Prime Minister Mark Carney chaired a virtual meeting with the premiers Wednesday afternoon as his government prepared for major trade talks with the U.S. and Mexico.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said Carney updated the premiers on the status of engagement with the Trump administration on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, better known as CUSMA.
Earlier Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he is “not looking to renew” CUSMA, indicating the United States will blow past a July 1 deadline for renewal.
Speaking in Queen’s Park after the virtual meeting Wednesday afternoon—and after his return from meetings in Washington D.C. with industry groups earlier this week—Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the premiers were told Ottawa is “going to negotiate in good faith, and we are going to get through this….