Canada Prime Minister announced early elections to protect the country from Trump

The new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney scheduled on Sunday extraordinary parliamentary elections for April 28, saying he needs a strong mandate to cope with the threat coming from US President Donald Trump, who « wants to break us so that America can own us. »

The comments showed the extent to which the US-Canada relations, two longtime allies and major trading partners, worsened after Trump imposed a duties on Canada and threatened to annex it as the 51st.

The regular elections were to be held only on October 20, but Carney hopes to take advantage of the remarkable restoration of his Liberal Party in the polls of January, when Trump began to threaten Canada and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation.

After being sworn in as Prime Minister on March 14, Karney said he could work with Trump and respect him. On Sunday, however, it approaches more harvested.

The Canadians unite for their country and see the revival of nationalism, as relations between Canada and the United States are on the list of residents involved in recent studies.

On March 6, Trump postponed duties of 25% on a wide range of Canadian goods for 30 days. But he imposed the duties on the import of steel and aluminum and threatened reciprocal duties from April 2 on additional goods, including Canadian dairy products and timber.

Carney, a former two-time central banker with no previous policy experience or election campaign, headed the leadership of the liberals two weeks ago, convincing party members that he is the best person to deal with Trump.

He now has five weeks to win the Canadians. On Sunday, Carney proposed a reduction in the taxation of the lowest tax group with one percentage point.

Studies show that the liberals who have been in power since 2015 and have been behind the official opposition of conservatives at the beginning of the year, now they are now before their rivals.

« We went from elections where people wanted change, to elections that were really much more related to leadership, » said Darl Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Public Affairs. « Conservatives’ ability to attack liberals is significantly reduced because people are focused on what has happened here and now and now and the near future, not what has happened over the last 10 years, » he told Reuters.

Conservatives strive to present Carney as an elitist who plans to continue the policy of high government spending from the Trudeau era. They also accuse him of not being clear enough about how he transferred his personal financial assets into the so -called. Blind Trust (independently administered management assets of an electoral employee to avoid conflict of interest – ed.).

Last week, Carney was nervous when he was asked about the Trust and accused the reporter who asked that he was involved in « conflict and maliciousness ». The sharp reaction can give the conservatives hope that Carney can make mistakes during what will be his first election campaign.

The key to any victory will be a good performance in the predominantly French -speaking Quebec province. Carney had problems at a press conference when he was asked to answer French, first he did not understand the question and then answered English. Conservative leader Pierre Pilevrer, on the other hand, speaks flawlessly French and is an experienced politician who has been fighting in seven elections.

But Laura Stevenson, Professor of Politics at the Western University of Canadian city of London, said Carney’s inexperience may not be as important given the Trump factor. « I have the feeling that we will see a little more favor than is usually given to politicians during this campaign, » she said.