Canadian premiers are meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's planned tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports. Trump has promised to impose 25% tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico on his first day in office, raising concerns about the impact on the Canadian economy. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has been meeting with premiers to discuss potential responses and the Canadian government says it is prepared to react forcefully.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc met Tuesday with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who currently chairs the premiers’ group, to talk about Canada’s response. LeBlanc said the finance department and Canada’s major banks have been working on modelling potential job losses from the tariffs. LeBlanc declined to share that information on Tuesday.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago resort over the weekend.Smith urged Canada not to block oil and gas exports to the U.S. as part of the tariff response, warning it could trigger a “national unity crisis.” When asked about the possibility of blocking energy exports on Tuesday, Ford and LeBlanc said they want to keep all options on the table.
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