‘No more caving’: Poilievre urges against concessions in U.S. trade talks

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney not to make any concessions in negotiations of a U.S. trade deal, saying he has “backed down” to multiple American demands.

The letter addressed to Carney by Poilievre and Conservative critic for Canada-U.S. relations Shuvaloy Majumdar comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping 50 per cent tariffs are set to hit in 10 days.

“For the past year and a half, you have backed down to one American demand after another while getting nothing in return, with concession after concession,” Poilievre and Majumdar wrote.

They went on to cite the removal of the digital services tax, dropping retaliatory tariffs on...