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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the question in the upcoming national vote is who will be the best candidate to deal with US President Donald Trump.
Mr Carney’s comments came in a response to a conservative Pierre Poilievre who said during the debate of French language leaders that Canada needed change and Mr. Carney was the same as its predecessor Justin Trudeau.
“Mr. Poilievre is not Justin Trudeau. I am also not Justin Trudeau. In this selection the question is who will face Trump,” Carney said.
At the end of last month, former Head of Bank British called the SNAP selection against the background of the trade war with the US and the threat from President Trump to make Canada part of America.
Mr Carney’s liberal who has appeared ready for the defeat of historic elections this year, but the Trump trade war and the attack on Canada’s sovereignty triggered a surge of nationalism that had supported the liberal poll number ahead of the voting on April 28.
‘Focus without stop’
Mr. Poilievre has urged Canadians not to give a fourth term to the liberals.
“One of the differences, there is a lot, but one of the differences between the two of us is that I emphasize the economy more, on economic growth,” Carney said when asked about Mr. Trudeau at a press conference after the debate.
“Actually, in a situation where we are, given the crisis scale, I will say focus without stopping on economic growth.”
“We need change. You do not make changes,” Mr. Poilievre told Carney.
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BLOC Québécois Yves-François Blanche, whose party lost support for liberal Carney in Quebec, agreed, said that liberals were the same party, the same minister and the same politician and new leaders did not change that.
In the mid -January poll by Nanos, liberals trailed a conservative party by 47% to 20%.
Mark Carney, Yves-Francois Blanchet, Jagmeet Singh and Pierre Poilievre pose for photos before the French-speaking Federal Leader Debate.
In the latest Nanos poll released Wednesday, the liberals were led by eight percentage points. January poll has a margin of error 3.1 points while the latest poll has a 2.7 point margin.
Carney was the Head of Bank Canada during the 2008 financial crisis. In 2013, he became the first non-English citizen to run the Bank of England, and helped manage the impact of Brexit.
