Carney is at the podium now following a cabinet meeting on Canada-U.S. relations in Ottawa. The prime minister is expected to share Canada’s response to Trump’s order that a 25 per cent tariff be imposed on imported vehicles starting April 3. Carney left the campaign trail last night after the U.S. president’s announcement.

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who "wants to break us so America can own us.

With the election set for April 28, the campaigns are already heating up with rhetoric aimed largely at U.S. President Donald Trump and the tariffs involving Canada’s biggest trading partner. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty,