WATCH: Poilievere calls for unity amid Trump tariff threats as provinces squabble under Trudeau Liberals

Pierre Poilievre has called for unity in Canada's fight against Trump's tariff threats as province's squabble under the Trudeau Liberals.

The Conservative leader argued that holding an election now was the best way to ensure that happens.

"Frankly, the Liberals have got us in this mess by making us beholden to the Americans," Poilievre said during a press conference in Delta, BC, "and giving the Americans our energy at massive price discounts."

He went on to criticize those in Ottawa for pitting provinces against one another.

"I will unite our people," Poilievre declared. "We see right now that not only have the Liberals weakened our economy, now they're resorting to dividing our people. Divide and conquer. Right when the president is threatening us with tariffs, what's the first thing the Liberal Party of Freeland and Carney think to do? Divide Canadians. Divide our provinces."

He said all Canadians need to be united in the shared goal of standing up for the country.

Poilievre went on to call for an election to ensure the country has a leader who will combat Trump on behalf of all Canadians.

"We do not have a functional federal government," he argued, "so we have effectively 10 different foreign affairs ministers, one from each province, trying to fight separately. If we had a carbon tax election now, we could elect a strong, stable, national majority government that would stand up for all Canadians, all industries, in all provinces, and that's what we need to do."