A Leger poll conducted last week has the Liberals with Carney as leader at 39 percent and the Tories at 40. In the Angus Reid survey, more than a third of Canadians listed "relations with the US including tariffs" as a top issue,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taunted Donald Trump after Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime to win the 4 Nations ice hockey competition in Boston. On X, formerly Twitter, Trudeau wrote: "You can't take our country – and you can't take our game." The post went viral receiving more than 31,000 reposts and 4.8 million views.

Donald Trump’s recent remarks suggesting that the US could ’take over Canada’ have triggered a wave of nationalism. Polls indicate that the opposition Conservatives, once leading by double digits, have lost up to 12 points.