Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday eliminating trade barriers within Canada would benefit Canadians far more than U.S. President Donald Trump can ever take away with his trade war as he made his case to retain power at the last debate ahead of the April 28 vote.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asserts that eliminating internal trade barriers would greatly benefit Canada's economy, outweighing any potential harm from US President Trump's trade policies. During a debate before the April 28 election,

Carney, a Harvard-educated technocrat two months into his political career, has capitalized on his image as a steady hand at the tiller in an economic storm.