Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps says the chaos resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs has bolstered support for presumed new Liberal leader Mark Carney.

With federal election polling showing a tighter race, the outcome of the Liberal leadership race just got a lot more interesting.

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the president has transformed the upcoming Canadian elections into a referendum on which Canadian leader is most effective at standing up to America’s bully-in-chief — and,