Canada’s premiers appear to be rallying behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States as 50 per cent tariffs hit billions of products across the country.
After hope that a deal could be reached between Canada and the United States percolated, talks stalled and collapsed, escalating the trade war between the two countries.
Tariffs of 50 per cent on billions of dollars in Canadian goods were levied by America on Saturday, while Canada has promised to hit back dollar by dollar next month.
On Saturday afternoon, Carney briefed Canada’s premiers on the deal he had abandoned and tariff relief.
“I’ve always said we need to fight these tariffs. Tariff to tariff, dollar to dollar,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters in Toronto.
“I’m glad he didn’t sign that deal because it was a bad deal. It was a bad deal for Ontario. It was a bad deal for the auto sector, the steel sector and the manufacturing sector. We never started this fight, but I can assure you, we’re going to win this fight.”
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew agreed that Canada should adopt a harsh position on the United States.
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“History will not be kind to Donald Trump, so we should never appease him,” he said. “We should fight back, which is what Canada’s doing today.”
Elsewhere, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Carney had his full support.
“I continue to stand ready to support and work with the prime minister,” he said.
“It’s clear that we cannot trust or rely on the United States as we once did. This reality must make us more determined than ever to make Nova Scotia and Canada stronger. ”
The premiers of New Brunswick, British Columbia and Saskatchewan also offered their support.
Except for Smith but shes a traitor, a trump boot licker. She would hand Canada over to Trump.
No deal is much better than a very bad deal.
I would recommend other commenters read what the deal entailed. Trump kept adding demands, and when those demands included limiting Canada’s autonomy in trade with other nations Carney pulled the plug. The economy was going to suffer as a result of Trumps actions no matter what, let’s hang on to our sovereignty.
EVERY PREMIERE, EXCEPT MRS KNEEPADS FROM ALBERTA
Now Eby has 2 desks to crawl under. Carneys and Hi co-premiers of BC.
Hard times create strong men
Strong men create good times
Good times create weak men
Weak men create hard times (we are here thanks to weak liberals)
drop the F35’s
We will see in a few months whether those Priemers have the same attitude when our dollar drops, Canada’s credit rating drops, unemployment , interest rates and inflation goes up. And citizens are totally fed up with governments.