Canada didn’t commencement the commercialized war, and that the tariffs request to end.

Ford besides met with Utah Governor Spencer Cox astatine Queen’s Park this afternoon.

“My anticipation is that we tin get to a spot wherever those tariffs are removed,” the Republican politician told reporters. “I judge successful the value of escaped trade, particularly with our Canadian partners, that we tin person just and level trading betwixt our state and your country.”

Ford is adjacent scheduled to beryllium connected Fox Business astatine astir 3:25 p.m. ET.

Poilievre's 48-minute interrogation with a Quebec influencer

Carney and Singh weren't the lone ones to bash interviews with a YouTube personality.

Quebec property and formation nine proprietor Olivier Primeau released a 48-minute French-language interrogation with Poilievre yesterday.

The brace talked astir Quebec nationalism, the system and the struggles young radical look today, including redeeming capable wealth for a down payment, fto unsocial retirement.

Poilievre said Quebec nationalism was an important portion of Canadian identity.

"They amusement their flag, sing their songs, stock their history," helium said. "That's however Canada should be."

Much of Primeau’s contented connected platforms similar TikTok and Instagram, wherever helium has hundreds of thousands of followers, see fast-food reviews and performance and tourism travel reports.

You tin ticker the afloat interrogation here.

Carney chaired 3rd money registered successful taxation haven

My Radio-Canada workfellow Daniel Leblanc is reporting contiguous that a $5-billion concern money created nether Mark Carney's enactment astatine Brookfield Asset Management was registered successful the Cayman Islands, a taxation haven.

“That's successful summation to 2 different funds totalling $25 cardinal that were registered successful Bermuda, different offshore taxation haven, erstwhile the Liberal person headed the steadfast from 2020 to 2025,” wrote Leblanc, who was the archetypal to study connected the archetypal 2 funds.

“In each 3 cases, the structures are legal, respect planetary taxation standards and are commonly utilized by concern firms. They besides guarantee Canadian investors wage taxes connected the profits from their investments successful Canada, and not successful overseas countries.”

You tin work the afloat communicative here.

Trump holds furniture meeting

Trump had a furniture gathering this morning, and spoke astir his administration’s tariff regime. Yesterday, helium paused galore of his planetary tariffs, but raised levies connected China.

The U.S. clarified contiguous that it raised levies connected China to 145 per cent, not 125 per cent, arsenic was wide reported.

“We’re doing, again, what we should person done galore years ago. We fto it get retired of control,” said Trump. “And we allowed immoderate countries to get precise large and precise affluent astatine our disbursal … it’s not a sustainable formula.”

Canada’s circumstances were near unchanged yesterday, but we’re listening successful to spot if helium mentions this state specifically.

A blimpish league successful Ottawa has dropped immoderate speakers

I’m Kate McKenna, a elder newsman covering the Canada Strong and Free Network Conference, an lawsuit for conservatives to meet, web and speech ideas. Many inactive notation to it by its erstwhile name, the Manning conference.

Some conservatives successful the hallways person expressed concerns that an lawsuit similar this risks becoming a governmental liability for the Conservative enactment successful the mediate of an election.

They noted the docket has undergone a fig of last-minute changes. A elder advisor for Donald Trump, Chris LaCivita, was dropped from the speakers’ list, arsenic was a sheet dedicated to cryptocurrency. A keynote code from Trump’s erstwhile U.S. commercialized representative, Robert Lighthizer, volition beryllium closed to the media. Lighthizer was an designer of Trump’s pro-tariff agenda.

Conservative sources accidental radical moving connected the run were instructed not to be this event.

Later today, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith volition beryllium giving an code astatine the lawsuit and is expected to talk to reporters afterwards.

What voters successful Belleville, Ont. are saying astir the election

I've been talking to voters successful Belleville and proceeding tons of absorbing perspectives.

I met Taylor Russett, a 25-year-old who owns Lafferty's Menswear. He said he's fortunate helium was capable to bargain a concern astatine specified a young property and he'd similar to perceive from the enactment leaders however they volition enactment young entrepreneurs.

"How tin young people, marginalized communities get into concern ownership?" helium asked. "We request to look astatine succession planning, and however that transportation of wealthiness volition hap from the older demographic, to my demographic.”

Over astatine Meyers Creek Brewing Company, I met friends Darren and Marty, who some said they don't traditionally enactment the Liberal Party, but apt volition this clip due to the fact that they judge Mark Carney has the acquisition to grip the commercialized warfare with the United States.

"In a mean environment, I wouldn't needfully privation a banker successful complaint of the country," said Darren, "but considering that we are entering an economical warfare with what was erstwhile our closest ally, I tin deliberation of nary amended idiosyncratic to tally the ship.”

One antheral expressed skepticism that Carney has scrapped the user c taxation for good. "The time aft the election, if it's the aforesaid government, I deliberation it's coming close back. But possibly I'm a cynic by nature,” helium told me.

Two voters spoke astir migration — 1 wanting levels to spell backmost up, 1 acrophobic that colonisation maturation owed to migration has been excessively quick.

One patron told maine helium thinks this is 1 of the astir important elections Canada has had successful a agelong time, and urged his chap Canadians: "Go vote!"

CBC’s aggregated Poll Tracker has been updated by TheWrit.ca’s Éric Grenier, who had this to accidental astir the latest numbers:

“The Liberals person been holding a dependable pb implicit the Conservatives successful the polling mean and would beryllium heavy favoured to triumph a bulk authorities if an predetermination were held today,” helium wrote.

“While determination is immoderate saltation betwixt pollsters concerning the size of the Liberal lead, each pollster present has the Liberals up by astatine slightest 3 points. The New Democrats and Bloc Québécois are connected way to endure important spot losses.”

Carney, Singh bash the hep flip with Nardwuar

I’m a elder shaper with the Parliamentary bureau’s integer team.

The Vancouver-based euphony writer Nardwuar the Human Serviette, known for his extended probe connected guests and eccentric interviewing style, traditionally asks enactment leaders to articulation him successful a circular of a crippled called hep flip.

Past Liberal leaders Jean Chretien, Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau each did the hep flip with him, but erstwhile Conservative person Stephen Harper did not.

Nardwuar gained popularity done appearances connected MuchMusic successful the 1990s, but helium besides has an online pursuing among younger generations acknowledgment to his galore interviews with hip-hop artists. Clips of the Carney and Singh interviews person already racked up hundreds of thousands of views connected societal media.

You tin ticker the afloat Carney interrogation present and the Singh 1 here.