How does Trudeau have a clear mandate to negotiate with Trump on behalf of Canadians?

blackbird · February 4

Trudeau has very little support from Canadian voters. He has tentatively given his resignation when a new Liberal leader is elected in March.

So this raises the question, how can Trudeau be Canada's representative to negotiate deals with Trump on behalf of Canadians? He apparently did something of this today on two telephone calls with Trump and Trump agreed to suspend the implementation of tariffs for 30 days. What exactly did they talk about and what did Trudeau offer to come to this deal? This seems like a strange way for Canada and the superpower of the U.S. to come to major agreements. One man who is tentatively gone in less than two months from his position as PM is negotiating over the phone with the President of the U.S., the most powerful country in the world. The PM refuses to recall Parliament to give our elected MPs any say in what is going on. We must trust Trudeau that a fair agreement is being negotiated on behalf of Canadians. Yet Trump knows he is a lame duck PM and also he has little use for the PM. So what is going on here?