Quebec Officials Move Forward on Plan to Respond to Punishing US Tariffs

Quebec Premier François Legault is meeting with several of the province’s financial heavyweights today as his administration readies its response to the tariffs set to be imposed by United States President Donald Trump.
Legault and some of his ministers are speaking with CEOs from a pair of banks as well as the heads of the province’s pension fund manager, investment arm and electric utility.
The meetings comes after Economy Minister Christine Fréchette told Radio-Canada the province is planning to impose a 25 percent penalty on American companies attempting to bid on Quebec government contracts, matching the 25 percent tariff the U.S. says it’s imposing on most Canadian goods starting Tuesday….