An attempt to put the US president in his place. The conservative candidate for the Canadian legislative elections, Pierre Hairy, asked Donald Trump not to get involved in the elections “that they just started this Monday, April 28 in Canada, after a message from the US President the same day that he should lead the country.
“The only people who will decide on the future of Canada are the Canadians who will go to the polls. Canada will always be proud, sovereign and independent and we will never be the state 51,” said Pierre Hairy in X.
Early in the day, Donald Trump had sent a message to the Canadians on his network, Truth Social. The 47th US President asked voters to “choose the man who has strength and wisdom to reduce their taxes in half, to strengthen their military capacities, free of America “.
Under tension
The providential man in question is not one of the candidates for the prime minister, but Donald Trump himself. A new interference of the US president who pursued the campaign of these anticipated Canadian legislative elections, to the point that the almost unique challenge of the elections is to face it.
Canada chooses a new parliament in a tense climate on Monday, the results of the vote that is expected from night to night from Monday to Tuesday. Two candidates are ahead of others in voting intentions: the conservative chief Pierre Poilievre and the liberal candidate and current Prime Minister Mark Carney. The latter runs in mind
Source: BFM TV
