Some MLAs want to debate N.B.'s tariff response now. The Speaker says they'll have to wait
Legislature won't sit until March 18, same day provincial budget is expected to be tabled
New Brunswick MLAs eager to question the premier about her planned response to U.S. tariffs will have to wait at least another two weeks to do so.
Progressive Conservative and Green party MLAs were hoping Susan Holt's government would recall the legislature earlier than planned so that members could debate the issue of tariffs, which could come into effect as early as Tuesday.
However, a formal request by Saint John East MLA Glen Savoie was rejected, meaning he and other members will have to wait to question the Liberals about what they plan to do in the face of economy-crippling tariffs being promised by U.S. President Donald Trump.
"I would argue that there's a lot that we do not know about what the Holt government has done to prepare us for the tariffs," said Savoie, speaking on Information Morning Fredericton.
"Certainly we know there is a support program coming, but how is that going to be paid for?"
The New Brunswick Legislature rose for its holiday recess in December and won't sit again until March 18, when Holt's finance minister is expected to table the government's budget.
Since December, Trump has been inaugurated as president of the United States and has continually ramped up threats to impose tariffs on Canadian goods and services, along with musing about annexing Canada.
Sweeping 25 per cent tariffs on most goods and services, and 10 per cent tariffs on energy imports from Canada, were originally expected to come into effect on Feb. 4, but Trump made an 11th-hour decision to delay them by a month.
Savoie, who's the interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives, said he thinks the gravity of the threat merits the legislature being recalled early.
"A lot of damage has already been done [by the threat of tariffs]. We've seen frozen investment here from the stakeholder meetings that we've had here in the province," Savoie said.
"So this uncertainty means that we really have to double down on the things that we can control and ... how do we hold the government to account when the legislature is not sitting and we can't ask those questions?"
House
Speaker Francine Landry told Glen Savoie she would not be recalling the
legislature early because the government did not believe that doing so
rose to the level of being in the public interest. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
In her letter to Savoie, Speaker Francine Landry said she understood why he made the request, given the uncertainty created by the threat of tariffs.
She also acknowledged that the Speaker could recall the legislature earlier if the government agreed that doing so was in the public interest.
"To date, I have not been advised by the government that the public interest requires that the House should meet before March 18," Landry wrote in her letter, which was dated Feb. 27.
Efforts better spent outside legislature, says House leader
Holt was not made available for an interview Monday, but House leader Marco LeBlanc said in an interview his government's efforts are better spent outside the legislature.
"At the end of the day, [Holt] has been working, she's been making sure that she meets with people, she meets with business leaders, she meets with community to make sure that we see the least effects possible to this," said LeBlanc.
Government
House leader Marco LeBlanc says Holt has been meeting with business
leaders and other politicians in preparation for U.S. tariffs — work
that would be affected if the legislature were recalled early. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
"We did not feel like this was a case to urgently call back the legislative assembly because the work is being done."
Holt has said a tariff relief package will be included in her upcoming budget.
LeBlanc declined giving any hints what that relief will look like or how much it will cost, but said some support could come earlier than March 18 depending on what happens after Tuesday.
"The premier, once again, has been working tirelessly on the threat of tariffs, and we will be working toward a plan to support New Brunswickers and New Brunswick workers and businesses should the tariffs be imposed," he said.
Wider issue around number of sitting days
Tantramar Green MLA Megan Mitton said she's already heard of workers in her electoral district being laid off just over the uncertainty the threat of tariffs has created.
She said with jobs already being affected, she also thinks the legislature's recess should be ended early so members can debate the province's tariff response.
"This is a really serious threat to our economy, and I think that having conversations and debates and being able to ask questions in a public forum … is really vital," she said.
Tantramar
MLA Megan Mitton says the request to recall the legislature raises a
wider concern about how few days the MLAs sit in a given session. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
Mitton said the request to recall the legislature speaks to what she sees as a wider issue around how few days MLAs sit in a single session.
Where a session of the legislature typically included about 60 sitting days a decade ago, she said, that number has steadily declined, with the legislature only expected to sit for 36 days in this session.
"The legislature used to sit in February, and so I think that that, you know, it leaves a a vacuum, it leaves a void where there there should be public debate, questions and communication in the legislature happening."
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It won't matter anyway Trump thinks New Brunswick is just another town in New Jersey
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They think that every wher west of the NB Quebec border.
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At least the Banksters and their lawyer buddies are Happy with New Brunswick today
Frank McKenna, the deputy chair at TD Securities, said cybersecurity is "a major preoccupation of just about every industry, every business that I'm involved in."
"I think … New Brunswick is going to have a really important role to play in equipping all of Canada with cyber defences so that we can protect our democracy and protect our critical infrastructure," said McKenna, who attended the opening by video and spoke in an interview afterwards.
As a former New Brunswick premier, and a one-time ambassador to the United States, McKenna has seen his share of challenges to Canada's sovereignty, including negotiations for the original free trade agreement, and the proposed Constitutional Amendments that came under the failed Meech Lake Accord.
But he said he hasn't seen anything quite like the current souring of international relations with the United States.
"I've never seen the country feel there's a greater existential threat to its existence," McKenna said. "It's hard to interpret the president and … it's just hard to get into a fact-based conversation with the [Trump] administration."
He said Canadians are getting whiplash from the constantly changing messaging from Washington, and Trump's goading about making Canada the 51st state, which McKenna said is making Canadians "viscerally angry."
"The efforts he's using [with] tariffs to try to squeeze us into being more closely integrated with the United States …. are driving us further apart. It's bizarro land," he said.
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Peter MacKay, who was minister of national defence and foreign affairs under the former Stephen Harper government, said he knows first hand what types of security threats the country deals with behind the scenes.
The Thales digital hub is "the front line against cyber attacks, which can cripple an economy, can collapse our communication systems, [and] our critical infrastructure," said MacKay, who attended the opening of the centre.
"I say this having had the very real advantageous viewpoint of having worked at National Defence and we have incredible people … on the front lines of that security battlefield, which is a massive, massive challenge given the pernicious and persistent nature of cyber attacks … trying to break into our system of government for information theft, intellectual property theft, for businesses, for banks."
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We are living his legacy.
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The new centre was established in partnership with the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick and the city development agency Ignite. It has received funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Opportunities New Brunswick, and Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour.
Dave Wilson
Trump crashing the markets.
Too funny.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major indexes took a sharp dive Monday after President Donald Trump said tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go ahead. Tesla (TSLA) reversed lower while Nvidia (NVDA) got hammered. And Warren Buffett gave a warning on the economy while bitcoin gains melted away on the stock market today.
Dan Lee
she needs to see how bad it will hurt irving
David Amos
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Of that I have no doubt
Rosco holt
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Just like the so called un competitive power rates.
MR Cain
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Irving can play both sides of the border. Given 80% of their market is south of the border, the New England states will be in a world of hurt.
Eugene Peabody
As if the opposition would have ANY pertain questions or helpful ideas to contribute to the situation we find ourselves in with the mess in the US . Premier Holt is carefully getting information to chart the best path forward . I fully support her path forward .
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I ran against her and Higgy et all My best advice is to ignore Trump
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I haven't seen any path forward, yet. Maybe put an export tax on products from the refinery, lumber, electricity and lobster. Trump says the US doesn't need anything from Canada so when it is figured out they do we can say, sorry the export tax remains so we can supply Canadians.
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So you have no break though ideas either. Maybe you could try to support your Premier for once?
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She is dragging us back down to the bottom where we were in 2018 and you will blindly support her doing that because you do not know any better.
David Webb
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Rather than "wine" April, let's hear your ideas, if any. BTW, I have long ago seen the vast majority of politicians for what they are.
Johnny Kalibanos
She's still figuring out what a tariff is.
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Perhaps our next Prime Minister will explain them to her
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Wrong article; Smith is in Alberta.
With new digital hub, N.B. expected to play key role in Canada's cyber defences
Turbulent relations with U.S. making cyber resilience increasingly necessary, company CEO says
An international technology company says work done at its new digital centre in Fredericton will increase Canada's cyber defences.
The National Digital Excellence Centre will handle cybersecurity for some of the country's industries and critical infrastructure, according to Chris Pogue, CEO of Thales Canada.
Pogue, who is also the managing director of the company's defence and security business, said the centre's opening comes at a time of growing tension between Canada and the United States.
"I couldn't have imagined six weeks ago the chaotic world we're living in … and that chaos and change is going to make cyber resilience increasingly necessary," Pogue said.
Threats unexpected and increasing
He was referring to the trade war threatened by President Donald Trump and his rhetoric about annexing Canada, which have led to worries about sovereignty. There are also concerns that Canada's position in Five Eyes, the intelligence-sharing network that includes the U.S. and several other countries, may be at risk.
"There are increasing threats coming from angles that we wouldn't have expected," Pogue said. "We are seeing an increasing pace of cyber threats from ransomware, increasing malicious state and non-state actors that we know are trying to influence what goes on in Canada and even around the world."
Pogue spoke at the official opening of the new Thales National Digital Excellence Centre. (Allyson McCormack/CBC)
Thales specializes in defence, aerospace and cyber and digital sectors on five continents, and its centre at Knowledge Park in Fredericton is its first first location in Atlantic Canada.
The company provides digital identity and security for things such as driver's licences and transactions made on the internet, Pogue said, as well as cybersecurity of operational systems, such as power plants, manufacturing machinery, warehouses, naval vessels and transportation systems.
Pogue said he would like to see "all of our industry, particularly critical infrastructure having robust cybersecurity built into it, not added on, but built into the very design of the way we operate."
The new centre was established in partnership with the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick and the city development agency Ignite. It has received funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Opportunities New Brunswick, and Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour.
Hard to interpret the president
Frank McKenna, the deputy chair at TD Securities, said cybersecurity is "a major preoccupation of just about every industry, every business that I'm involved in."
"I think … New Brunswick is going to have a really important role to play in equipping all of Canada with cyber defences so that we can protect our democracy and protect our critical infrastructure," said McKenna, who attended the opening by video and spoke in an interview afterwards.
As a former New Brunswick premier, and a one-time ambassador to the United States, McKenna has seen his share of challenges to Canada's sovereignty, including negotiations for the original free trade agreement, and the proposed Constitutional Amendments that came under the failed Meech Lake Accord.
But he said he hasn't seen anything quite like the current souring of international relations with the United States.
Frank
McKenna, a former premier of New Brunswick now with TD Securities, says
Canadians are getting whiplash from the constantly changing messaging
from Washington. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
"I've never seen the country feel there's a greater existential threat to its existence," McKenna said. "It's hard to interpret the president and … it's just hard to get into a fact-based conversation with the [Trump] administration."
He said Canadians are getting whiplash from the constantly changing messaging from Washington, and Trump's goading about making Canada the 51st state, which McKenna said is making Canadians "viscerally angry."
"The efforts he's using [with] tariffs to try to squeeze us into being more closely integrated with the United States …. are driving us further apart. It's bizarro land," he said.
"We're not part of their problem. And yet we provide them with oil, we provide them with aluminum and steel and potash and uranium, all of the things they need. The backbone of the US economy comes from Canada.
Although it's "disconcerting," McKenna said he expects Canada will be successful in the end.
'Security battlefield' a massive challenge
Peter MacKay, who was minister of national defence and foreign affairs under the former Stephen Harper government, said he knows first hand what types of security threats the country deals with behind the scenes.
The Thales digital hub is "the front line against cyber attacks, which can cripple an economy, can collapse our communication systems, [and] our critical infrastructure," said MacKay, who attended the opening of the centre.
"I say this having had the very real advantageous viewpoint of having worked at National Defence and we have incredible people … on the front lines of that security battlefield, which is a massive, massive challenge given the pernicious and persistent nature of cyber attacks … trying to break into our system of government for information theft, intellectual property theft, for businesses, for banks."
Peter
MacKay, a former federal minister of foreign affairs, says cyber
attacks can cripple an economy and collapse communication systems and
critical infrastructure. (Allyson McCormack/CBC)
This is a volatile time, which has "people full of uncertainty and anxiety," MacKay said, because of the changing course taken by a country that has been Canada's friend and partner in security.
But he said he believes security institutions like NATO and NORAD and Five Eyes will hold.
"There are other voices within that circle of influence that matter as well, not just the United States."
Pogue said people are now paying attention to cybersecurity, given recent events in the U.S.
"Whether that attention is desirable or not, that attention causes us to often take action, sometimes actions that we should have taken before," he said.
"At the end of the day, if any sort of disruption in what we call the global world order causes Canadians to realize how important cybersecurity is, how important defence is, how important their investment in those things are to the way of life that Canadians enjoy, the better we'll be in the long run."
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Holt unveils N.B. tariff relief plan, but holds fire on aggressive measures
Premier not yet ready to restrict electricity sales to U.S., block pension fund investments in U.S. companies
New Brunswick's Liberal government has unveiled a $162 million "action plan" aimed at blunting the impact of U.S. tariffs on the province's exporters.
"When push comes to shove, we will do whatever it takes to defend New Brunswickers and our province," Premier Susan Holt declared Tuesday, hours after the tariffs went into effect.
"Our government is using every tool in our toolbox to protect New Brunswick workers and our economy."
That includes tens of millions of dollars in the provincial budget to help companies absorb the impact of the tariffs and to support any laid-off workers retrain for other jobs.
But Holt is holding her fire for now on two possible ways to pressure the U.S.: cutting off electricity exports to New England, and requiring government pension funds not be invested in U.S. companies.
"We will look at other steps," she told reporters. "They are on the table now. They may be implemented in the future."
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt reveals tariffs action planHolt's comments followed calls by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters to put maximum pressure on the U.S. to get the tariffs quickly.
"It's time to fight — fight as in economically. We're not about to be a pushover," Ron Marcolin, the group's vice-president for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, told CBC's Information Morning Fredericton.
"Yes, collectively we can make President Trump back down, and we will."
The Trump administration imposed a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports to the U.S. at midnight. The rate applies to everything but energy, which is subject to a 10 per cent tariff.
Cross-border
traffic between New Brunswick and Maine could slow down by the end of
the week, said Ron Marcolin, New Brunswick and P.E.I. divisional
vice-president for the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association. (CBC)
The tariffs are passed on to consumers and serve to make Canadian products more expensive and thus less competitive in the American market.
New Brunswick is the province that relies the most on the U.S. market, with 92 per cent of all exports going there.
Time to move on, mayor says
"This is a wake-up call for Saint John, this is a wake-up for New Brunswick, this is a wake-up call for the country," said Saint John Mayor Donna Reardon, whose city was recently ranked as the one likely to suffer the biggest tariff impact of any in Canada.
"We've been in this comfortable relationship with our American cousins, and now we're being attacked. So, you know, we're breaking up with the U.S., and it's time ot move on."
Marcolin said it won't take long to see the impact of the tariffs.
He expects cross-border traffic to slow down by the end of the week and for some companies to start shedding jobs soon as they lose U.S. customers.
"It is hard to predict," he said. "It is certainly a case-by-case basis, and certainly a lot of variables are involved, but I would say within weeks."
The province estimates that 35,000 jobs in the province are linked to exports to the U.S. and expects 4,000 to 6,000 of them could be lost as a result of the tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed broad tariffs on Canadian imports Tuesday, a move Holt described as illegal and unjustified. (Leah Millis /Reuters)
Holt called Trump's move illegal and unjustified, and her choice of verb tenses signalled the sense of betrayal Canadians are feeling toward the U.S.
"They're our neighbours, they were our best friends and now they're attacking Canada."
Among the measures Holt announced Tuesday:
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A $40 million competitive growth program to help large New Brunswick exporters become more competitive and protect existing jobs, and fund projects to make them more productive and help them diversity markets.
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Another $30 million to support other businesses, along with $4 million specifically for the fisheries sector.
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$33 million to support laid off workers with income support and retraining.
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$5 million redirected from existing Opportunities New Brunswick programs to provide working capital loans to companies affected by the tariffs.
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$ 5 million for communities affected by the tariffs, particularly border towns.
New Brunswick's largest forest products exporter, J.D. Irving Ltd., would not comment Tuesday on how the tariffs would affect its operations, including pulp it ships from New Brunswick to an Irving Tissue plant in Macon, Ga.
"All we can really say at this stage is that we are currently working out the details of what it will mean across our operations," spokesperson Brendan Langille said.
"We will continue to work with all levels of government and industry partners as we face these challenges together."
The Trump administration released preliminary new rates this week as part of the annual resetting of existing anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood — a separate measure from the new tariffs.
They would raise the combined softwood duties on most New Brunswick exporters to 26.8 per cent from 14.4 per cent, and on J.D. Irving to 23.9 per cent from 11.7 per cent
Softwood
lumber coming from mills, including J.D. Irving Ltd.'s Sussex mill,
were slapped earlier with higher duties by the Trump administration. (CBC)
The U.S. administration has also launched an investigation into imposing additional duties on national security grounds, which could place an even greater cost burden on provincial mills.
Holt said her government will also remove some of its interprovincial trade barriers to make it easier for Canadian provinces to do business with each other.
That includes unilaterally removing nine of the exemptions it has claimed to the internal Canada Free Trade Agreement, the narrowing of one other exemption and the possible elimination of six others — most of them related to procurement.
The province has already stopped signing contracts with U.S. suppliers and halted the selling of American alcohol in N.B. Liquor stores.
"New Brunswick is ready to take a leadership role to reduce interprovincial trade barriers in Canada," said Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Jean Claude D'Amours.
He also said the province was "looking at" automatically recognizing job-training credentials from other provinces for up to 120 days.
Holt said her government will assess the impact of its measures over the next three weeks before deciding whether to do more.
She said she wanted to avoid punishing Maine residents who rely on New Brunswick for electricity.
"Our neighbours in Maine are our friends, and we want to put serious consideration into the decisions that might hurt some of the people that have already spoken up against the tariffs."
Marcolin said many manufacturers and exporters in the region have already scaled back on spending on hiring, expansion and maintenance since Trump first threatened tariffs late last year.
"We do feel that we're ready — ready as much as you can be, with such a large tariffs," he said.
But, he added, "even though today is day one … it hits hard. It certainly is a wake-up call. Today is really the day that we know it's here."
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Ontario rips up Starlink deal, plans to tax electricity in response to Trump trade war
LCBO removing 3,600 American products from its shelves and warehouses
Ontario will rip up its $100-million deal with Elon Musk's Starlink internet provider and U.S. companies will be banned from procurement contracts as part of the province's response to President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods.
Premier Doug Ford announced the measures Tuesday, adding he's warning lawmakers in New York, Michigan and Minnesota that if the trade war "persists" Ontario will put a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity flowing into the states and potentially cut the flow off entirely.
Ontario supplies roughly 1.5 million customers in the border states with electricity.
"This is not the outcome anyone wanted," Ford said at Queen's Park in Toronto. "We could have poured our efforts into making Canada and the U.S. the two richest, most successful, safest, most secure two countries on the planet. Unfortunately, one man — President Trump — has chosen chaos instead."
Just after midnight, Trump moved ahead with long-threatened 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods. A 10 per cent tariff will similarly be applied to all Canadian energy exports heading south of the border.
The import levies could wreak havoc on vital Ontario industries like auto manufacturing and steel production, as well as drive up retail prices and fuel more inflation. Auto giants based in the province have warned plants could be forced to halt production within five to eight days.
The tariffs come despite Trump himself being the president who signed the most recent free trade deal with Canada and Mexico, saying in 2020 it was "the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA."
You can read more about tariffs, how they work and what they could mean for Canada here.
Here's how Ford is responding to U.S. tariffs During his news conference, Ford again threatened to surcharge or cut off critical mineral exports to the U.S. should the trade war linger.
"We also need to be ready to dig in for a long fight," Ford said. "We need to be ready to escalate using every tool in our tool kit."
Ford spoke just after hours Ontario's primary liquor wholesaler and retailer confirmed it will stop purchasing and selling U.S. alcohol.
The LCBO previously offered some 3,600 American products sourced from 35 states, amounting to roughly $1 billion in annual sales. As the province's main booze distributor, it means grocery and convenience stores, bars and restaurants and other retailers will no longer be able to buy U.S. alcohol.
An LCBO employee moves products in a location at Union Station in Toronto on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Laura Proctor/The Canadian Press)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced late Monday that Canada's retaliatory response would include matching tariffs on $155 billion worth of U.S. goods — roughly $30 billion worth of goods right away and the remaining $125 billion in 21 days to give Canadian companies time to adjust their supply chains.
Trudeau said there will also likely be an expansion of employment insurance benefits and direct support for businesses.
"Today the U.S. launched a trade war against Canada, their closest ally and their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin: a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense," Trudeau said during a Tuesday morning news conference in Ottawa.
He added that he believes Trump's ultimate goal is to weaken the Canadian economy so he can try to annex the country.
"First of all, that is never going to happen. Canada will never be the 51st state," he continued.
Ford has previously expressed support for the federal government to go "dollar for dollar" with retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods, and repeated that call Tuesday.
"Now we have no choice, we have to respond," Ford said. "They have my full support for a strong and forceful response."
The premier said American companies will not be able to bid on the $30 billion worth of procurement contracts the province awards each year, or bid on contracts related to his $200-billion infrastructure plan to build highways, tunnels, transit, hospitals and jails.
"U.S.-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in revenues," Ford said. "They only have President Trump to blame."
As for the deal with Starlink to provide high-speed internet to northern Ontario, rural and remote First Nation communities, "it's done, it's gone," he said.
"We won't award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and our country."
His Progressive Conservatives recent election platform included nearly $20 billion in proposed new spending aimed at supporting industries and workers who could be hurt by tariffs. That includes a new $5-billion Protect Ontario Account, $10 billion in support for employers through a tax deferral, up to $3 billion more in payroll and premium relief and up to $40 million for municipalities.
But Ford also cautioned tough times lay head.
"Businesses and families will feel the pain of this needless fight, but together we're going to stand up for Canada," he said. "We're going to get through this more united than ever before."
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Bloc leader comes out against threatening electricity supply
Bloc leader says Canada must ‘be careful’ when responding to U.S. tariffsBloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he understands wanting to ‘show muscles and say big words’ when in a crisis. However, ‘we've got to keep in mind that after the crisis, they will still have to be business partners,’ Blanchet said.
Bloc Québécois Yves-François Blanchet is speaking out against calls to mess with the electricity Canada supplies to the U.S.
Earlier today, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said if the tariffs continue, he will slap a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity flowing into the U.S. and potentially cut the flow off entirely.
His province sends electricity to about 1.5 million homes in Minnesota, Michigan and New York.
Ford said while he has no jurisdiction in other provinces, he will be encouraging Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to follow suit.
The Bloc leader called it a “strange idea.”
“I am far from being certain that threatening the United States not to supply them with electricity is such a good idea,” Blanchet said Tuesday.
“We've got to keep in mind that after the crisis, they will still have to be business partners. We want them to keep buying our electricity.”
Blanchet said he understands the need to “show muscles and say big words” during a crisis.
“But sometimes, it's not the best thing to do," he said.
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TORONTO, JANUARY 28, 2025 – Today, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) sent a letter and a questionnaire to all Ontario party leaders, challenging them to outline clear and actionable strategies to safeguard Ontario’s manufacturing sector and protect local jobs ahead of the provincial election on February 27th.
“With President Trump’s renewed threats of punitive tariffs on Canadian imports, Ontario manufacturers are facing an urgent crisis that could drastically reshape our economic future,” said Vincent Caron, Vice President Ontario Government Relations and Member Advocacy for CME. “As the election nears, this is not the time for vague promises. Manufacturers need concrete solutions that will bolster our competitiveness, secure investments, and support our workforce.”
To gauge how Ontario party leaders plan to navigate these challenges, address potential tariffs, and deliver a long-term manufacturing strategy, CME will publicly grade party responses to our manufacturing strategy questionnaire during a virtual event on February 21, 2025.
“We know all parties care about our economic future, but actions speak louder than words. It’s time for all parties to show their work,” concluded Caron.
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