The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney distant the predecessor Justin Trudeau repeatedly the first debate of the current electoral cycle, insisting that he had only “arrived here” to the higher position of the government.
Carney assumed the prime minister in March after Trudeau’s announcement in January that would resign after a decade of power. While winning the internal race of the Liberal Party for a landslide, Carney has not yet chosen the leg prime minister and has never had a political position or run for a position before becoming head of government.
The Canadians will go to the surveys on April 28 to choose whether to keep Carney as their prime minister or empower one of the other political parties of the nations. The main rival of Carney is the leader of the conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, who enjoyed a two -digit advantage against the liberals in January, but is now following the liberals decisively in multiple surveys. The debate, moderated by the Radio-Canadá journalist, Patrice Roy, was the first time with a face to face for a political discussion.
In addition to Pailievre, Carney faced the leaders of two other important parties, Jagmeet Singh of the new Democratic Party (NDP) of the extreme left (NDP) and Yves-François Blanchet of the Quebécois block.
The first debate of the electoral cycle was a French hero and transmitted with English subtitles on some ways; Leaders are scheduled to discuss Thursday night in English.
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Singh, Blanchet and Poilievre spent much of the debate aimed at Carney than each other, repeatedly condemning the policies of the liberal party for their disastrous impact on the immigration system, medical care and the economy of the nation. Carney used the opportunities to distance himself from his ruling party. In one case, Blanchet condemned Carney for not reaching opposition leaders to obtain ideas on how to handle the ongoing tariff dispute with the United States.
“You’ve never spoken to me before this event,” Blanchet revealed, “you are not trying to discover how to collaborate by betting some the same … you are trying to score divisive points that only serve the United States of America.”
“I just started,” Carney replied. “I have Bone’s prime minister for a month.”
Later in the debate, Pailievre again asked Carney about the unfortunate record of a decade in leadership that his party left him.
“Isn’t you ashamed to ask Canadians for a fourth mandate after having a sausage record?” Mr. Poilievre asked.
“I just arrived,” Carney replied.
Poilievre dismissed Carney’s claims, remembering that Carney served as an economy advisor and the disastrous Canadian response to the Pondemia of Coronavirus Wuhan doing Trudeau’s mandate.
“When you were Justin Trudeau’s economic advisor, you debugged our economy,” Poilievre accused our occasion.
Duration a separate part of the debate, Pailievre told Carney: “His party has bone in power for ten years and at that time … his policies that have blocked resources … liberal legislation has prevented development and continues to support those laws.”
The conservative party followed that line of attack after the debate, linking Carney with the unpopular Trudeau.
Carney’s relationship with Trudeau is particularly important in part due to the fact that Trudeau resigned after a meeting with the then elected president Donald Trump intended to avoid the imposition of onerous tariffs in the US economy. Trudeau’s visit to Mar-A-Lago was disgust among many Canadians and caused one of its closest confidants, Chrystia Freeland, to resign as Vice Prime Minister and run for the leadership of the Liberal Party. Carney defeated her in the leadership elections of the Liberal Party after her betrayal.
The issue of how to properly develop a relationship with Trump was prominent in the debate. Carney insisted that Trump respected “strength.”
“We are in a crisis, the most serious crisis of our lives,” Carney told the spectators. “We need to react with the wintering force Rounded – Yes, we need to reduce taxes … [but] We need to have a government ready to act. “
“We have to react with force and those are the elements that will allow us to happen with Mr. Trump. He respects strengths, respects people who understand how the world works and who understand how the private sector works,” added Carney – A Barb in Poilievre, which became a member of Parliament at age 25 and has remained there since then.
Pailievre, in turn, offered plans to expand the Canadian national economy.
“No one can control Donald Trump’s decisions. But we can control our domestic economy by reverting the economic policies that the liberals brought that they weakened our economy,” Pailievre said.
Blanchet said that “Trump will hold on to his own rope because his economy depends on ours,” stating that GDP and the population of Canada are larger than those in the United States.
In another part of the debate, the other candidates made fun of Carney to admit in a recent interview that does not buy their own groceries and, therefore, does not know the typical price of strawberries. Ash On the price of strawberries, said Carney, although “strange” may sound, “someone” buys it.
Roy asked the candidates what American products they were boycoting personally to the protest of the rates, to which three of the four candidates emphasized that they had purchases. Blanchet and Singh said they had stopped buying American fruits – Singh pointing out that it makes your own purchases and cooking – While Pailievre said he only bought meat from Canadian Res. Carney responded quickly that he was boycotting American wine and alcohol.
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The economic situation with the United States dominated the debate, which did not present any important discussion about China. The Canadian government revealed in early April that he had discovered a promotion of the Chinese propaganda operation, Carney, amid the growing speculation that his relationship in the private sector with Beijing could compromise him. According to reports, Carney visited Beijing in October as part of his work with Brookfield Asset Management, his previous employer, and recently with members of a Chinese influence operation, the Jiang Commerce Council of Canada (JCCC). Carney denied any this type meeting with the JCCC despite the fact that the group published photos of it shaking hands with its members.
The average CBC News surveys showed Carney with a five -point advantage in Poilievre starting Thursday, with 43 percent compared to 38 percent of conservatives. The surveys included in the average of Thursday morning were tasks before the debate.
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