After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Jan. 6 announced his intention to step down once a new Liberal leader is chosen, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s first public reaction was to emphasize the need to continue the work to avoid U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s promised tariffs.
“Regardless of the political situation in Ottawa, over the next fourteen days the prime minister must be squarely focused on doing everything possible to prevent U.S. tariffs,” Ford said in an X post on Jan. 6.
And while the federal government has announced a $1.3 billion plan to boost border security in light of Trump’s pledge that Canada will be faced with 25 percent tariffs unless it stops illegal immigration and drug inflow to the United States, the premiers have also taken different actions on their own….