Althea Raj

I think critical minerals is a big one.

It was something that they were willing to negotiate on back when they were trying to negotiate tariff relief back in the fall.

I also think it's really worth stressing the point that we are at the number one market for 36 American states.

When you listen to the American Ways and Means Committee last month, when the trade rep was testifying before them, all those representatives wanted to increase access to Canada, you know, like not just on the booze front, not just on dairy, but everybody had their pet issue.

And so I think, you know, we do carry some weight in terms of their exports.

Okay.

Well, I mean, it's a column to your point.

My argument is I think the Mark Carney has abandoned progressives or is taking them for granted is I think a better way to put it.

Basically that argument has mostly been formed around climate policy.

I would say over the last year, people who feel that,

They thought they knew Mark Carney and now they're surprised that he's probably going to build another pipeline.

And they feel disappointed with some of the moves or some of the trades he has been willing to do with Danielle Smith in Alberta on the MOU with the pipeline.

But one of the things that liberals, especially liberal MPs, love to talk about is pharmacare and childcare and certain things that you associate with the liberal party like healthcare.

And one thing I was surprised to see in the fiscal update is that the government is pretty clear that it's actually making cuts to certain programs.

Now, the government will argue with me that programs that are ending are not cuts.

But if you had money last year and you have no money next year, most people on the street would consider that a cut.

And it also means that they won't be able to do what they want.

what people thought the Liberals were going to be doing.

So let's say on PharmaCare and the fiscal update, there's no new money.

PharmaCare was started because of pressure from the NDP in that agreement that Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh signed, where they would have the baby steps to national PharmaCare program.