Premiers have disagreed on how Canada should respond if U.S. president follows through on threats
Canadian officials are anxiously waiting to see if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canada with devastating tariffs Saturday.
“We have yet seen any form of clear decision-making and as well as any form of specific details coming from the White House,” Joly said. Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford said Saturday he is waiting to see what materializes. At an election campaign stop in Brampton, Ont., Ford said Trump was clear that he would move forward with “reckless tariffs.”
The United States imported almost 4.6 million barrels of oil daily from Canada in October, according to the Energy Information Administration.“We would ask President Trump’s administration to not put those tariffs on,” Moe said Friday. “And we would also ask our federal government to address the priorities that President Trump has raised.”
Joly, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty and Immigration Minister Marc Miller met with Republican officials, including Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, in the United States capital throughout the week in a last-ditch attempt to avert the tariffs.
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