Liberal Leader Mark Carney kicked off his B.C. election campaign tour on Sunday with a stop at the Victoria Edelweiss Club in James Bay, where hundreds lined up to catch a glimpse of the man seeking to remain as prime minister when Canadians go to the polls for the April 28 federal election.
Surrounded by Liberal candidates from across Vancouver Island, Carney touted the party’s plan to strengthen the economy in the face of U.S. tariffs.
Carney called the U.S. move to put additional tariffs on Canada’s softwood lumber exports over the weekend “shameful,” adding that 50,000 people are employed in the B.C.’s forestry sector.
“Our response is to fight and protect and to build,” he said. “We are fighting the Americans everywhere they understand.”
