The Liberal cabinet will start its retreat on the same day that Donald Trump is inaugurated the 47th U.S. president, while the party works to avoid the tariff threat from the incoming U.S. administration.
Trump’s inauguration is set for Jan. 20 and the cabinet retreat will run from Jan. 20 to 21 in the Outaouais region in Quebec, across the river from Ottawa.
Trump vowed in November to impose a broad 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods unless Ottawa reinforces the Canada-U.S. border to stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling.
“With the threat of tariffs from the incoming United States administration, Team Canada will use expanded capabilities to strengthen Canada’s relationship with the U.S., protect Canadian investment and jobs, and make unequivocally clear the mutually beneficial relationship our two countries share,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a Jan. 14 statement from his office about the cabinet retreat….