NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an emergency session of Parliament to implement supports for companies and workers impacted by the newly imposed 25 percent U.S. tariffs on Canadian products.
Singh is also urging lawmakers to implement employment insurance (EI) reforms as companies in various sectors grapple with layoffs.
The NDP leader’s March 4 call for an emergency Parliament session comes the same day the U.S. tariffs came into force.
President Donald Trump has been warning Canada for several months that it would face tariffs if it did not do enough to address the flow of fentanyl across its southern border. He told reporters on March 3 Canada has fallen short in curbing the influx of drugs across the border and that tariffs would be implemented in response. They went into effect just after midnight….