Donald Trump now seems to be amazed at everything, almost as overwhelmingly as the giant Canadian flag that was coming behind Pierre Poilievre in his “Canada first” rally last weekend.
If it weren’t for Trump, Pailievre seems unlikely to have been celebrating the day of the flag so with enthusiasm. In the case, if not for Trump, this seems likely to Flag Day – Inaugurated in 1996 to mark the adoption of the Red Arce sheet as the national flag of this country in 1965 – it would have passed with little or no notification.
But it was said that the 29th annual flag day was of particular importance for Pailievre. His speech was promoted in various ways like a “change“ALREADY”Change of life.” Was saying Be “the crucial moment of his career” and “one of the most important speeches” he had given.
One of Poilievre’s tasks seemed to be a simple tranquility, or catch up with national discourse. Standing before that Canadian giant flag, the conservative leader recognized the threat and challenge raised by the new US regime and promised to respond and fight if the United States points to the assets of this country with tariffs.
“We will have any load and we will pay any price to protect the sovereignty and independence of our country,” said Poilievre, borrowing Inaugural speech by John F. Kennedy in 1961.
Surrounded by hundreds of followers with the red and white leader and conservative Pierre Poilievre said that although it will not be easy, Canadians must work together to protect the “Canadian promise, that any person of anywhere can do anything.”
Pailievre has more completely accepted the slogan of “Canada first”. But in the conservative leader’s own estimate, his broader message does not change.
“You know, the media now say that I should change my entire platform due to the tariff threat,” said Pailievre, although perhaps that is not exactly what experts have been saying.
“In fact, Trump’s tariff threats have proven to be conservative in everything.”
As Pailievre put it in a tweet On Tuesday, “everything the conservatives said before Trump’s tariffs are more right now.”
It delighted a lot in pointing out how the main contestants for liberal leadership are now closer to their pre -existing positions on issues such as carbon tax (they would reveal it), the capital gain tax (canceled the planned changes of the government) and construction of pipes (at least they are open to it).
“Imitation is the highest way of flattery,” Pailievre said.
But he also reiterated his plan to reduce government spending, reduce regulation and reduce taxes; Now he says it will be the “largest” and “most patriotic” tax cut in Canadian history.
What Pailievre is without saying
But Poilievre’s speech was also remarkable for what he did not say, specifically, the word “broken.”
That “Everything” about Canada is “broken” was previously a gear scream for the conservatives of Poilievre. After Donald Trump suggested that Tariffs would impose to Canadian goods due to the movement of people and fentanyl through the border with Canada-United States, an argument that denies the facts-poilievre promoted The idea that the border was “broken.”
“It is more difficult to talk about a broken Canada when there is a growing sense of patriotism,” a conservative source He told Radio-Canada earlier this month.
That was not the only thing that was not said on Saturday.
Pailievre did not mention his desire to The CBC either dismiss the governor of the Bank of Canada. He did not remind the listeners who would do it Prohibit their cabinet for ministers to attend the Annual Conference of the World Economic Forum. In addition to an allegation of the allegation that the Justin Trudeau government had divided the Canadians by “vaccine status”, Pailievre was not explicitly referred to The convoy of freedom that stirred the flag that he cheered almost exactly three years ago. And there was nothing about cryptocurrency.
But not all Pailievre edges were sanded.
In a CBC news interview, the liberal leadership leader Mark Carney described his plans to fight against the president of the United States, Donald Trump, some of which echo what conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has said.
He accused the liberals of promoting a “radical, borders and aroused” ideology. He said he would ensure that the Canadian army has a “warrior culture” not a “awakened culture.” The “Cancel the culture” that has apparently desecrated the memory of John A. Macdonald. He repeated his intention to cut foreign aid.
The Liberals responded to Pailievre’s speech with a video package that used the comment of the conservative leader about imitation and adulation as an excuse to compare part of Poilievre’s most nervous rhetoric with the views and behavior of Trump.
This is not the first time that liberals have tried to make such comparisons. And previous attempts did not prevent conservatives from building, at least until recently, a Great lead in opinion surveys.
Does Pailievre have a Trump problem?
But in an analysis published before Poilievre’s speech, David Coletto de Data from Abacus planted That Pailievre has a Trump problem.
Trump is overwhelmingly unpopular in Canada: Abacus data reported Last week that 69 percent of Canadians have a negative vision of US president, compared to only 18 percent that have a positive vision of him. But surveys suggest that some supporters Pailievre do not dislike what they see when they look at Trump.
Among conservative supporters, 31 percent have a positive impression of Trump. And among those who say they have a positive impression of Pailievre, that number increases to 37 percent.
“If Pailievre seems too cozy with Trump or refuses to distance himself from some of Trump’s most divisive positions, he runs the risk of alienating a part of his precariously broad coalition,” Coletto wrote. “On the contrary, if Trump firmly repudiates, it could cause discontent between the pro-trump wing of the conservative movement.”
Front burner25:52How Trump is forcing conservatives to pivot
The tensions about the tariff threats of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on Canadian goods have forced a hard restart in almost all aspects of the United Canada-United States relations. The conservative leader Pierre Poilievre responded to that on Saturday in the “Canada First” demonstration of his party, where he hoped to define himself already his campaign given this new political reality. Aaron Whatry is a senior writer of the CBC parliamentary office. David Coletto is CEO and founder of Abacus Data. They joined the host Jayme Poisson to talk about how the great event of conservatives was, and the political challenges facing Poilievre, especially in the light of the liberal party’s bulge in the polls. For front burner transcripts, visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts]
Coletto estimates that there is a portion of the Canadian electorate, about 12 percent, who likes Pailievre, but does not like Trump. And he suspects that the group could be “especially sensitive to any indication that the conservative leader of Canada is ideologically close to the former president of the United States.”
It is not difficult to list the ways in which Poilievre and Trump are not the same. To choose two large: Pailievre is not executing a Nativist campaign against immigrationneither He refused to recognize the results of democratic elections.
But it is also fair to say that Pailievre is working with some of the The same anti-establishment populist forces, USA..
On Saturday, Pailievre tried to defend that he is ready to respond to Trump’s threats and that he has the right vision of what Canada should do in response to this world. But what happens if Canadians decide that they are worried not only for rates, but also the populist style of politics?
