Nearly half want a federal election if new Canada-U.S. trade agreement is reached: poll (nationalpost.com)

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Less than two hours before 50 per cent tariffs were scheduled to hit a range of Canadian goods, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he is pausing the levies for three days, based on a pending trade deal. And the development comes as Canadians weigh in on what should happen next.

A new Leger poll found that nearly half of Canadians surveyed (47 per cent) believe a federal election should be called if a new Canada-U.S. trade agreement is reached, so voters can express their opinion on the deal. This compares to 35 per cent who do not think a federal election should be called in the event of a new deal, while 18 per cent were unsure.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, support for an election is strongest among Conservative voters, at 67 per cent, compared with 34 per cent among Liberal voters. Elsewhere, 51 per cent of Bloc Québécois voters and 45 per cent of NDP voters support calling an election.

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[-] Foxer@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 weeks ago

Well that's not quite true, trump does tend to keep his word at least until the next term where he will claim it was the worst deal ever and he's going to negotiate a new one and he wishes he could find whoever wrote the last one 🤣🤣

A deal would bring much-needed stability for the business community which we haven't had until now and it's been brutalizing us horribly. Hopefully it's a good deal, and not a complete piece of crap.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

not sure what stability it would bring as trump has already reneged on fresh deals… your statement on him waiting to the next term literally happenend once so it does not tend to anything but going back on his own word is more predictable than breathing

the second he needs another distraction, and given his mediocrity he will need as many as he can get, he will make up a non-sensical excuse and reneg on the deal again

[-] Foxer@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 weeks ago

The business community sees it as stability. And trump doesn't generally reneg on deals he's just done. He may find something ELSE to pick on but for the industries involved it brings some certainty. Enough to get the investment they need.

I know he hasn't gone back on anything this term that he signed to this term. I'm not sure what you're referring to.

Like I say it's nothing to stop him from picking on another sector or the light but if they do a deal on cars for example he'll stick by that deal on cars

And in case you haven't noticed we're failing horribly right now. Our economy is getting worse not better and carney is trying desperately to whitewash how bad we're doing and using terms like technical recession but if things continue the way they are right now our economy will be in severe dire straits within a year. Investment is fleeing the country because of the uncertainty and we're going to get pounded if we don't turn things around. So pretending that the status quo is somehow better would be a mistake

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