Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Ottawa is prepared to use Canadian exports of energy, fertilizer, and uranium as bargaining chips in negotiations with the United States over tariffs, but that it wants the premiers and Canadians to be on board.
“We haven’t put that on the table yet. We kept that … in our cards, as cards that we could potentially play if this would escalate, and the U.S. knows that,” Joly said during a discussion on Canada-U.S. relations at the Toronto Region Board of Trade.
The United States put 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports and 10 percent tariffs on Canadian energy on March 4. In response, Ottawa imposed reciprocal tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods, with $30 billion coming into force immediately and the other $125 billion starting in 21 days….