Several premiers said they had a productive meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, their first in-person gathering since U.S. President Donald Trump halted trade negotiations with Canada last month. They added that further tariff relief from the federal government could be forthcoming.
The prime minister hosted a virtual first ministers meeting with Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders on Nov. 17. The last first ministers meeting was held in Ontario in July.
The virtual meeting was the first meeting the premiers had with Carney since Trump cancelled trade talks with Canada on Oct. 23 over an anti-tariff advertising campaign sponsored by the Ontario government. The ad campaign ran in the United States and featured portions of a 1987 address from late U.S. President Ronald Regan praising free trade, including with Canada. Trump had said the ad misrepresented Reagan’s address and was meant to interfere with a U.S. Supreme Court hearing into his administration’s use of tariffs….