Trump signed orders to increase levies by 50% on a variety of goods<\/a> ranging from hockey sticks to honey to cement.<\/p>\nSenior White House officials said the tariffs, to be applied within 30 days, are in response to provincial bans on U.S. liquor, Canada\u2019s supply managed dairy system and quotas on certain U.S. vehicles.<\/p>\n
The new tariffs will not apply to energy, potash, fish or other goods already facing separate sector-specific tariffs, the official said.<\/p>\n
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called on Canada to hit the U.S. back with tit-for-tat tariffs if there\u2019s no resolution by Trump\u2019s deadline, warning there would be a $28-billion impact to Canada if the levies go ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are an energy powerhouse and we can dismantle the U.S. if we wanted to, if we all work together,\u201d Ford told reporters early Tuesday afternoon before a meeting with Indigenous leaders.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo matter if it\u2019s the electricity \u2026 the potash, the oil \u2014 we\u2019re their No. 1 customer in the world. They need to feel the pain rather than us constantly feeling the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ford also said he wants to see more support from the other provinces when it comes to standing up to Trump\u2019s tariffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can\u2019t always be Ontario, it has to be a Team Canada approach, and that\u2019s my message to my premier friends: that we have to stay united.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although she said she wanted to review details, Quebec Premier Christine Fr\u00e9chette says the new tariff threats are concerning. She also noted that she believes the current protections for the dairy industry are not negotiable.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will work tirelessly to protect businesses, protect workers and protect Quebec\u2019s economy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe urged Dominic LeBlanc, the minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, and his team to \u201ccamp out\u201d in Washington, D.C., until CUSMA is renewed. He said Ottawa and Washington need to drop the rhetoric and get to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n
British Columbia Premier David Eby said Trump\u2019s new tariffs will harm his province\u2019s economy but added \u201cthere is not a chance in hell\u201d he will allow U.S. alcohol back in B.C. liquor stores.<\/p>\n
Provinces removing American alcohol from store shelves was a countermeasure to existing U.S. tariffs and the White House has flagged it as a trade irritant. Saskatchewan and Alberta have returned American booze to store shelves.<\/p>\n
Lantz said the Council of the Federation meeting hasn\u2019t been derailed by Trump\u2019s new threats as trade was already high on the agenda this week.<\/p>\n
Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said his counterparts have different ideas for how to deal with the United States, however, they are still able to work together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can come together and have discussions about those ideas. Ever since I\u2019ve been at this table, I\u2019ve been amazed at the solidarity,\u201d Simpson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are differences of opinions but every time we\u2019re in that room, we\u2019re all pulling in the same direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before news of Trump\u2019s new tariff threat, the U.S. president was already top of mind for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew.<\/p>\n
Kinew stressed the need \u201cto ensure that the national unity against the Trump threat is maintained\u201d while making sure provinces \u201chave the resources for health care and education at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s levies on Canadian goods have continued to affect every Canadian province, including Ontario\u2019s steel, fabrication in Alberta and aluminum production and forestry industries in British Columbia, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n
While Ottawa has responded with reciprocal tariffs, emergency funds and buy Canadian policies, premiers have called on Carney to prioritize a strong outcome on CUSMA.<\/p>\n
Eby said that he would tell Carney that no trade deal with the U.S. is better than a bad one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been proven over time, that Canada\u2019s approach has been the right one, which is to resist making a bad deal for the purposes of getting a deal done quickly,\u201d Eby said in an interview ahead of meeting his counterparts.<\/p>\n
While the premiers may have common struggles and goals, there are also divisions within the group of 13. Chief among them could be Alberta Premier Danielle Smith\u2019s approach to separatism forces in her province.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe separatism conversation continues in that province, and there are strong divisions between the premiers about how Premier Smith is handling that,\u201d Eby said.<\/p>\n
\u2014 With files from Ian Bickis, Wolfgang Depner, Elissa Mendes and Allison Jones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country\u2019s premiers are huddling for a virtual Team Canada meeting Tuesday afternoon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[2039,1492,111,4027,401],"class_list":["post-138994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mark-carney","tag-economic-policy","tag-infrastructure","tag-mark-carney","tag-provinces","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}