Prime Minister Mark Carney stressed the importance of a “united Team Canada approach” in phone calls with other party leaders on Tuesday about the state of trade talks with the United States.
The Prime Minister’s Office published a readout of the calls that said Carney briefed the Opposition leaders about Canada’s new measures responding to an escalating trade war with the United States.
“The Prime Minister and the leaders discussed the ongoing response and underscored the importance of a united Team Canada approach as Canada works to protect jobs, build the economy, and stand up for Canadian interests,” the statement read.
NDP Leader Avi Lewis, who does not hold a seat in Parliament, also received a call.
He said in a statement Tuesday that he reiterated the NDP’s support for Canada “walking away from a bad deal” on the call and that he welcomed the government’s relief measures as a first step to assist workers and industries.
“However, more action is required to make sure workers get the support they need and that we’re responding at scale and speed to the U.S. economic attacks,” he said.
Lewis said the NDP are calling for an export tax on critical minerals and energy that the U.S. depends on, strengthening EI and supports to help workers in tariff-affected sectors.
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“This should include wage subsidies with strong guardrails to prevent their misuse by employers,” he said. “We cannot afford a repeat of what happened during the pandemic, when corporations received wage subsidies only to award bonuses and dividends to their CEOs and shareholders. The money must be used for keeping workers employed.”
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Global News at 6 Toronto: June 30, 2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spoke to reporters in Windsor on Friday ahead of his scheduled call with Carney. He said that he would work with the government and other parties to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “unjustified” tariffs.
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He said Ottawa’s response to U.S. trade aggression should be judged by the cost to families and workers’ jobs.
Poilievre reiterated calls for the Liberals to recall Parliament and release the text of the proposed deal that Canada’s trade team walked away from last week.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said in a statement in French that Carney told him that his preference is to no longer discuss any compromises regarding supply management.
He also said the Bloc would start conversations when Parliament resumes about sustainable funding for Quebec and Canadian broadcasting and cultural production.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and other cabinet ministers on Friday announced new retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. goods and hiked existing duties on steel and aluminum to 50 per cent. They also unveiled a $7.5-billion support package for businesses affected by the U.S. duties or counter-tariffs.
Poilievre on Friday also invoked former prime minister Stephen Harper when he called for Ottawa to develop a new “economic action plan” — the same branding the former Conservative leader used to push his economic agenda.
Poilievre’s pitch for that plan includes cutting the industrial carbon tax and other levies on fuel, and he repeated a Conservative campaign pledge from the 2025 federal election to waive capital gains taxes on any proceeds reinvested in Canada.
“We cannot have any more tinkering, administrative adjustments, all wrapped in big speeches and fancy announcements. We need real action,” Poilievre said.
The last thing Canadians need to hear about is Carney’s urges.. (gross).
So, clarification…HoC is temporarily in the West Block due to renos. PM has 2 offices: 1 in Center Block and the PMO across the street a short walk away…yet he rarely makes it to the chamber for question period. Must fancy himself the CEO or Chair of the Board who is not to have his actions questioned….just like the other buisnessman turned politician in the US.
Carney won’t come down from his Center Block office in Ottawa to address Canada’s parliament or answer questions in the HoC – which is literally in the same building, but he’ll fly to Europe to address their parliament. I’m amazed he actually took time to pick up a phone and talk with a non-Liberal parliamentarian that he is not bribing with political or career favours to cross the floor. I’m skeptical that this is just a piece of theater to strenghten his popularity and keep him in power; not a sincere move to protect and strengthen Canada.
Alberta oil and gas belong to province of Alberta
I’m all for Team Canada, the only problem is that the Liberals are leading it.
I’m also a Canucks fan, so it’s not that I cant feel anymore hopeless,it’s just the double hit of absolute failure is a lot to unpack.
There is no “Team Canada” there is only “Team Flip Flop” and zero leadership. Let’s take another tax payer vacation to Europe to hang out and make it look like I am the great negotiator. The Canadian Media loves me so no worries and my Brookfield portfolio is going great so nothing to worry about. In a couple more weeks I will head to the Asian countries and do some more dealing and vacationing as Canadians love me!
Oh a some commenters will worry more about and blame Poilievre as that is how they role. Sock boy used this with Harper as that was his kryptonite now it is Poilievre’s fault.
Canada walked away and pulled the pin but no one will really know the reasons and the deal maker did nothing. Came back and ran away on vacation again!
Hey “Anonymous”, how about you stop recycling the same uninformed tropes about security clearances. All MPs require one to sit in the HoC. He has one. He just refused to raise the clearance level, to be able to read a report that was so redacted that Elizabeth May called it “useless.” Tom Muclair said the Liberals tried that on him previously too – so that he couldn’t grill them on a specific issue in the HoC. Muclair also rejected the upgrade. This has all been covered ad nauseum by the media. Please try and keep up.
Then he should have the basic decency to be transparent regarding what they want me to support
Hey Mr. negotiater, you were elected for one reason. Novel idea why don’t you yourself go negotiate the best deal you promised. You won’t even tell us what you walked away from. Sorry if I am not trusting what you said. You have lied to us oh so many times. Your embarrassing Canada by running to Europe while your people are being taxed to hell.
Opposition parties should stay away from the ‘Team Canada’ response until all Canadians can read what’s in the deal that the Liberals walked away from. Clearly, our government is dishonest- if they weren’t someone would have had a chance to look at the deal. Right now, it looks like this is a political move to garner liberal support.
@RJ. I am a big boy now and I got my big boy pants on underneath this dress.
The deal that was rejected involved delicate compromises and currently the Canadian public wants no compromises.
Carney cannot let anyone see it because everyone will see what he had already given up and they will put the blame on him.
That will really disrupt team Canada now that Carney wants Canada to be a team.
@RJ. In my early 20’s so I’m all grown up. The deal that was rejected involved delicate compromises and currently the Canadian public wants no compromises. All releasing this will do is pit Province against Province AND make it more difficult to negotiate. Once the terms are released, Poilievre will oppose them-as will the public, making a compromise impossible.
Four years ago, flying the Canadian flag would earn you labels of “ists” and “phobes” but today we’re supposed to stand behind the same people that besmirched our flag?
Ben – The details can’t be released because they’d divide the country? Did you even read that before you posted? So the deal can’t be released because it would divide the country, but the official opposition needs to get in line and not do their job because of some phony unity? Grow up. That’s not how the world works, and it’s not how Canadian parliament works.
The problem with “Team Canada” is that it just became that last week and for the last 18 months it was called “team Carney” and nobody else was invited.
Now we are down 6-0 late in the 3rd and instead of pulling the goalie he pulls a player and has 2 goalies in net.
NO! No solidarity until the deal that we walked away from is released. Recall parliament and give us the details. Then we can talk about solidarity.
As usual, the Liberals expect unwavering support without any sort of transparency.
Poilievre posted again today. Playing petty politics. He knows the terms of the deal we rejected can’t be released as they may divide the country. The conservatives are on team USA!
Where was team canada last dozen years or more!?
Conservatives are Republicans-lite. Both parties refuse to stand up to Trump and will just let him run amok wreaking havoc.
Carnhole to busy sucking dck to save country!
As an NDP voter I’m quite impressed with Carney. Poilievre is weak and spineless
While the Poilievre conservatives are playing petty partisan political games, Carney is defending our country which is under attack. Outrageous!
Poilievre’s speech pronounces that we need action instead of speeches and fancy pronouncements. We need real action like fetching coffee and donuts like he did for the Freedumb Convoy.
Dude, don”t you have a security clearance to apply for?
Global wastes a lot of time covering this guy’s irrelevant grandstanding. I wonder what Elizabeth May has to say.
As a former NDP voter I’m quite impressed with Pierre. His plans are quite good. Hopefully Carney plagiarizes more of them.
Lift inter provincial trade barriers.
The ‘if you’re Conservative, you’re a traitor’ criticism sure is generating a lot of unity, hey? The last 11 years was great! Enjoy your poverty
But we’re not united Mark. You don’t have a legitimate majority. You’ve done very little to deal with the Confederation problems in the country. Your transparency is nil, we’re supposed to cooperate in blind trust? You have no vision of what success looks like (well, one you’ll share anyway). You’re not a leader. You’re acting like a manager.
Even the Bloc Quebecois is more loyal to Canada than the Poilievre (Team USA) conservatives.
Carney just isn’t ready.
Nice portfolio though.
Thank God Poilievre will be advising Mark Carney and the Liberals on how to handle the situation. They owe him a Thank You for the policies they stole from him to win the election.
The Liberals will still screw this up,they have been an absolute disaster for over a decade ,but with Pierre involved at least we might get through this a little better than the Scorched Canada which would result from a Liberal only attempt