“Elbows Up” hasn’t been Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approach to dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump on tariffs ever since he won the April election and it’s time to consign the phrase to the dustbin of history.

While Carney advocated dollar-for-dollar tariffs against the U.S. during the Liberal leadership race, he quickly jettisoned the idea on becoming prime minister.

That was logical given that Canada would lose a dollar-for-dollar trade war because the U.S. economy is ten times the size of ours.

A Leger/Postmedia poll released last week found public support for the “Elbows Up” approach to trade relations with the U.S. — that the Liberals originally promoted — has plummeted.

Six months ago, it was at 73%. Now it’s down to 45%, close to a statistical tie with 41% who say Canadia

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