Canada’s counter-tariffs are now in effect on billions of dollars worth of U.S. goods in response to the recent trade war escalation by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match Trump’s recently imposed 50 per cent tariffs “dollar-for-dollar,” and trade negotiations fell apart last month.
As the country pivots away from the United States, Carney is warning Canadians that “this won’t be easy, and I won’t pretend otherwise.” He added that the alternative would be far worse.
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In a national video address released Tuesday, Carney reiterated Canada’s plan to respond to the U.S. trade war, including retaliatory tariffs which kicked in just after midnight and that are valued at roughly $28 billion.
Carney says the aim is to come out stronger and more resilient so no country can hold Canada hostage.
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Carney says he doesn’t believe in escalating the trade war, but that Canada’s retaliatory tariffs are necessary to protect workers.
Trump’s tariffs of 50 per cent targeted a massive new list Canadian goods with the focus on specific sectors the administration claimed were engaged in “discriminatory” trade actions that negatively impacted the U.S. This included provincial bans on alcohol imports, tariffs on some American made auto exports and quotas on tariff-free U.S. dairy exports.
Within each of the three main categories are hundreds of other Canadian items exposed to 50 per cent tariffs ranging from hockey sticks to floating docks, honey to essential oils and cement to plastics.
Carney has said the tariffs from Trump were designed to harm some Canadians more than others.
For those whose jobs are impacted by these new tariffs, Carney says, “we will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to bridge those people to a better future.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been critical of Trump’s actions on tariffs and his “trolling” of Canada, but he still urged Carney in a news conference Monday to be transparent about the counter-tariffs.
“Every single mother, small business owner and seniors should know what they will pay in these new counter-tariffs to make sure that the people who are not to blame for this … they should not be the ones to pay for it,” Poilievre said.
He also once again called for Carney to put forward the details of the deal that Canada walked away from last month.
The press secretary for Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, issued a statement to Global News on Tuesday saying, “Canadian and American officials have maintained ongoing discussions on a range of issues, although formal trade negotiations are not taking place at this stage.”
The majority of Canadians may be willing to endure some higher prices amid the latest trade war escalations, as suggested by a new Angus Reid Institute survey released Tuesday, which featured about 1,500 Canadian adults participating from Sept. 3 to Sept 4.
Three-in-five (60 per cent) of survey respondents said they are willing to stay the course on Canada’s current negotiating strategy even if it means paying 10 or 20 per cent more for household expenses, including groceries and clothing.
As Canada’s counter-tariffs kick in, are you more or less determined to Buy Canadian? Are you willing to pay higher prices or change brands in order to support the country’s response to Trump’s trade war? Share your stance using the contact form below and we may use some or all of your response in upcoming stories.
– with files from Global News’ Sean Prevail and The Canadian Press
This madness needs to stop, are there any grown ups out there?
A certain someone from 1940s Deutschland would know what to do to libbys
Thanks Carney. Idiotic decision. Are you going to slash income tax rates for the middle class and working poor to help pay for this??
I didn’t vote for Carney. All of our problems recently and over the past 10 years land squarely on the shoulders of the people who voted for the Liberals. They have eyes and ears, they live in the same world as the rest of us, yet they refuse to accept reality. I don’t know if it’s insanity to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result, but it is definitely a mark of stupidity.
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Ben… thanks for the flowers 💐
@Common sense 427 pm. You are correct in that retaliation isn’t cost free. And I agree that trading with Europe comes with increased transport costs. But the US unilaterally imposed tariffs and not responding invites them to impose more tariffs. We also want to create costs for americans, so that political pressure can be applied to the Trump administration.
Visiting Texas from Alberta no mention of Canada here.
Arrest Carney. He just put the whole country in poverty even more.
@ Anonymous 4:42.
Carney has not committed anything and said they will look at helping out businesses and people. That help is only coming from the taxes that we all pay and not coming for “Government funding”.
Trump is not to blame at all. Our own government is the problem and creating more welfare checks is not the answer as that is all some people seem to think is the answer in Canada.
The government will send us money is not the answer.
But hey if you think like that and others do we will continue with the welfare nanny state we have in Canada now and seemingly forever. Keep paying all your taxes and carbon taxes. Maybe just offer up your entire income and hand it over to the government so they can tell you how to live and spend the money they give you.
Impeach Carney!!
Anonymous the village idiot…lonely…too much to say…your parents arent watching you again. Sad
We were left with no choice by Trump. In the long run Canada will be much better off. We have to realize this IS FOR THE LONG Run. In the meantime unlike the US Carney has committed to helping small business and people who may lose jobs out with financial relief until we do more business with other countries. Small business also has to change how they do business and seek sales elsewhere. The US is extremely unreliable right now.
Ben
September 8, 2026 at 1:18 pm: Unfortunately, you can’t eat patriotism, and Carney won’t pay your bills. It’s better to be realistic than to blame your neighbor for the mess in your own backyard. Roll up your sleeves and solve your own problems.
If trading with Europe were really better and cheaper, those deals would have been made a long time ago.
@ Ben wrong again. Remember empty borrows make the most noise
@AB Proud you’re always welcome in the states. Good luck in Vegas!
@hollgram you do live in a fantasy world about Carney. The facts are our economy is in the garbage our dollar is pathetic and Canadians will be shopping with price as the main factor because many Canadians will be losing their jobs the longer this mess goes on. Canada cannot support itself and that’s a fact
I have a trip to Las Vegas planned in a few weeks. I will still be going. I don’t care what Carney “says”. I will boycott Ontario and Quebec instead.
Carney’s actions line up exactly with those of someone intentionally trying to destroy our industry, to the advantage of foreign competitors.
@Hollogram But it was Carney that promised us a deal a month after becoming PM and he hasn’t achieved that. It was Carney that said he would build 500,000 homes for Canadians faster than ever before, and he hasn’t even started that one. It was Carney who said he would remove trade barriers between provinces, and he hasn’t achieved that. It was Carney who said he would build pipelines, and he hasn’t achieved that. It was Carney that said we should judge him by grocery prices in stores, and he has failed miserably on that too. Shall I go on because there is MUCH more to show Carney is all talk.
Trump is doing exactly what he said he would and that is what he was elected for!
Carney is doing nothing that he said he would and has been jetting around the world so he does not have to answer to Parliament or Canadians!
He is being handle by foreign interests that were doing the same with Trudeau! Yet as per the “polls” suggest Canadians are in support of him while they are going deeper in debt and cannot afford the costs of living.
The whole buy Canadian is a joke as those prices on Canadian products will go up and up as profits are more important to companies then the people.
Walmart will be happy as more and more people will shop there and send the profits to USA.
Like Carney says to Canadians. It will get much harder know and in maybe a couple of years he may make a deal or two but I doubt that! At least his family is ok living in the USA and his business portfolio is undoubtedly growing while Canadians suffer.
As for an alternative government we will never know as there is not much to get excited about with division we have now in Canada. As long as the East is happy with Liberals we will never see a change in our country anymore.
Just wait for the government welfare checks to start coming out as that is the answer to everything with a Liberal government! Hope mine comes soon so I don’t have to go to the food banks to survive!
Cheers Canadians it will only be hard for a few days and get better as the Prime Minister will tell us while he is in Europe addressing their parliament. I am sure another great speech will come out soon!
@Malcom Amber You got in a nutshell and anyone with an ounce of common sense would see it but there are too many with TDS in Canada so for them common sense goes out the window.
All the comments from MAGA and Maple Maga……you will complain no matter what Carney does. If he didn’t have to deal with Trump, just imagine how things would be, they obviously would be better and that still would have been because of Carney……if it was the other option, we would be more worse off. Dump can’t stand that Carney is respected and liked around the world while his ratings continue to plummet. Other countries do not want to deal with a country they cannot trust and the US continues to show they cannot be trusted.
@Ben. “my dad”. That might be true. But you never have been. True?
@Lazy Canadian 157 pm. My dad was in Afghanistan, and you have no clue what other people and their families have have gone through. Your comment was beyond the pale.
@Lazy Canadian Their bombastic attitude is easy to have when they have never been there and stood in your boots. Ben wouldn’t last a day in any situation that requires some intestinal fortitude or graft, and I’m not just talking about a game of hockey.
We shall see just how long Mr Carney’s resolve and the elbozo’s crowd determination stays on high. I predict Carney will fold within 2 weeks and that will really pi** off the elbozos.
The entitlement and arrogance of Elbows Up Canadians in Ontario and Eastern Canada that they think Alberta and Saskatchewan should help them against there fake “war” with the USA.
Ben, you don’t know what war is. I’ve been there. You wouldn’t last one day.
Thanks for the tariffs, Carney. You are punishing Canadians and reducing the number of available alternative products, which favours local companies so they can charge more. Again, thanks.
This couldn’t have worked out better for Carney. He gets elected because Canadians hate Trump. Trump increases tariffs because Carney pulls out of negotiations. Carney whips up the Canadian masses against the US even though nobody knows what Carney walked away from. Now Carney is salivating at the mouth. He is bringing in a new tax on Canadians. The bonus for Carney, Canadians overwhelming support this.
Damn I hope an asteroid slams into earth and wipes out humanity!
Dear Canadians. Life is goi g to get harder for you. At the LPC we understand that. So I am jetting off to address the EU. I will be sad for you as I enjoy some caviar and fine wine.
We at the LPC will toast you as you head to the food banks.
Sincerely Mark C
@Common sense at 1243 pm. So you would have us cave and see our industrial base eroded? It’s either we take a stand now or our economy slowly goes under. This is about our future and our sovereignty.
@Lazy “Canadian” 1253 pm. By any metric, the war in Iran is not going well, but believe what you want.
Fred – lets be cucks together!!!
yes sir!! cucko doodle doo!!! my elbows are up and im bent over for you lefties!
yaayyyyyy government control!!!
Elbows up!! because we need government handouts and socialism!!!
Yeah, lets go for broke, show the US we can go broke and hold our ‘values’ instead of practicality.
Yay for virtue signalling. I love to road rage too!
i am a sheep, i do anything comrad carney tells us. I love our elected dictatorship
we should just send all the lefties to Palestine.
Ben, the war in Iran is going great. US Bombing at will. Leaders dead. US navy doing there job and No nukes. Canada just sitting on there hands as usual.
Obviously, Fred, you’ve never experienced hunger or what it’s like to lose your home and your job while having a family that depends on you. Just like the vast majority of brainwashed liberals. But “no one’s candle burns forever.” While the nepo liberals and politicians argue among themselves, ordinary people suffer. Europe has seen that a tariff war has done nobody any good, so they are reaching an agreement with America. Carney is taking the opportunity to score political points through his media outlets while the public is worried about making ends meet. The recovery from this mismanagement will take about 20 years.
Thank god Canada elected competent leadership wiling to do the hard things instead of that other cretin. Canada would’ve been the 51st state by now if PooPoo was in office.
And the elbozos rejoiced at the opportunity to pay more and more and more so that small weinered politicians can argue.
This will drive ALL prices up. You think retailers wont take this opportunity to spike prices across the board? Hows 100% on US goods and give it another 10% per month on all others including Canadian goods.
One thing you can be sure of, these politicians wont me missing any meals
Buy Canadian…. here comes another ripoff, big time , the hogs will be fast at work raising prices
Anyone wondering why the Liberals and their doting M e d I a didn’t realise the rejected US trade deal ???
Well people you should be !!!
Elbows up, Canada strong and all that hype.
Fred
If thats the case you are an idiot
Embrace your stupidity though
It let’s intelligent people. know to avoid you
@Fred. You will get your wish.
Dave, I would rather starve than to be a slave to the Americans. I would never want to have my butt kicked due to Trump’s reckless acts. Trump is bent on destroying Canadian and the worldwide economy.
I don’t want to buy any vehicle that is made in Canada but sold in the US market. I want to buy vehicles in the USA. Elbows Up American.
Job Report August 2026
Canada: Lost +40,000 jobs
USA: Gained +160,000 jobs.
Canada will bleed even more. Elbows Up
The Liberals are wiling to let Canadiens starve just so they can pretend to be “dealing” with Trump
@Ben. It is Canada who can’t compete. Hence why Canadian companies are moving south and Canada economy has been brutal for years now.
@Anonymous.Sorry, Libs betrayed the west long ago. Now you need our help? Carney a bigger threat than Trump could ever be. Sorry pick your friends wisely.
Maple MAGAs would rather bow down to an orange cult leader & his deranged cheerleaders than stand up for their own country! Sad, just sad!
@Dennis Brady 1126 am. Stop being ageist. I’m in my early 20’s and all my friends are elbows up as am I. Blaming boomers is inane.
So the Russians, americans and conservatives just want us to take whatever the US gives us. The vast majority of Canadians want this retaliation, otherwise we look weak. Maybe thats what the conservatives want as they are just complaining about a small increase in prices.
@Dennis Brady a lot of boomers are struggling to make ends meet in this economy and did not vote Liberal. How about putting the blame where it belongs at Carney and this Liberal government
Here goes higher prices because companies will use this to put prices up even if their products are not involved. I wonder how long it will be before companies start closing and Canadians start losing their jobs.
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed frequently. The stench from Carney and the Liberals is overwhelming.
Anonymous the village idiot speaks….sad
We need a boomer tax to make all these elbowzos feel the pain of their stupidity
Trumpkin MAGAts infesting this thread with their usual brain-rot comments, lol! Comedy at its best!
@Jack in Detroit 1056am. The fact remains the US can’t compete so all they can do is cheat by levying steel and aluminum tariffs on us. It was your president who signed the trade agreement the USA broke. The USA writes it’s agreements in pencil. How’s the war in Iran going?
@Whatever 1114 am. So we need electoral reform so the Liberals don’t win? Do you want a dictatorship? We score much higher on world democracy indices than the US. Yet here you suggest YOUR vote counts more. That’s not how it works.
Whatever, keep your elbows up and keep blaming Trump. And see what happens.
Anyway, even if we had elections today, liberals would still be elected, that’s your Canada, we need reforms or we won’t be able to get rid of this liberal madness.
Excellent job Carney. Definitely the right PM for the times.
However, after a century of building an economy that relies almost entirely on the American engine, Canada cannot suddenly conjure a new trading ecosystem overnight. canada is a FAILURE!
As an American, I love this. Canada has exploited the trade relationship and also freeloaded off the USA with military, intelligence, and NATO comp. Trump is holding Canada to account for American citizens.
The countdown to Canada’s death has begun.
Elbows up retards, another step closer to communism. I’m glad I have no Grandkids, just think of the slave life your leaving them.
Carnival got his three by-election wins for a majority on the back of starting a trade war. Enjoy…
Carney created the tough times by not getting a deal as promised, also poor governance by the Liberals since 2015. Worst Govt in Canadian history.
A childish response which accomplishes nothing more than make life more expensive for Canadians
Not really a surprise given the “negotiating” tactics so far though
Carney says tough times ahead. Tougher times he should have aid. For the taxpayer. There wont be a politician losing a dollar in wages nor a home or job, but thousands of Canadians will.
Politicians will still fly the country and the world while taxpayers pretty much stay home.
Politicians will still enjoy the food tab we provide and the perks. The leisurely work schedule. Meanwhile taxpayers work two jobs, have a subsidiary money scheme in play and still fight to survive and eat.
Tough times for who Carney, you f*scist p*g.
All the Ben-bots and anono-bots can go back to hell they came from. There word is nothing but divisionary propaganda from a a f*scist regime bent on control for Europe to suck our resources and money. F*CK YOU CARNEY! F*CK YOU TRUMP! F*CK EVERY N.AMERICAN POLITICIAN!
It’s hilarious how people try to use various methods to silence people here. My wee ones are more mature.
If you go through the list of tarriffed products, there are a lot of US products like farm equipment that gives Canadians no other options than to buy from Carney’s Chinese business partners.
The stupidity of Carney and the Liberals has been illustrated. They don’t mind hurting Canadians for their own political gain
This is what the world gets with Donald Trump. The damage he is causing is immense. If Pierre Poilievre was prime minister, it would be worse. Where is Danielle Smith? On another expensive vacation in Nashville. She doesn’t have the best interests of Albertans or Canadians in mind, because Danielle Smith would rather be soft with Donald Trump, despite the problems he is causing.
Trillions of imaginary money in bailout for Ontario and qubek coming. Lots of companies fleeing The Chinese owned province of Canada… Alberta and Saskatchewan will leave and BC will become North California… 2 years.
Who voted Carnival Carney to power ? Oh ya no one. He stole it!
The one silver lining in all of this is that all the sheep that vote blindly for Carney will be poor as ever from this. Pick your own poison sheep.
As long as the government puffs out its chest, the average sheep is happy. It’s basically like road rage, does not matter what it costs but as long as we get the supposed ‘final say’.
Carney put tariffs on fish
Watch your tuna sandwich becoming the most expensive in the world
33% of fish products in Canada are imported from the US
We are paying for Carney’s inability to negotiate
Elbows up
My loyalties are for Alberta. Carney and the Liberals are the enemy of our province. Certainly not the USA.
Liberals have kept everyone on the dark on purpose on the this ‘trade war’. The people that vote for all this virtue signalling have no idea about economics and just see flag waving.
Very Proud of Mr. Carney, Elbows Up Canadians !
So Mark Carney raises taxes on Canadian consumers. Great job Master Negotiator!
@Forget it! at 944 am. Most Canadians have cut back due to inflation which is a world wide or at least G7 phenomenon. But they haven’t angrily blamed the Liberals for it as they have a basic grasp of economics.
When a Canadian alternative is available that has a comparable price, most patriotic Canadians will choose the Canadian product to keep jobs and money in our economy.
The Canadian toilet swirl has begun…
51 now!
No ,I’m not willing to spend more.In fact over the last decade I have been increasingly spending less as a revolt to the fiscal irresponsibility of this Liberal Government Debacle.
I used to go out for dinner and entertainment regularly. Haven’t been to a restaurant in two years,cut all expenses outside of basic necessities.
If I needed something in the past,I would buy new,last few years I have only bought used.
Sick of the B.S. we are constantly fed,the theft of our money and the deteriorating state of this Country.
Go pound sand Liberals, your governance sucks !!!
Thanks to the master negotiator, the average Canadian will get hit hard.
Thanks Mark and team. Your total failures.
The retaliatory tariffs won’t hurt you if you don’t buy American. Anything I haven’t found a substitute for, I do without. Hasn’t hurt me in the slightest.
Yes ,another way we can milk the taxpayer cow of their hard earned money to make us rich,rich,rich !!!
Normandy Buttercups and Champagne for everyone !!!, except the peasants .
They can eat the Buttercup off their lawns,Ha Ha Ha !!!!
Elbows Up, Suckers !!! LPC forever!!!!
Elbows up.