Poilievre to travel to U.S. to 'fight for tariff-free access' to American market

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poileivre will travel to the United States this week to advocate for tariff-free trade for Canadian businesses and workers.

“As I said in a recent speech, we need to leverage the relationship we have with the American people,” he said, in a video post on X, on Wednesday. “We should all be reaching out to American business, unions, media, governors, investors, mayors, civic leaders and the administration itself, as we work to fight for tariff-free trade and security cooperation.”

The opposition leader’s first stop will be in Michigan, where he will meet with auto industry leaders, before heading to Windsor, Ont., for a press conference the next day. His second stop will be in Houston, Texas, where he will meet with energy executives and tour an energy facility. Poilievre will also visit Austin, Texas, to meet with state officials, energy, agriculture and business leaders.

Poilievre’s final stop will in be in New York City, where he will deliver a “keynote address on the historic partnership between Canada and the United States” at an event hosted by the Foreign Policy Association at the Harvard Club.

Poilievre’s upcoming visit to the U.S. comes after he took his first international trip as opposition leader last week. He visited the United Kingdom and Germany, arguing for closer trade and energy ties with the two countries.

In a speech last month, Poilievre laid out the Conservative plan of action to tackle the trade uncertainty brought on by U.S. administration’s tariff policy. He argued that China cannot replace the U.S. and that Canada should not declare a permanent rupture from its most important trade partner.

The opposition leader was seen talking with Prime Minister Mark Carney about the trip following question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The prime minister is set to depart on his own international trip this week, first to Norway, where he will observe a Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise, then the United Kingdom, to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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