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On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:01:32 -0000 (UTC), Pierre J.
<pierrej@torontosun.com> wrote:

>PORT MOODY, British Columbia, April 24 (Reuters) - Donald Trump

Found some more insane stuff to do.  Found some more people to piss
off.  Found another way to line his pockets.  Just got a new friend
who needs a cut too.  Maybe he'll just transfer the share of the
used-to-be friend he just fired.

>re-emerged as a factor in Canada's election campaign on Thursday, days
>before a vote that Prime Minister Mark Carney says will determine how
>Ottawa can best stand up to the U.S. President. 
>
>Carney launched the race last month, calling for a strong mandate to
>deal with Trump's tariffs and his stated desire to turn Canada into the
>51st state. The ruling Liberals had a healthy lead but polls showed the
>advantage gradually shrinking in recent days as Trump kept silent on
>Canada and voters' focus appeared to shift back towards concerns about
>high living costs. 
>
>On Wednesday, however, Trump declared the United States did not need
>Canadian-made autos and said he might increase tariffs on vehicles
>imported from Canada. 
>
>"President Trump repeated his attacks on Canada. He said he doesn't want
>Canada to play any part in the North American auto industry," Carney
>told a campaign event in Port Moody, British Columbia. 
>
>"So, I will be equally clear: this is Canada - we decide what happens
>here. Yesterday was more proof that the old relationship with the United
>States is over," he said. 
>
>Carney is promising to spend tens of billions of dollars to help reduce
>the country's reliance on the United States, which takes 75% of all
>Canadian exports. 
>
>The Liberals are still in the lead ahead of Monday's election but the
>gap with the opposition Conservatives is tightening, a rolling three-day
>poll showed on Thursday. 
>
>The Liberals hold 42.9% support, followed by Pierre Poilievre's
>Conservatives at 39.3% and the New Democratic Party at 7.2%, according
>to the CTV News-Globe and Mail-Nanos poll. 
>
>The 3.6-point gap between the two leading parties as of Wednesday
>compares with a 5.6-point Liberal lead over the Conservatives in the
>same poll a day earlier. 
>
>Such a result on Election Day would produce a fourth consecutive Liberal
>mandate but Carney might only win a minority of seats, leaving him
>reliant on smaller parties to govern. 
>
>Paul Thomas, professor emeritus of political studies at University of
>Manitoba, said voters' focus might be shifting back to high prices,
>crime and a housing crisis, which have been the centrepieces of the
>Conservative campaign. 
>
>"We can't afford a fourth Liberal term of rising costs and crime,"
>Poilievre told reporters in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Thursday, pledging
>to scrap electric-vehicle sales mandates. 
>
>Liberal support is typically more efficiently distributed across Canada,
>resulting in more parliamentary seats. The Conservatives tend to win by
>large margins in rural areas with fewer seats. 
>
>Carney remains the preferred choice as prime minister, but Poilievre is
>narrowing that gap, Nanos said. It surveyed 1,307 Canadians from April
>21 to 23, and the poll is considered accurate plus or minus 2.7
>percentage points, 19 times out of 20. 
>
>An Abacus Data poll on Wednesday placed the Liberals at 40% support
>among decided voters, with the Conservatives at 37%. Abacus said
>Liberals' share of support was unchanged from last week, while the
>Conservatives were down one point. 
>
>The poll was conducted among 2,000 eligible voters from April 18 to 21
>and the margin of error is 2.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. 
>
>https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-election-race-tightens-cons
>ervatives-narrow-gap-with-liberals-poll-says-2025-04-24/
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MAGA:  One who has delusions of competency.