Giancarlo Zorrilla attended a campaign rally for the first time in his life in March. It was a rainy night near Vancouver — typical weather for Canada’s west coast — but that wasn’t stopping the 29-year-old Canadian from seeing Pierre Poilievre speak.

A snap election defined by economic anxiety and annexation threats is now a two-man race about who can stand up to the president.

At a campaign stop in Niagara Falls, Ont., Liberal Leader Mark Carney warned tariffs will hurt border towns the most and that Canada cannot afford conflict with both China and the U.S.