Photo: Justin Tang La Presse canadienne Le premier ministre canadien Justin Trudeau, à son arrivée sur la colline du Parlement, mardi, à Ottawa
In response to Donald Trump's threat to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will call a meeting with provincial premiers to prepare a response. The meeting is scheduled to take place this week.
“We need to work together to defend the interests of Canadians,” Trudeau said. “We've done this before, we can do this, and we're going to do it responsibly.”
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000Ontario Premier Doug Ford had asked Trudeau to hold an emergency meeting with the other provincial and territorial premiers.
Prime Minister Trudeau spoke with the U.S. president-elect Monday evening, hours after he announced his intentions on his Truth Social network. He also spoke with his counterparts from Ontario, Doug Ford, and Quebec, François Legault.
“I had a good call with Donald Trump last night to reiterate some facts and talk about the positive relationship between our two countries and what we can accomplish by working together,” the prime minister said upon arriving for the cabinet meeting in Ottawa.
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Border security
President-elect Donald Trump justifies his decision by the “thousands of people who are flooding [into the United States] through Mexico and Canada, bringing crime and drugs to levels never seen before.” “This tax will remain in effect until drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal immigrants stop this invasion of our country!” he threatened Monday evening.
Science and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne believes that the Canadian and Mexican borders should not be confused.
“What we are going to put forward, certainly, is to say: let's not confuse the two. The Canadian border has been working for decades. “We are very aware that we must protect this border,” the minister said on Tuesday morning.
On Monday night, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was the first to react, calling on the Prime Minister to “fight” to preserve Canadian jobs.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet believes that the tariffs promised by the president will not be implemented, since the measure would be “devastating” for the American economy. “Everyone knows it, including the president-elect’s entourage,” he wrote on X.
With The Canadian Press