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Trade Row over French 'Manufactured' to Hurt PQ in Quebec Election, Trump Official Says

Summary by Montreal Gazette
Howard Lutnick accuses Mark Carney of manufacturing a dispute over French to influence Quebec’s election and hurt the sovereignist Parti Québécois.

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US Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday that Mark Carney "invented" the issue of French in the negotiations.

·Montreal, Canada
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Center

Americans "don't care" about the language issue, says the US Secretary of Commerce.

·Montreal, Canada
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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce states that the Carney government's objective was to harm the QP by withdrawing from trade negotiations.

·Montreal, Canada
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Lean Left

The protection of French is at the heart of the battle for public opinion launched by the Trump administration in the wake of the Canadian rebuffade. US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick added a diaper on Thursday accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of having created this all-out controversy to prevent the Parti Québécois from winning the provincial election.

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"Do you think I pronounced the word "French"?The post Lutnick accuses Carney of wanting to harm the PQ by withdrawing from the negotiations appeared first on Les Affaires.

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La Presse broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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