“Jam tomorrow” is a flimsy pledge to make to impatient, jaundiced voters.

But that is the crux of the government’s position on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations.

The opposition parties have the field to themselves at the moment. Donald Trump continues to promise more new tariffs on Canadian goods — the latest being a 25 per cent levy on cabinets and furniture, as well as an additional 10 per cent on softwood lumber (taking the effective tax to 45 per cent).

The president has also threatened a 100 per cent tariff on movies made outside the U.S., which could cripple Canada’s $7 billion in foreign production investment.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said the Carney government has its “elbows down” and is “getting trampled” by the Trump administration.

In advance of the renegotiat

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