Premiers and ministers agreed that Canada must mount a united response based on increasing border security, following a Council of the Federation meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss how to deal with the incoming U.S. administration’s threats of 25 percent tariffs.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the Nov. 27 meeting mainly revolved around the trading relationship between the two countries. She noted that many premiers were concerned with exports to the U.S., particularly oil, critical minerals, and metals.
“The conversation we had was very positive. We were very united, and we all really agreed that right now, what Canada needs is for us to work together, that we need to be strong, we need to be smart, we need to be united,” Freeland said at a Nov. 27 press conference, adding that the country is facing a “significant challenge.”…