Alberta says it’s pausing its new U.S. procurements policy that prevents government departments, agencies, school boards, municipalities, and Crown corporations from purchasing goods and services from U.S. companies.
In March, the province said it was asking the organizations not to purchase from the United States following U.S. tariff announcements on Canadian products, which Premier Danielle Smith said had “broken trust” with the country.
Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said U.S. President Donald Trump has since put a hold on further tariffs and the province has decided to pause its procurement prohibition to pursue diplomacy until the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA) is renegotiated….