the bottom line is it would mean a recession for our Province politicians of every stripe and from every Province warned about the potential impacts of 25% tariffs from the United States president-elect Donald Trump is threatening the measure as he claims thousands of people are pouring into the US from Canada and Mexico bringing crime and drugs I found his comments unfair I found them insulting it's like a family member stabbing you right in the Heart Senior government sources tell CTV News in a call last night prime minister Justin Trudeau told trump our shared border isn't the
problem this is uh something that uh we can do uh laying out the facts moving forward in constructive ways according to the Americans own numbers in the last year encounters at the Canada US border have accounted for just 1.5% of the total when you include the Mexican border more than 21,000 pounds of fentanyl have been seized at the southern border while the amount stopped on its way from Canada to the US was just 43 pounds we think we have a reassuring and constructive story to tell and our job will be to make sure the Americans
understand the work that's being done at the Border in the first Trump presidency Canada dealt with us tariffs on our steel and aluminum that experience and the renegotiated NAFTA is why some are calling for another team candid approach the prime minister is holding a virtual meeting tomorrow with Premier but getting everyone on the same page could be a challenge I don't think that we can be naive enough to think that we can just argue well we're not as bad as Mexico therefore give us an exemption that's not going to fly conservative leader Pier PV is
willing to put partisanship aside but with conditions that put Canada first trudo's got to a the carbon tax he's got to lift the production cap on Canadian energy he's got to rebuild our military and secure our borders the Canadian government did slap counter tariffs on the US last time but it's unclear if they will again Mexico's president has said she will retaliate if Trump follows through on his threat Omar all right Mike thank you
