{"id":179207,"date":"2026-08-23T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/179207\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T00:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:43:11","slug":"surrey-mayor-locke-stands-firmly-with-caney-and-team-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/179207\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey Mayor Locke stands firmly with Caney and Team Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PAGE-1-BRENDA-LOCKE.jpg\" data-caption=\"Brenda Locke\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"829\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PAGE-1-BRENDA-LOCKE.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"PAGE 1 BRENDA LOCKE\"\/><\/a>Brenda Locke<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SURREY Mayor Brenda Locke said in a statement on Saturday: \u201cSurrey stands firmly with the Prime Minister [Mark Carney] and Team Canada in response to the latest developments in the Canada-U.S. trade relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Prime Minister was right to reject an unfair agreement that would have harmed Canada\u2019s economy and weakened our independence. Canada negotiated in good faith, but no deadline and no threat of tariffs should force our country to accept a bad deal. Canada must decide its own future, and Canadians must stand together to defend it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States\u2019 decision to impose 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars in Canadian goods is unfair and will hurt workers, businesses and families on both sides of the border. Surrey supports the federal government\u2019s strong response and its commitment to protect Canadian jobs and industries. Canada will not be intimidated, divided or pressured into giving up control of its future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSurrey has an important role to play as one of Canada\u2019s largest and fastest-growing cities, and home to major industries, businesses and trade routes. I have asked staff to look closely at our procurement processes and identify opportunities to support Canadian businesses, products and workers wherever possible. We will work closely with our federal and provincial partners. We will also stand with Surrey\u2019s business community and the people whose jobs and livelihoods are at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe value a strong and fair relationship with the United States, but that relationship must be based on fairness, trust and respect for Canada\u2019s independence. Surrey\u2019s position is clear: we stand with our workers, we stand with our businesses, and we stand with Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brenda Locke SURREY Mayor Brenda Locke said in a statement on Saturday: \u201cSurrey stands firmly with the Prime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[214,47898,97,3122,516],"class_list":["post-179207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-breaking-news","tag-canada-us-trade","tag-surrey","tag-surrey-mayor-brenda-locke","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179207","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=179207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}