Transcript excerpt of a conversation (Matan Hazanov and a second speaker) discussing whether Donald Trump and his tariffs influenced the Conservative Party’s election performance in Canada; claims include that Trump sought a weaker negotiating partner, tariffs affected sectors (steel, aluminum, canola), and a cited federal deficit of $68.5 billion attributed to government policy.
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$68.5 billion
You mentioned the collapse of the NDP as probably the primary reason that the Conservatives didn't win more seats. Right. A lot of people talk about Trump's involvement, the tariffs being one of those policies that came out around that time because he just got elected. Did that have any role in the loss of the Conservative Party?
Yeah, sure. I think, you know, I think Trump wanted a weaker negotiating partner, and I think he said that. He said that part out loud, and I think he said it out loud for. For everybody to hear. You know, we're worse off today than. And every month since the election, we've got more, you know, more tariffs, and we're paying higher tariffs on almost every. On almost every sector, certainly steel and aluminum and canola and all of these things that are new. Like, you have a guy who said that he would be the negotiator with Trump, and I think Canadians are worse off. I think that's the case with everything. We've got the budget watchdog saying that where, you know, where the public accounts are is what. We're in the, you know, we're in the deficit territory of $68.5 billion right now. This is. This is bigger than Trudeau. Right. Like, this is bigger than the most expensive prime minister in history.
