Trudeau confirms premiers meeting, Poilievre calls Trump tariff threat 'unjustified'
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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.
"One of the really important things is that we be all pulling together on this. The Team Canada approach is what works," Trudeau said, reacting to the major trade threat ahead of Tuesday's closed-door cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill.
The Prime Minister's Office has confirmed the meeting will be held virtually, on Wednesday, at 5 p.m. EST.
Hours before Trump declared his intent to hit Canada with this sizeable tariff, Canada's premiers had penned a letter to the prime minister asking him to hold an urgent first ministers' meeting before Trump re-takes office.
Noting that he talked to a few premiers last night – including Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Quebec Premier Francois Legault – the prime minister said he agreed the group needed to get together to "talk about the United States."
Ford, who chairs the Council of the Federation, called Trump lumping Canada in with Mexico "unfair" and "insulting."
"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.
