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The Liberals Choose a Leader in the Shadow of Trump’s Threats
Party members will cast their votes on Sunday in a campaign that has been overshadowed by the unsettling signals from Washington.
Between the U.S. tariff “psychodrama,” or, per Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s quip, “Thursday,” and the growing evidence that President Trump’s threats of Canada’s sovereignty are quite serious, it’s been a stressful time for Canadians who are looking for stability.
Despite concessions made by Canada to address President Trump’s concerns over border safety, he went ahead with his tariff measures on Tuesday.Credit…Amber Bracken for The New York Times
That may not come quite yet. Even as Liberal Party members overcome registration problems to vote on Mr. Trudeau’s successor at the helm of the party and the country, a federal election looms.
The protracted instability — one that could yield three Canadian prime ministers in one year — is reflected in opinion research, where voters’ views on who is best to manage this generational crisis Canada finds itself in, seem to be very much in flux.
To understand this moment better, we spoke to Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, a research center.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Much has changed since Mr. Trump came into office.
