Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be convening a meeting of all of Canada's premiers 'this week' to discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's intent to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico on his first day in office, if border issues aren't addressed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be convening a meeting of all of Canada's premiers "this week" to discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's intent to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico on his first day in office, if border issues aren't addressed.
"It's like a family member stabbing you right in the heart," Ford said. He welcomed the coming premiers' meeting and said he hopes it doesn't come to Canada having to retaliate. "We obviously talked about laying out the facts, talking about how the intense and effective connections between our two countries flow back and forth. We talked about some of the challenges that we can work on together," Trudeau told reporters on Tuesday.BNN Bloomberg - Trump’s proposed tariffs are ‘concerning’ given Canada-U.S. trade links: expert
Ministers who make up this panel have also spoken about the need for a renewed "Team Canada" approach, in the face of what could be a fresh round of high-stakes trade talks, and the prospect of retaliatory tariffs, as seen during the Trump-sparked NAFTA renegotiation. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told reporters that he intends to focus "on mutual benefits," in conversations with his incoming counterparts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data indicates the Americans recorded 2,475,669 enforcement encounters on the U.S. southern border with Mexico, and 10,171 on the northern border with Canada. Author of that report University of Calgary economics professor Trevor Tombe posted on X Monday night that if Trump does impose a 25 per cent tariff next year, the Canadian economy could enter a recession."Being America's "nice neighbour" won't get us anywhere in this situation. President-elect Trump's intention to impose 25 per cent tariffs signals that the U.S.-Canada trade relationship is no longer about mutual benefit.
Conservative candidate Don Stewart winning the closely-watched Toronto-St. Paul's federal byelection, and delivering a stunning upset to Justin Trudeau's candidate Leslie Church in the long-time Liberal riding, has sent political shockwaves through both parties.
'I had no idea that they even existed': Family reunites with 80-year-old letters hidden in Winnipeg home Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reacting to a threat from incoming U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, calling the proposal ‘insulting’ and emphasizing the need for leaders to work together on a response.Paul Bernardo, one of Canada’s most notorious killers, is seeking parole at the medium security La Macaza Institution in Quebec. He was transferred there from an Ontario maximum-security prison last year, to significant public outcry.
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