‘Great Deal’: Trudeau’s Conservative Rival Makes Energy Pitch to Trump

Poilievre says he would ramp up LNG, electricity for US needs
Trump has complained about oil-fueled trade gap with Canada

Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, leaves a news conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, last month.Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

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By Thomas Seal

January 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM UTC

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Since winning the US election, Donald Trump has taunted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by calling him governor of a 51st US state, threatened 25% tariffs, and vented that the US is getting ripped off by its northern neighbor because of a trade deficit.

Pierre Poilievre — the Conservative leader who is the front-runner to beat Trudeau’s party in the next election — says he could increase Canada’s exports to the US and strike a “great deal” with Trump anyway.