The trade war between Canada and the United States has ramped up after the former hit back with tit-for-tat tariffs.
On Tuesday, Ottawa announced dollar-for-dollar counter tariffs on hundreds of American goods in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28 billion worth of Canadian products.
Later, Trump told CNN he had added new conditions into the trade negotiations with Canada in the 11th hour, saying it “sounds like me,” when asked about Canadian officials’ saying U.S. added last-minute demands.
The White House released a statement claiming it to be a “record of Canadian abuse” that included restrictions on U.S. goods and retaliatory measures.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CTV News’ chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos in an interview on Tuesday that “it’s a matter of days” before Trump walks back his new tariffs on Canada before he “flips” and “tries to save face.”
Key details:
- Trump says it’s ‘time to teach Canada you can’t do this anymore’
- Trump may up the ante by adding more penalties: Bloomberg
- Canada imposes tariffs on 700+ U.S. products
- Ford says cutting off power ‘on the table’
- Saskatchewan announces 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze
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Saskatchewan announces 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province will impose a reciprocal tax on American alcohol.
He says starting Sept. 8, Saskatchewan will impose the 50 per cent fee.
The U.S. recently implemented a 50 per cent tariff on a range of Canadian alcohol products.
The Canadian Press
‘Time to teach Canada you can’t do this anymore’: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it is “time to teach Canada you can’t do this anymore,” just days after trade talks between the neighbouring countries broke down.
“I had a deal, that was a pretty good deal, you know, quite good,” Trump told Glenn Beck in an interview.
“They don’t have anything that we have to have, okay, we can get by. I mean, there are a couple of things that would make it a little inconvenient, but we can get them elsewhere. And it’s time to teach Canada you can’t do this anymore,” Trump said.
Trump imposed new 50 per cent tariffs on US$20 billion of Canadian imports on Saturday after talks between the two countries collapsed.
Canada hit back on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion worth of U.S. annual imports and rolled out aid for businesses and workers, matching Washington’s latest duties dollar-for-dollar.
Reuters
White House posts photo of bald eagle shoving Canada goose
The White House posted a photo of a bald eagle shoving a Canada goose into ice, amid the tariff battle brewing between the countries, on its official social media page Wednesday morning.
The White House had previously used the same image in an attempt to troll Canada after the United States’ 2-1 victory over Canada in the men’s gold Olympic hockey game.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra reposted the image on his X account shortly after.
Aarjavee Raaj, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘Many cards in our hand’: Joly
Industry Minister Melanie Joly says Canada still has options for ways to deal with the United States but the federal government won’t negotiate in public by laying out those possible measures.
“We decided to match dollar-for-dollar countermeasures, around $28 billion,” Joly said following a funding announcement in Calgary on Wednesday, when asked what Canada will do if the U.S. further escalates the trade war.
“We have many cards in our hand, and of course we have many hands to play,” she added.
Joly also said Canada will not comment on rumours about potential further escalation by the U.S., but rather only once U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order.
Joly was also asked about leveraging energy, and what it would take for Canada to impose tariffs on its fuel or potash, which are vital to the U.S., but the minister wouldn’t say.
Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News writer & producer
Trump may levy more penalties: Bloomberg
The Trump administration is considering additional penalties against Canada, a Bloomberg report states.
The report, published on Tuesday, quoted a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The official said the new penalties could lead to higher tariffs and other trade actions.
The news comes after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on Saturday.
The administration’s response was “expected,” the official was quoted saying. Trump has already said he would double auto tariffs on Canada to 50 per cent and add tariffs on auto parts, starting Jan. 1, in response to Canada striking back.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Trump’s tariffs likely to face court challenge: lawyer
A lawyer involved in the case which resulted in the United States Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump’s favourite tariff tool says chances are “quite high” that the latest duties on Canada will land in court.
George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin said there are many industry groups and U.S. states that will see damage from the escalating trade war with Canada.
“I think it is overwhelmingly likely that there will be at least some legal challenges,” Somin said. “It’s just a matter of exactly when and by which groups.”
The Canadian Press, Read the full article here
GTA mayor ‘concerned’ about 89,000 jobs
Mississauga, Ont. Mayor Carolyn Parrish says the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war is creating serious uncertainty for local businesses, with about 89,000 jobs tied to U.S. trade.
Speaking to CP24, Parrish says the city has held roundtables with small and medium-sized businesses that rely on the U.S. market, adding that many are “very worried” about the economic impact.
She says Mississauga is exploring measures such as property tax subsidies or holidays for affected businesses, potentially using federal funding to help.
At the same time, Parrish says the trade dispute could force Canada to diversify its economy and find new trading partners. “We’ve been depending on the United States for far too long,” she said.
Parrish also defended Ontario’s tougher approach, saying she has “no problems” with the premier’s strategy.
“I support anybody who does anything to make this go away,” Parrish said, adding that she would support any measure that protects Mississauga’s workers.
Jermaine Wilson, CP24.com and CTV News Toronto journalist
Canada may have to accept some U.S. tariffs: trade lawyer
Canada and the United States are so closely intertwined that none of them will benefit from a prolonged trade war, says international trade lawyer Jacques Shore.
In an interview with CTV News Channel Wednesday, Shore said the ongoing trade dispute is a “bizarre moment” given the two countries’ longstanding relationship and economic ties.
“We make things together, we work together. We are basically tied to the hip,” Shore said.
He said Canada is taking the right approach by demonstrating that it is serious about protecting its interests while working to get both sides back to the negotiating table.
“No one wins in a trade war,” Shore said, adding that Canada may ultimately have to accept some U.S. tariffs.
“This is an administration that wants to see some tariffs, and we may very well have to accept that,” he said.
Tammy Ibrahimpoor, National Digital Producer, CTVNews.ca
U.S. Republicans urge Trump to renegotiate: analyst
Eric Ham, CTV News’ U.S. political analyst, says he’s seeing a push from U.S. Republicans urging President Trump to get back to the negotiating table with Canada.
“They’re being very diplomatic, not calling out the president, not attacking Donald Trump,” he tells CTV News Channel. “They still recognize he holds enormous sway and influence over the party, but what they also recognize is that their ability to lead and hold power has become much more precarious as a result.”
Ham notes that Canada’s counter-tariffs set to take effect on Sept. 8 will be hitting Americans just as they begin to take focus on the midterm elections, and adds Trump’s additional tariffs on automobiles would take effect in January “as a way to actually delay the brunt of the impact on Americans until after the elections.”
“I think what we saw from Prime Minister Carney is he simply isn’t waiting, recognizing that it’s voters who will be heard,” he says. “He’s making sure to actually get their attention with these retaliatory tariffs—a very smart political play by the prime minister.”
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
‘Silver lining’: Niagara Falls sees boost in tourism
Niagara Falls, Ont., Mayor Jim Diodati says his city has seen a tourism boost amid the renewed trade war.
“International visitation that used to go to the U.S. is now coming here to Canada, specifically to Niagara Falls, and adding to the 14 million people who already visit us,” Diodati says in an interview with CP24 on Wednesday.
“We’ve seen increased visitation from the U.K., India, all throughout Europe, South Korea, China, and around the world. So, more people are choosing Niagara Falls.”
Despite what he called “the silver lining in the grey cloud”, Diodati says his city could still be impacted by the escalating trade war, as Niagara Falls is home to big manufacturers which employ 20,000 workers and create products that mostly go to the U.S.
“We’re watching it closely. But having said that, we all stand strongly behind the prime minister and our premiers that we got to dig in right now. The deal that they’re bringing forward is not fair. It’s not good for anybody, and everybody loses when you have a trade war,” the mayor says.
Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com, journalist
Auto-industry sources hopeful a deal is still possible
Automakers were hoping summer U.S.-Canada trade talks would deliver relief from Washington’s 25 per cent tariffs that have raised the cost of shipping vehicles and parts across the border.
Instead, their problem got twice as bad on Monday.
“We cannot end up in a place come January next year where Canada — a major market for U.S.-made vehicles and parts and whose vehicle exports contain significant U.S. content — is being treated like China,” one industry executive told Reuters. The planned 50 per cent tariffs on Canada would rival the levies currently in place on some gasoline-fueled cars imported from China.
The trade deal that fell apart would have cut the top-line tariff rate on Canadian cars and light-duty trucks from 25 per cent to 15 per cent.
Canadian-built vehicles accounted for only about 6 per cent of U.S. sales in 2025, according to Barclays. Still, if the current tariffs double, automakers including Ford, General Motors, Jeep-maker Stellantis, Toyota and Honda would face significant added costs on some of their most important models. And a higher levy on parts would inflict pain across the U.S. automotive supply chain.
Some auto-industry sources who spoke to Reuters said they were hopeful a deal would still be resolved before January, and that the deadline being months signals that the sides are leaving room to reach a deal.
Reuters
Carney to address EU in September
Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France in September.
A statement from Carney’s office today says the prime minister will also attend the European Union’s annual State of the Union address.
Carney’s office did not confirm the date for the trip but European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is scheduled to deliver her annual address on Sept. 16.
Carney is expected to deliver his address on Sept. 17.
The Canadian Press, Read the full article here
Councillor vows to remove Trump’s name from street
An Ottawa councillor is vowing to lead a process to remove U.S. President Donald Trump’s name from a residential street in Canada’s capital as the Canada-U.S. trade war continues to ramp up.
“I’m embarrassed that there is a street in River Ward called Trump Avenue, and I’m embarrassed that, in the nation’s capital, we have Donald Trump honoured in this respect,” Ottawa Coun. Riley Brockington said during Wednesday’s council meeting.
“I say honoured because it is an honour to have your name attached to a street sign.”
The Central Park neighbourhood has many references that point to New York City, with street names of Madison Park, Manhattan Crescent, Staten Street and Trump Avenue.
In 2021, residents of Trump Avenue voted on the possibility of changing the street name. The vote ended in a 21-21 tie, with 20 households abstaining.
Josh Pringle, CTV News Ottawa journalist Read the full article here
Personal insults directed at Trump ‘resonated around the world’: Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that he does not believe he went too far in his personal attacks against U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week.
Ford called Trump a ‘loser’ and the ‘king of bankruptcies’ during a news conference in Hamilton on Monday before conceding one day later that the war of words between them got a little too “personal” and a “little heated.”
At a news conference on Wednesday, Ford was asked whether his decision to soften his language was done out of concern that the attacks may have put a target on Ontario’s back, to which he replied “not at all.”
“Those words resonated and I usually don’t use those words but when your country is under attack and your province is under attack and this guy is just nothing but a bully it resonated around the world,” he said.
“It didn’t matter what political stripe. It didn’t matter if you are from the green, orange, red, blue parties, everyone is united.”
Chris Fox, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist
Ontario wouldn’t act unilaterally in cutting off electricity to U.S.: Ford
Premier Doug Ford says “everything’s on the table” in Ontario’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war—including cutting off the power it supplies to 1.5 million homes south of the border—but he says he won’t do so unilaterally.
“I can’t do it alone. You know, I’m not the only province that ships electricity down to the U.S. We need a Team Canada approach, and I’d be happy with the provinces to lead that approach,” he said at an unrelated news conference Wednesday.
The province briefly applied, and then removed, a 25 per cent surcharge on its electricity exports to New York, Michigan and Minnesota last year as the trade war began. Ford has previously said he would cut off the energy to those states completely “with a smile” on his face.
Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist
Poilievre pens another letter to Carney
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday sent another letter to the prime minister, this time calling on him to release the federal government’s analysis of the cost of counter-tariffs on Canadians.
“Leverage isn’t the same as noise,” Poilievre wrote in the letter posted to social media, co-signed by Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and Conservative Canada-U.S. relations critic Shuvaloy Majumdar.
Poilievre also referenced the slate of counter-tariffs announced by federal officials Tuesday, saying the goods facing higher levies will only compound the affordability crisis facing Canadians.
“A serious response puts maximum pressure on the United States and minimum pressure on Canadians,” they added. “It targets goods that we can make ourselves or buy elsewhere. It does not tax our families for the privilege of appearing tough.”
Poilievre has also urged Carney to recall Parliament in light of the escalating trade war, and to release the text of the rejected trade agreement.
Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News writer & producer
‘Buy Canadian’ sees renewed push amid U.S. tariffs
Buy Canadian sentiment is seeing a resurgence across the country as backlash to U.S. tariffs grows.
Consumers eager to support local products and businesses are swapping shopping tips online as retailers renew labelling of tariffed or local goods in stores.
Margaret Chapman with Narrative Research says the buy Canadian movement is becoming entrenched in shopping habits as trade tensions worsen and consumers look for ways to support the local economy.
She says polling has shown many shoppers are willing to pay more for Canadian products, a trend that is likely to gain momentum as the trade war intensifies.
The Canadian Press, Read the full article here
Counter-tariffs helps some, hurts some: trade lawyer
The retaliatory tariffs have helped some businesses and hurt others, according to a Canadian trade lawyer.
William Pellerin, international trade lawyer at MacMillan LLP said his firm has heard “a lot of good things and a lot of major problems, depending on the client.”
The retaliatory measures have provided some relief to businesses in the Canadian market from American competitors, but have further strained those who depend on the U.S. for products.
“Ultimately this situation is not to anyone’s benefit,” Pellerin said.
The trade war “makes our markets more insular in a way that that is just not helpful.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Bad news for retail: analyst
A retail analyst says the tariffs spell a “negative doom loop” for the economy.
“If it keeps up, some retailers will close… retail sales will go down,” Bruce Winder, founder of Bruce Winder Retail in Toronto told CP24 Breakfast on Wednesday. “They’ll have to lay off people.”
Perishable goods like seafood or dairy will see a quicker price increase, he said, while electronics retailers may have “dodged a bit of a bullet,” as many consumer electronics are made offshore.
“But if you’re buying high-end electronics that are made in the U.S., you will be subject to this 50 per cent consumer tariff,” Winder said.
While retailers will try to “cushion” the impact, they will have to raise prices on some of the more expensive inventory, he added.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Loblaw bringing back T symbols on tariff-affected items
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. says it is bringing back T symbols to its grocery shelf labels to signal products affected by tariffs as the trade war between Canada and the United States escalates.
Chief executive Per Bank wrote in a LinkedIn post that customers will start noticing the new signs on a small number of products, which will grow as tariffs are applied across more categories.
The grocer will continue to use the maple leaf symbol in its stores to signal homegrown products and says it will also reintroduce country-of-origin labels in its fresh produce aisles.
When trade tensions flared up last year, Loblaw introduced the T symbol to indicate to customers that a product’s price had risen due to tariffs.
Bank says the retailer is in a stronger position than the last time when tariffs were first introduced as it has revamped its supply chain to increase the number of domestic and non-U.S. suppliers it sources products from.
Major grocery chains scrambled to onboard local suppliers and placed symbols indicating domestic products last year when a buy Canadian movement swept the country amid geopolitical tensions.
The Canadian Press
Tariffs are ‘trial balloon’: political analyst
A United States political analyst says Trump’s tariffs are a gambit to sway Republican voters during the midterm elections, describing it as a “trial balloon.”
“(Trump) is stuck at approval ratings below 40 per cent,” which does not bode well for the Republicans, Jeffrey Bloodworth, a political analyst with Gannon University told CTV News Channel on Wednesday.
“He’s looking to see if this is going to raise Republican voter excitement and interest in the midterms.”
Bloodworth said he agreed with the California governor’s remarks that Trump will reverse course.
However, most Americans aren’t paying attention, he added, with focus largely on the start of school and summer vacations.
“You’re looking at mid-September before many voters are going to be really even much aware about a trade war with a key American ally,” he said.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Oshawa, Ont., mayor orders calm as tensions escalate
Oshawa, Ont., Mayor Dan Carter says a tentative agreement between Unifor and General Motors is a positive first step as concerns grow over the impact of the Canada-U.S. trade dispute on the auto sector.
Carter says Oshawa’s century-long role in the automotive industry makes any disruption particularly “concerning,” warning that workers on both sides of the border could ultimately pay the price.
“I believe that Canada needed to take a strong position,” Carter said, while stressing that the response must remain respectful and focused on finding a solution.
Carter adds that he supports retaliatory measures if necessary but is uncomfortable with further escalation. He hopes the tariffs can instead help bring both sides back to the negotiating table.
“I would ask that we take a step back,” Carter said, calling for “quiet diplomatic talks” before the dispute gets “way out of hand.”
He also emphasized the importance of Canadian political unity, saying leaders must “stand up for Canada” while protecting the workers they represent.
Jermaine Wilson, CP24.com and CTV News Toronto journalist
Trump is ‘glass-jawed’: political expert
A former political adviser has questioned how long Trump can sustain the trade war pressures and whether he will return to negotiations.
“He has never demonstrated ... the ability to sustain direct discomfort,” CTV News political commentator Scott Reid told CTV News Channel on Wednesday.
Reid, who also served as communications director during the Martin administration, described Trump as “thin-skinned ... glass-jawed.”
The Canadian counter-tariffs are “wisely and shrewdly selected politically,” Reid said. And there’s still room “to escalate,” if required.
Trump is also facing internal pushback from business leaders who have called his policies “self-destructive.”
“As his political position weakens, thinking about the midterms, having allies and having those loud voices on the American side might position us better down the road,” Reid said.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Canadian distiller pivots to Asia
A Canadian distillery owner said he has turned to the Asian market to avoid the unpredictability of Trump’s tariff action.
“The Japanese market is predictable. There are no tariffs,” Geoff Stewart, owner of the Rig Hand Distillery near Edmonton, told CTV News Channel on Wednesday.
The distillery recently signed a two-year distribution deal in Japan after being forced to “abandon its entire U.S. strategy,” including a packaging plant in Texas, channels in Arizona and a contract in Alaska.
Talk of removing interprovincial barriers to sell alcohol could make a “huge difference for all small distilleries,” Stewart said.
“And all of a sudden there will be a lot of local products on the shelf that could replace the U.S. products that aren’t there anymore.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘Wrench between two neighbours’: restaurant owner
A U.S. restaurant owner says the trade war reveals a “complete lack of understanding of small businesses” and their operations.
“You have to rely on imported goods and especially our friends towards the border,” Julia Hallman, who owns a restaurant in Massachusetts, told CTV Your Morning on Wednesday.
She added that she doesn’t yet know how the tariffs will affect her business.
“It can change from day to day,” she said. “It’s challenging to not know what comes next.”
She described her Canadian business partners as friends.
“It’s very frustrating that this trade war is putting a wrench between two neighbours that should not be,” she said.
“We’re embarrassed, to be honest.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Tariffs will ‘exact real pain’: expert
Canada’s tariffs are “not politically neutral” and are “designed to exact real pain on Americans,” according to an international relations expert.
“It’s going to take a while to bite, but they will bite,” Fen Hampson told CTV Your Morning on Wednesday.Hampson, who co-chairs a university expert group on Canada-U.S. relations, described the retaliatory action as an “eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth tariff war.”
Ottawa should not increase its tariffs, despite calls from Ontario Premier Doug Ford to add an electricity surcharge or exploit exports like potash and oil.
Export taxes are prohibited under CUSMA rules and adding them to the mix would give reason for the U.S. to litigate, “which they will do,” Hampson said.
“It would break the rules that we’re asking the Americans to respect and it would obviously cost us very heavily,” he added.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘Trump has lost his way,’ Toronto’s mayor says
Speaking to CBS News on Wednesday morning, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said the U.S. president is not acting very “neighbourly.”
“I think that Mr. Trump should take a page from Dolly Parton. She’s loving, she’s generous, she’s joyous. That’s the way to treat your best neighbour and your friends, not just bullying,” Chow said.
The mayor said the ongoing trade dispute will be painful but Canadians love to support local.
“We are calling on American viewers, give a shout, give a call to your representative because I think Mr. Trump has lost his way,” she said.
“It is causing chaos and uncertainty.”
Codi Wilson, CP24.com and CTV News Toronto journalist
Trump suggests U.S. added conditions at 11 hour: CNN
In a phone call with CNN’s Jim Sciutto Tuesday, Trump suggested that the U.S. added new conditions in its trade negotiations with Canada at the 11th hour ahead of last week’s deadline.
“That sounds like me,” Trump said.
U.S. officials had previously claimed that Canada made new demands and walked back previous commitments during negotiations. However, Carney said that “last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.”
When pressed on why he doesn’t deny Canada’s claims, Trump said he “doesn’t deny anything.”
“They have to pay a fair amount, and if they don’t pay a fair amount, we won’t make a deal,” he said. “That’s fine.”
Hunter Crowther, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘Matter of days’ until Trump reverses tariffs: Newsom
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he believes U.S. President Donald Trump will change course on his new tariffs on Canada soon, as he faces increasing political pressure back home.
“Imagine the phone calls Donald Trump’s receiving from members of his party, not from those condemning him from my party,” Newsom said in an interview with CTV News’ chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos on Tuesday.
“I think it’s a matter of days, if not weeks, the latest, where he completely flips on this and then tries to save face.”
Newsom says Trump is “creating a lot of political pressure” for members of the Republican Party.
Asked by Kapelos whether Trump’s trade policies have created permanent damage between long-time allies, Newsom said, “Trump’s not permanent” but concedes the negative impact may be more long term than he previously expected.
“The fact that this damage may be more long-lasting than I had originally believed. That concerns me, but I understand it at the same time,” he added.
Stephanie Ha, CTV News Ottawa News Bureau manager
Which U.S. imports will be tariffed?
On Tuesday, government officials told reporters that the list of tariffed items were designed to match the U.S. levies on Canadian products, with “individual product rates based on matching the U.S. rate for the same goods.”
For example, tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the U.S. will now go from 25 to 50 per cent, as will tariffs on furniture and clothing.
Other notable items being tariffed at 50 per cent include:
- Perfumes and makeup
- Smartphones
- Milk products
- Tableware and kitchenware
- Plywood products
- Paper products
- Honey, molasses and malt extract
- Doors, windows and frames
- Cutlery
The list of products being hit with 25 per cent tariffs include:
- A variety of seafood products
- Large kitchen appliances
- Cheese and curd products
- Carpets and textiles
Spencer Van Dyk, Ottawa News Bureau, writer & producer and Stephanie Ha Ottawa News Bureau, manager
Previous days’ updates follow:
White House alleges pattern of Canadian abuses
The White House released a statement Tuesday afternoon that outlined what it described as a record of Canadian trade abuses against the United States.
The statement, titled “President Trump Is Finally Ending Canada’s Free Ride,” reiterated Trump’s earlier claims that “Canada has been ripping off the United States for decades,” and went on to read that Trump is “done” letting Canada “get away with it.”
According to the release, the U.S. offered Canada the most preferential market access of any country on Earth last week, including deep cuts on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber, and more.
“Instead of partnership, Canada chose unreasonable demands, walk-backs, and flat-out rejection,” the statement read.
The release went on to list what the White House called a “record of Canadian abuse,” including restrictions on American wine, beer and spirits, Canada’s decision to retaliate with tariffs rather than continue negotiations, and its treatment of U.S. aerospace manufacturer Gulfstream, among other complaints.
Kayla Thompson, CTVNews.ca journalist
PM Carney stresses ‘Team Canada’ approach with Opposition
Carney stressed the importance of a “united Team Canada approach” in phone calls with other party leaders Tuesday about the state of trade talks with the United States.
The Prime Minister’s Office says Carney briefed the Opposition leaders about Canada’s new measures responding to an escalating trade war with the United States.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters in Windsor Tuesday that he would work with the government and other parties to respond to Trump’s “unjustified” tariffs.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said in a statement in French that Carney told him that his preference is to no longer discuss any compromises regarding supply management.
The Canadian Press
NDP leader urges PM Carney to ‘Trump-proof’ economy
NDP Leader Avi Lewis is urging the federal government to provide more protections for Canadian workers in the wake of Canada announcing new counter-tariffs against the United States.
Lewis said he spoke with Carney on the phone on Tuesday morning about Canada’s measures in response to the Trump administration’s new tariffs.
“I reiterated the NDP’s support for Canada walking away from a bad deal and welcomed the relief measures announced today as a first step to assist workers and industries,” Lewis said in a press release Tuesday.
“However, more action is required to make sure workers get the support they need and that we’re responding at scale and speed to the U.S. economic attacks. ”
Lewis said the New Democrats are calling for the federal government to provide the following:
• “Substantial supports” for employees in sectors affected by tariffs, such as wage subsidies
• Stronger employment insurance providing more benefits and reducing the number of hours needed for workers to quality
• An export tax on critical minerals and energy
“In the long term, I shared with the PM that … it’s past time that we doubled down on a clear plan to Trump-proof our economy,” he added.
Christl Dabu, CTVNews.ca journalist
Ford open to reintroducing electricity surcharge
Ford says he won’t cut off the electricity the province is sending to the U.S. but is still open to imposing a surcharge amid the escalating trade war between the two countries.
“I wouldn’t say cut it off but surcharge for sure,” he told Bloomberg TV’s Joe Mathieu on Tuesday afternoon when asked about whether he was considering the move.
Ontario first imposed an electricity surcharge in March 2025 in response to Trump’s tariffs but the tax was later suspended.
“It doesn’t make sense to the Ontario people that when we’re under attack economically, that we’d be sending electricity down to companies and residents to keep their power going,” Ford said.
He also reiterated that American booze will be back on Ontario store shelves once Canada and the U.S. have a “fair” deal.
“I’d put the booze back on the shelves, and in a heartbeat if we had a fair deal and I’ve been saying that over and over again,” Ford said.
Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist
Toronto mayoral candidate vows to rename New York, if elected
If Trump is going to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America to spite the province, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford says two can play that game.
Bradford pointed to New York, which borders the Great Lake with Toronto, and referenced the state’s history in a video shared on social media.
“From 1664 until 1776, it was actually called the Province of New York. It was a British colony and it was named after a duke,” Bradford said in the video, while sitting on a bench facing Lake Ontario. The colony was named in honour of James II of England, the Duke of York.
Should Bradford be elected in the upcoming municipal elections, on Oct. 26 of this year, he says he will revert the state’s name to honour its colonial roots.
“I’m even happy to send him a plaque,” Bradford said. “When President Trump retires, and he can’t retire soon enough, he’ll be able to look out his window, way up in Trump Tower and see the great Province of New York.”
Jokes aside, Bradford says threatening to change the name of a shared body of water between two countries will not dampen Torontonians’ patriotism, who instead can fight back against the new round of tariffs by buying Canadian.
“We can’t change what Washington does, but we can change how Toronto shows up for its own,” he said.
Alex Arsenych, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist
‘We’re always going to call it Lake Ontario’: Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked about the U.S. seriously considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
“That’s up to the president if he wants to change Lake Ontario to Lake America. I know Canadians, we’re always going to call it Lake Ontario,” Ford said in an interview with Bloomberg TV’s Joe Mathieu.
“That’s a lot of rhetoric again.”
The premier added that more than a dozen states will be impacted if the U.S. stops doing business with Ontario.
“He’s saying he won’t do a lot of business with Ontario. Well, let me remind the president: nine million Americans wake up every single morning to produce a product, a widget, or a service for Ontario,” he said.
Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist
‘Lake Ontario will remain Lake Ontario’: N.Y. county exec
An executive of a New York state county located along Lake Ontario’s south shore said he is against renaming the body of water.
“There are plenty of things that actually deserve our attention, renaming Lake Ontario isn’t one of them,” Monroe County executive Adam J. Bello said in a statement.
“So, for the record, Lake Ontario will remain Lake Ontario. Ontario Beach Park will remain Ontario Beach Park.”
Bello said Trump should focus his attention on making life affordable and protecting their health care.
“Lake Ontario’s name is doing just fine.”
Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist
Counter-tariffs create ‘less-than-ideal situation’: jobs minister
Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu says while counter-tariffs do create a “less-than-ideal situation for any country,” the federal government has no choice but to stand up for Canada.
“Look, it’s hard on Canadians when choice diminishes, and in some cases, prices go up because of that lack of choice,” she told CTV News Channel. “But it’s also really important to stand up for Canadian companies that produce these products in Canada.”
Hajdu was among the federal ministers who announced on Tuesday morning, the implementation of tariffs on nearly $28-billion worth of U.S. imports that is set to come into effect on Sept. 8. The ministers also pledged $7.5-billion towards support measures for workers and businesses.
“Tariffs are there to really emphasize that point, to make sure that our Canadian companies, manufacturers, and services have the most preferential situation in terms of people’s choices,” she says.
“No doubt about it, they can cause economic pain. They can cause economic pain on our side of the border. They can cause economic pain for Americans who will be unused to the prices that will go up as a result of tariffs. But ultimately, we didn’t start this war, nor do we want to be in it.”
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
Manitoba’s Kinew ‘supportive’ of counter-tariffs
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is encouraged by the federal government’s plan to support Canadians amid the ongoing trade war with the United States, adding the province will soon unroll details about how it plans to help.
After attending an unrelated event in Winkler Tuesday, Kinew spoke at length about the counter-tariffs with Carney.
“We have to stand up for our sovereignty, our independence, our freedom as Canadians,” said Kinew. “At the same time, we have to have supports there that are going to help those businesses that are going to bear the brunt of being caught up in an unjustified trade war launched by the U.S.”
Kinew met with industry and labour representatives Monday to discuss the concerns they have about the U.S. tariffs and how they will impact Manitobans.
Devon McKendrick, CTVNewsWinnipeg.ca journalist
Eby urges residents to boycott U.S. travel
B.C. Premier David Eby made an appearance at a province-run liquor store Tuesday, touting an ongoing ban on stocking and selling American alcohol as one of the “key responses” in the trade war with the U.S.
Amid the recent escalation from south of the border, which Eby called “extortionate,” the premier again asked residents not to travel to the United States.
“Choose another place to do your tourism,” Eby said, also asking people to choose Canadian products. “If you can choose a Canadian product instead of an American one, please choose it. Right now, Canadian workers from coast to coast to coast need our support.”
Eby’s news conference came on the heels of the leader of the Opposition B.C. Conservatives describing the booze ban as “not prudent or intelligent negotiating.”
Lisa Steacy, CTVNewsVancouver.ca journalist
Eby doesn’t rule out leveraging energy exports
B.C. Premier David Eby said he hopes the federal government will continue to apply pressure in the escalating trade war with the United States — and didn’t rule out tariffing or restricting the province’s energy exports.
“There’s lots still on the table for the federal government to have a conversation about with the with the president of the United States,” Eby said in an interview with BNN Bloomberg.
Eby also noted that thermal coal from the U.S. is shipped out of ports in B.C., suggesting that is a potential missed opportunity.
The premier also said he hopes the federal government will look more closely at non-tariff measures, including potentially halting a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet purchase.
Eby is set to speak again at 5 p.m. ET at a provincially run liquor store in Vancouver.
Lisa Steacy, CTVNewsVancouver.ca journalist
‘Consider CUSMA dead’ if counter-tariffs applied: expert
The Canada-U.S. trade dispute could have major consequences for the future of the continental trade agreement, according to one policy expert.
“If those counter tariffs actually go into effect on Sept. 8, you can consider CUSMA dead,” Hannah Thibedeau, executive Communications Officer at Global Public Affairs, said on CTV News Channel Tuesday.
She said the two-week delay before Canada’s retaliatory tariffs take effect provides an important window to de-escalate tensions and potentially revive negotiations.
“The good thing is … there is that off-ramp time frame,” she said, adding that the focus should be on how tariffs could affect Canadians’ finances rather than provocative rhetoric.
Thibedeau said the key question now is whether negotiators can find a way to reach an agreement before the deadline.
Archie Niari, CTVNews.ca journalist
Moe backs ‘targeted’ counter-tariff announcement
Saskatchewan’s premier is voicing support for the federal government’s counter-tariff measures.
In a statement to CTV News Tuesday, Premier Scott Moe said he endorsed the “focused and targeted” response to the 50 per cent tariffs imposed on Canadian goods by the U.S. — affecting roughly $28 billion worth of goods.
According to Moe, the new counter-tariffs will cover about $1.5 billion, or 11.3 per cent, of Saskatchewan’s annual imports from the U.S.
“We are analyzing the counter-tariff list closely and working with affected industries to determine its potential impact on jobs and consumer prices, while also reviewing the federal government’s support measures to ensure they work for Saskatchewan businesses and workers,” the statement read.
Daniel Reech, CTVNewsRegina.ca digital journalist.
Ford reveals he told PM not to take deal
In an interview with ABC’s Kyra Phillips on Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford revealed that he told Prime Minister Carney not to take the U.S.’ deal before trade negotiations fell apart last weekend.
“No deal is better than a bad deal,” Ford said, suggesting that Washington’s proposed terms would have “bled out” Canada’s steel and auto industry.
Ford struck a more diplomatic tone Tuesday after a war of words with President Trump a day earlier. The premier admitted to Phillips that the exchange got a “little heated,” after he told Trump to “kiss my ass” over the latest trade salvo.
“I don’t want to make it personal. What I want to do is sign a deal and make sure both countries thrive,” he said.
Phil Tsekouras, CTVNews.ca journalist
White House posts ‘Lake America’ LEGO image
In a post to social media Tuesday, the official White House page posted an AI image of a LEGO-style map of the United States featuring Lake Ontario renamed “Lake America.”
Amid renewed tensions and a worsening trade war between the United States and Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of changing the name of the lake Tuesday morning, saying in a social media post that the U.S. doesn’t “expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer.”
The AI LEGO map does not include Canada, but rather appears to depict it as another body of water.
Also featured on the image is the Gulf of America, which was formerly called the Gulf of Mexico, until Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 to have U.S. departments change it. That decision was controversial at the time and received significant pushback.
Spencer Van Dyk Ottawa News Bureau, writer & producer
Feds must negotiate before counter-tariffs start: Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to get back to the negotiating table with the United States before its counter-tariffs take effect in two weeks.
Smith says in a statement posted online that tariffs and counter-tariffs only risk further escalating the trade war between Canada and its southern neighbour.
Smith says she appreciates Ottawa’s plan to support businesses and that her government is working to see if provincial relief is also necessary.
Smith has been a holdout among provincial and territorial leaders when it comes to supporting Carney’s plan for counter-tariffs, after trade talks with the U.S. broke down Friday.
The Canadian Press
‘United Team Canada’
A statement from Carney, sent from the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday, says he spoke with opposition leaders about the federal government’s response to the “unjustified U.S. tariffs, including the new measures to support Canadian workers, families, and businesses.”
“The Prime Minister and the leaders discussed the ongoing response and underscored the importance of a united Team Canada approach as Canada works to protect jobs, build the economy, and stand up for Canadian interests,” the statement said.
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca lead morning producer
Poilievre, Carney discuss trade dispute
After announcing plans to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the two spoke by phone about the escalating trade dispute.
In a social media post, Poilievre outlined several requests he said he made to Carney, including releasing the text of the rejected trade agreement, recalling Parliament and adopting an emergency economic action plan aimed at protecting jobs and lowering costs for Canadians.
“The plan should scrap gas taxes until Canada Day, have zero capital gains tax on reinvesting in Canada, end the industrial carbon tax, green -light the 500 projects waiting for federal permits, and have ZERO sales tax on Canadian-made cars” the post read.
Kayla Thompson, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘Good faith’ negotiations needed from U.S.: A.I. Minister
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon says dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs set to go into effect on Sept. 8 are aimed at protecting workers, the country and Canada’s sovereignty.
Solomon, who was at today’s announcement on retaliatory measures, tells CTV News Channel the United States’ latest trade offer “was not a deal that was going to benefit Canada.”
“That’s why the prime minister and the team walked away,” he says. “But we’re ready to go back when there’s good faith negotiations.”
Pointing to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s colourful jabs at Trump, Solomon notes “people are angry and people are proud of this country.”
“So I’m not surprised by the language, but we’ve got to be smart and strategic, and that’s what we’re doing with this—September 8th, dollar-for-dollar tariffs,” he says.
Asked whether Canada will have to wait for a new U.S. president to take office before repairing the relationship with the U.S., Solomon was firm in his stance: “We’re not waiting.”
“Let’s be clear, this is not a wait. We are moving ahead. We are going to build. This is business as usual here,” he says.
“We’ve got to control what we can control, and that’s not sitting around waiting and twiddling our thumbs.”
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
‘Idiotic tariffs and wars’
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, responded to Trump’s post about renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” saying on social media that “with American troops being killed and injured overseas, and our families and businesses paying more for everything because of idiotic tariffs and wars, this is what Dear Leader is fixated on!”
Kaine served as Hillary Clinton’s vice-presidential running mate during her run for U.S. president in 2016 against Donald Trump.
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca lead morning producer, with files from The Canadian Press
Trump shares ‘Lake America’ map
After announcing his idea to rename one of the Great Lakes, Trump posted an image to Truth Social of the words “Lake Ontario” crossed out and replaced with an American flag and “Lake America” in gold letters.
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca lead morning producer
‘Most difficult and unreasonable’
In his third Truth Social post Tuesday targeting Canadians, Trump accused Canada of “‘Ripping Off’ the U.S.A. for decades.”
“They have been charging our Farmers 400% Tariffs, and more. They have driven many wonderful U.S. companies out of business. For 10 years they wouldn’t certify Gulfstream Jets, until I got involved. They wanted 100% of the market for Gulfstream’s Canadian competitor,” he said.
“I deal with many countries, and Canada is easily the most difficult and unreasonable. They feel entitled, but they are not a State, and will be entitled no longer!”
Twenty minutes later, Trump made another post on Truth Social, saying, “Over the last 10 years, the United States lost, on average, 60 Billion Dollars a year with Canada. No more!”
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca lead morning producer
‘It got a little personal’: Ford
After a series of heated exchanges between Trump and Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday, Ford told CNN Tuesday that the temperature needs to come down.
“It got a little personal yesterday,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
In his interview on the U.S. network, Ford returned to some familiar talking points, emphasizing the importance of a strong partnership between the two countries.
“It’s time to get back to the table and let’s negotiate a fair deal because it is hurting the U.S., it is hurting Canada,” he said.
He called Trump’s threats to stop doing business with Ontario “a lot of rhetoric,” noting that the province is America’s third largest trading partner globally.
Codi Wilson, CP24.com journalist
N.B. won’t stop supplying electricity: premier
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says Canada’s trade war with the U.S. has not reached a point where her province would stop supplying electricity to Maine.
Holt said it would be an extremely serious measure to turn off the power to communities who have been friends and neighbours to New Brunswick for generations.
That’s as her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford warned he could cut off his province’s power exports to the U.S. entirely in an interview with The Associated Press.
The Canadian Press.
MacNaughton warns against ‘rhetorical battle’
A former Canadian ambassador to the United States is warning engaging in “rhetorical battle” with President Trump is not something that’s worthwhile, and is urging politicians to instead focus on reaching out to Americans.
In his own experience communicating with Americans, David MacNaughton notes many of them don’t understand the “depth and the breadth” of their relationship with Canada, whether it be economic or defence.
“I think we should be getting out there, whether it be by social media or actually talking on American television and explaining the facts,” he said to host Marcia MacMillan on CTV News Channel.
“We’ve got to do a better job of informing them and getting them to put pressure on the president of the United States, not thinking that somehow engaging in verbal warfare is going to make a difference. I mean, there’s that old saying about engaging in a contest with a skunk. I won’t get into the details, but you know what I mean.”
For example, Ontario Premier Doug Ford saying he’ll be reaching out to governors and U.S. businesses is the “right answer,” MacNaughton adds.
“We’ve just got to tone down the rhetoric and reach out to reasonable Americans who actually benefit substantially from trade with Canada and because of our defence and security relationship, too,” he says. “A lot of them believe exactly what DJT says. And sometimes he gets close to the facts, but not very often.”
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
‘I love French Canadians!’
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning that he would “never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing.”
“This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec. I love French Canadians!” he added.
French was listed as one of the key issues that forced Canada to suspend trade talks.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, meanwhile, has downplayed the language-centred trade issues as a “funny fake story,” but said the sticking points came down to Canada’s push to get big streamers like Netflix to pay a portion of their profits to Canadian or Quebecois content producers.
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca lead morning producer
‘Lake America’
In a Truth Social post Tuesday morning, Trump said: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer.”
It comes less than 24 hours after Trump said he plans to increase tariffs to 50 per cent on all Canadian cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel on New Year’s Day.
Confronted with the news during a radio interview on Monday morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded, “He can kiss my ass as far as I’m concerned.”
The U.S. president previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a change that is now reflected on Google Maps.
Codi Wilson, CP24.com journalist
Would never tolerate ‘Lake America’: Ont. mayor
Mississauga, Ont. Mayor Carolyn Parrish says President Trump’s threats to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” are a “bit of a pipe dream.”
“We’re not going to take that sitting down. We’re going to fight back,” she tells host Todd van der Heyden on CTV News Channel. “I don’t think it’s ever going to happen. We would never tolerate that. We’re more concerned about the trade difficulties we’re having right now than we are with name-calling and changing the name of lakes.”
On trade impacts, Parrish notes small- and medium-sized businesses make up 97 per cent of Mississauga’s employers and 18 per cent of jobs are directly tied to exports to the United States.
“They’re very nervous, and we’re very concerned about them,” Parrish says, adding that work is being done to put together a strategy to assist those businesses. For example, the city is seriously looking into using some of its emergency funds to reduce property taxes for some of those businesses, according to Parrish.
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
Poilievre says he’ll speak with Carney
At a Tuesday morning news conference in Windsor, Ont., Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he will urge Prime Minister Mark Carney to put Canada first and release details of the proposed trade deal when the two speak later that day.
“Let’s be clear: there are no national secrets in that text. It’s already been shown to the United States administration. The president has seen it. His negotiators have seen it. The United States has seen it. Canadians deserve to see it,” he said.
Kayla Thompson, CTVNews.ca journalist
Retaliatory tariff details
Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. today, multiple sources told CTV News.
Prime Minister Mark Carney previously said dollar-for-dollar retaliatory measures will be in place after Labour Day but has not yet released details.
On Monday evening, the Department of Finance said four ministers including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will announce the measures Tuesday morning at a local business. Among those present will be Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu.
One source told CTV News in addition to retaliatory tariffs, the federal government will announce an expansion of Employment Insurance (EI) to help domestic workers impacted by U.S. tariffs. The source also said the premiers are expected to be briefed on a call.
With files from CTV News’ Graham Richardson, Stephanie Ha and Abigail Bimman
‘Fall in line’
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday with a pointed message to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford: “fall in line” or the consequences from the trade war will be much worse.
The post addresses Carney as “Governor,” an ongoing jab the president has used to target Canadian prime ministers, including Justin Trudeau.
Trump’s message also states that the U.S. is Canada’s “key to survival” and that the days of “ripping off our Farmers, and other Businesses, are OVER!”
Elianna Lev, CTVNews.ca multi-platform writer
Trade war may rattle states with key U.S. Senate races
Trump’s trade war threatens Republican efforts to address voters’ economic concerns as control of the U.S. Senate hinges on states along the border.
“Imposing new tariffs on Canada is a mistake,” Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of Democrats’ top targets this year, said while campaigning Monday.
The issue also puts pressure on Republicans in the border states of Michigan, Ohio and Alaska, and in Iowa, whose main trading partner is Canada.
“Trump is escalating a trade war with Canada for his own vanity,” Michigan’s Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed said on social media, adding that his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, is a “rubber stamp” for such policies.
The Associated Press
Canada’s a reliable partner: LeBlanc
Speaking to CNN on Monday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said no one should be surprised that Canada is taking the steps it’s currently taking in the trade war with the U.S.
“We would expect the Americans, in the face of such an action, to take steps to protect their economy,” he said. “So we’re going to do exactly that.”
He added that Canada still believes an economic partnership with the U.S. benefits the competitive advantage of North America.
“We think we can be a reliable partner and regret that we couldn’t get to that point of a deal on Friday,” he said.
Elianna Lev, CTVNews.ca multi-platform writer
Earlier updates follow:
‘It was a bad deal’: Carney
Speaking to reporters following his announcement in Lévis, Que., on Monday, Carney said in French that the terms presented by the U.S were a “bad deal.”
Asked later to respond to comments by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy that Carney will be forced to return to the negotiating table because the tariffs will be “devastating” to Canada, the prime minister said officials will resume talks when their American counterparts have “the right attitude towards their industries.”
“Let’s be clear: there is an existing arrangement between our country that works,” Carney said.
“It can be improved. There are ways to improve it, and we will work to improve it in ways that are to the benefit of Canadians, but also to the benefit of Americans and the people of Mexico.”
“But an attitude at the negotiation table that Canada is a subsidiary of the United States, that Canadian industry is going to be disadvantaged relative to American industry, that we’re going to set up terms so that over time Canadian industry is going to face constant headwinds, that’s not something we’re going to accept,” he added.
Spencer Van Dyk, CTVNews.ca writer and producer
Trump to increase auto tariffs to 50%
U.S. President Donald Trump is firing back at Canada by announcing he will increase tariffs “on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel” to 50 per cent on New Year’s Day.
“Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform Monday.
“They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US! They do 95% of their business with the U.S., with us, the exact opposite! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca lead morning producer
Deal was not ‘in economic interest of Canada’: LeBlanc
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is standing by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to walk away from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade offer, telling BNN Bloomberg there was ultimately no “deal or offer that was in the economic interests of Canada.”
LeBlanc said a series of developments on Friday led the prime minister to reject the proposal, citing concerns about tariff treatment for Canadian auto parts and vehicles.
“Ultimately when some of these things were being retraded or the language didn’t give us a degree of reliability that Canadians expected. We concluded that the deal that we had hoped to get and that we had negotiated in good faith towards achieving simply wasn’t there,” he told BNN Bloomberg on Monday.
LeBlanc also said the Americans sought to make last-minute changes to the agreement that would have restricted Canada’s ability to pursue free-trade deals with other countries.
“They wanted tariff-free access to the Canadian economy, and they were proposing a series of measures in strategic sectors that ultimately wouldn’t have put us in a commercially viable circumstance, so we didn’t accept it.”
Kayla Thompson, CTVNews.ca journalist
Doug Ford and Donald Trump exchange war of words
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is slamming Donald Trump as a “dictator” and the “king of bankruptcies” after the U.S. president criticized him on social media on Monday afternoon.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to Ford by the name as “the less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford” before noting that Canada “couldn’t survive” without the U.S.
Ford responded to the remarks at a news conference moments later.
“I am not going to take any advice off a guy that is the king of bankruptcies and he is actually tariffing his own people, taxing his own people,” Ford said. “I am going to be reaching out to every single governor, every single senator and when it comes to the (U.S.) midterms I have a message to the Americans: don’t vote in a person that is going to kill your jobs.”
Chris Fox, CP24.com and CTVNewsToronto.ca managing digital producer
Ford calls on feds to help province
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the federal government to help the province “withstand the economic pain” that will accompany a renewed trade war with the U.S. through a number of concrete steps.
Ford told reporters at a news conference in Hamilton, Ont. on Monday that the federal government should “eliminate federal greenhouse gas emission standards for Canadian-made vehicles and exempt tariff-impacted sectors from federal emissions performance standards.”
He said that doing so would save Canadian businesses “hundreds of millions of dollars in compliance costs.”
“In response to these tariffs the federal government needs to work with us to take urgent action to strengthen the competitiveness of key Ontario industries,” he said.
Chris Fox, CP24.com and CTVNewsToronto.ca managing digital producer
‘He can kiss my ass’: Ford lashes out at Trump
Premier Doug Ford had harsh words for U.S. President Donald Trump who vowed on Monday to increase tariffs to 50 per cent on all Canadian cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel on New Year’s Day.
“He can kiss my ass as far as I’m concerned,” Ford told Newstalk 580 CFRA host Bill Carroll on Monday morning. “We are going to go at him full steam.”
Ford said he is considering putting an export tariff on electricity to make the U.S. “feel the pain.”
He urged all premiers across the province to “start jumping into the fight.”
“I can’t be standing alone on this,” he said.
“Every single province, or majority of them, deliver electricity down to the U.S. Alberta delivers 4.1 million barrels of oil down in the U.S.”
Codi Wilson, CP24.com journalist
Vance says negotiations are ongoing
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that negotiations with Canada are ongoing and that the U.S. would press for fairness in trade.
“They came in with a bunch of unreasonable last-minute demands,” Vance told an audience in Brewer, Maine. “I think that we should have a deal, but I think that we need to send a message loud and clear to the Prime Minister of Canada: stop taking advantage of the people of Maine. Stop taking advantage of America. It’s over. We expect fairness in our trade policy.”
Reuters
Hold out for ‘the best deal’: Holt
Speaking to reporters on Monday, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt also expressed support for Canadian negotiators and said it’s important to hold out for the best deal possible.
“New Brunswickers have been clear: we don’t want our province to make concessions or compromise who we are or the value of what we produce in the face of a deal that isn’t fair or in our best interests,” Holt told reporters Monday.
“We want the best deal for New Brunswickers,” she also said. “Not just any deal, and certainly not a bad deal.”
The premier added it’s impossible to negotiate a “fair deal” when the other side continues to change the terms, and said while New Brunswickers have already shown themselves to be loyal to local and domestic industries, now is the time to “double down.”
“Every dollar we spend supporting New Brunswick businesses helps keep someone in our province working, and helps strengthen our economy,” Holt said.
Spencer Van Dyk, CTVNews.ca writer and producer
‘Discriminatory tax’: Greer on French language sticking point
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said not only does he “like the Quebecois” and the fact “that they speak French,” he stressed he and his children speak French, with one of them born in Paris.
Greer told CNBC Monday morning that language-centred trade issues connected to the breakdown in negotiations were a “funny fake story.”
Greer said the sticking points actually came down to Canada’s push to get big streamers like Netflix to pay a certain portion of their profits to Canadian or Quebecois content producers. He called this “a tax, a discriminatory tax on American companies.”
The U.S. has consistently taken issue with Canadian legislative efforts requiring streamers to make it easier to find local content in Canada, and to pay a proportion of Canadian revenues back into Canadian content.
Greer, however, called Quebecers wanting to prioritize the French language and protecting national identity a “really valuable thing” in keeping with the U.S. administration’s values.
Abigail Bimman, CTV National News correspondent
Danielle Smith, Doug Ford discuss trade war
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford discussed Canada’s ongoing trade war during a Monday phone call.
In a statement sent to CTV News, Smith confirmed the pair chatted on Monday.
“As I’ve said in the past, cutting off Alberta energy exports to the U.S. would be extremely harmful to Canadians and is not a viable option.”
“Right now, our focus must be on immediate action: supporting affected workers and businesses, dismantling interprovincial trade barriers, strong diplomacy and continuing to grow our export markets.”
Smith says she looks forward to “discussing these constructive strategies” with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers.
Melissa Gilligan, CTVNews Calgary journalist
‘We will never be the 51st state’: B.C.’s Eby
B.C. Premier David Eby says Canada needs to “hit back” after U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs came into effect.
“We like our American partners and friends, but there is a line. We are a separate country. We have our own vision for the country and for where we’d like to go, and we will never be the 51st state,” he told CNN on Monday.
Eby argued Canada’s trade surplus with the U.S. is largely driven by energy exports and said the tariffs would drive up the cost of goods ranging from building materials to cut flowers and fishing equipment.
“The rest of the world will say enough in terms of hitting your number one customer with a 50 per cent tariff and expecting that we wouldn’t do the same is bizarre. So we will,” he said.
Kayla Thompson, CTVNews.ca journalist
B.C. minister warns of job losses
B.C.’s Jobs and Economic Development Minister Brenda Bailey defended the federal government’s decision to walk away from the trade talks last week, saying “stepping away from a bad deal is the right thing to do.”
“It’s going to be rough,” Bailey told CTV News on Monday. “And it’s scary for people. We don’t know what comes next with this president. He’s very unpredictable.”
Bailey said workers in B.C., Quebec and Ontario will feel the effects of the new tariffs most acutely, with job losses anticipated across multiple sectors.
In response, the provincial and federal governments are preparing a package of financial support for businesses, she said, including grants and loans similar to the assistance provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Todd Coyne, CTVNewsVancouver.ca journalist. Read the full story here
Canada to blame: Greer
Jamieson Greer says Canada ultimately wanted more than Washington was willing to offer.
Greer said Monday during an interview on CNBC that Canada had maintained restrictions on U.S. wine, spirits, dairy and autos, prompting the U.S. to impose targeted tariffs covering about five per cent of Canadian imports.
He said there was significant progress in negotiations, with the U.S. offering to halve steel and aluminum tariffs and substantially reduce auto tariffs.
He also dismissed concerns about a broader trade war.
The Associated Press
Mexico’s Sheinbaum seeks U.S. trade deal
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she expects to reach a trade agreement with the United States, echoing recent comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The push for a Mexico-U.S. agreement comes amid escalating trade friction between Washington and Ottawa. The United States on Saturday imposed 50 per cent tariffs on certain Canadian goods after bilateral negotiations collapsed, with both sides accusing the other of derailing the talks.
Reuters
Canada must ‘stand up strong’ in tariff fight
The latest Canada-U.S. negotiations broke down after the U.S. sought greater influence over Canada’s trade relationships, culture and sovereignty, said Tabatha Bull, a member of the prime minister’s Advisory Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.
“The U.S. wanted to have more control over us entering into other trade agreements,” said Bull, who is also president of the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business.
She said Canada should continue building relationships with other markets around the world. However, she urged caution as premiers call for stronger retaliation against U.S. tariffs.
Bull said Canadians should look into how they can “stand up strong together” and strike back without having “more harm” on the Canadian economy.
Archie Niari, CTVNews.ca journalist
Tariffs ‘chiefly damaging’ to U.S. auto assembly
The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association says U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to raise tariffs on all cars, trucks and automotive parts from Canada to 50 per cent in January will be “chiefly damaging” to the U.S. auto assembly.
Flavio Volpe, who serves on the advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations, explains U.S. assembly plants rely heavily on specialized Canadian auto parts delivered on a “just-in-time” basis.
“They might have 24 hours worth of parts,” he says. “If you don’t bring the seats in from London, Ont. to your truck plant in Warren, Mich., then you’re not making that truck, and that means every other supplier to that truck line across the U.S. has to put their tools down.”
Volpe says if the United States tariffs Canadian auto parts, they’ll have to accept an estimated $30-million bill a day, which the U.S. auto assembly will have to pay.
“You can’t go to Walmart to get bumpers and steering wheels for Hondas. You either have a factory that makes them, or you don’t,” he says.
“And so that threat actually isn’t real unless what he’s actually threatening is to shut down the U.S. auto sector.”
Volpe called for cooler heads to prevail amid the collapse of trade talks with the U.S.
Speaking to host Carolyn Jarvis on CTV News Channel, Volpe appears to reference earlier comments from Ontario Premier Doug Ford in which he said Trump can “kiss my ass” and that all options for retaliation should be on the table.
“We should not react in the moment and invite people to kiss our rear-ends,” Volpe says.
Though Volpe says he’d “rather have a fired-up premier than not,” and notes that he really appreciates Ford’s passion for the industry, he’s urging caution.
“We’re dealing with someone who’s very thin-skinned in the White House,” he says. “To get him to de-escalate, it’s probably better to not tangle with him in the mud.”
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
We are in ‘chaos zone’
A former federal cabinet minister says the fallout from the failed trade talks between Canada and the U.S. will be difficult for both countries, describing the current condition as a “chaos zone.”
James Moore, who was a minister under former prime minister Stephen Harper, argued the U.S. tariff strategy is ultimately damaging to both economies, while accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of “unfairly” targeting Canada.
“It’s awful for the United States and Canada,” he said.
Moore also warned that domestic political pressures in the U.S. could continue driving the administration’s approach to trade.
The former official also noted that Canada’s response has asserted its position but warned the next phase could be increasingly confrontational.
Archie Niari, CTVNews.ca journalist
O’Toole cautions against using energy
Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is cautioning the federal government against using energy as part of Canada’s retaliatory measures against the United States.
“I would not use energy because energy is a fundamental aspect to almost civilization,” O’Toole, who sits on the prime minister’s advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations, tells CTV News Channel. “I don’t think we should switch off the lights of our neighbours, even if we’re squabbling with the neighbours.”
O’Toole says Canada could look at other areas instead, including reviewing a potential purchase of American F-35 fighter jets, pursuing trade agreements with other countries and possibly revisiting the controversial digital services tax.
Asked whether he agrees with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre that Prime Minister Mark Carney should reconvene Parliament and share more details of the deal, O’Toole says “yes.”
“I think that’s a responsible approach for the opposition to take,” he says. “I think now that the government is coming up with a test, a series of responses, I think they should bring that to Parliament and allow the other parties and the country to see the response that’s going to come.”
Samantha Pope, senior producer, CTV’s Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
‘Hit where it hurts’: Chretien
Former prime minister Jean Chretien says the federal government should impose an export tax on certain goods, as a way of hitting back at the United States for its new slate of tariffs on Canadian imports.
“If we want to stay upright, we have to hit where it hurts,” Chretien told Télé-Quebec in a clip posted online Sunday, before pointing to energy, oil, natural gas, and potash as examples of Canadian goods the U.S. needs.
“That’s where we should tax,” he added. “The advantage of an export tax is it’s not us who pays, it’s the Americans.”
Spencer Van Dyk, CTVNews.ca writer and producer
Greer: Fallout a ‘tempest in a teapot’
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is downplaying the impact of the collapse of the trade talks with Canada.
“I think this is a little bit of a tempest in a teapot,” Greer told reporters at the White House on Monday morning. “The tariffs went in place over the weekend, which we’ve warned about for a long time. They only cover about 5% of Canadian trade, only .06 percent of U.S. overall consumption.”
Greer said he is preparing potential responses for Trump to Canada’s threat to retaliate dollar-for-dollar, but he declined to elaborate on the options.
Reconvene Parliament: Poilievre
Just days after Prime Minister Mark Carney recalled Canadian negotiators from Washington and walked away from a trade deal with the U.S., federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Carney to reconvene Parliament over the decision.
“We must put the national interest first,” wrote Poilievre in a letter to the prime minister.
“The failure to secure a durable trade agreement, together with escalating tariffs, now threatens deeper economic pain on top of a decade of rising costs and zero economic growth in the Canadian economy,” the letter said.
Jeremie Charron, CTV National News weekend correspondent
U.S. anthem ‘booed’ at Vancouver soccer game
Soccer fans are again voicing their disappointment over trade relations between the United States and Canada by booing the American national anthem.
Jeers echoed through Vancouver’s BC Place ahead of a Major League Soccer game between the Whitecaps and FC Dallas on Saturday as singer Emma Currie launched into the opening notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
The song was similarly booed at Stade Saputo before CF Montreal hosted the L.A. Galaxy there earlier in the day.
The audible protests came hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended talks with the U.S. and recalled his negotiators back to Ottawa, prompting the Americans to impose 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars in Canadian exports.
Most affected provinces?
Roughly 87,000 Canadian jobs could be at risk because of the United States’ new 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, according to an analysis conducted by University of Calgary economics Prof. Trevor Tombe, who spent hours calculating Statistics Canada’s input-output numbers.
His analysis estimates that approximately 52,000 jobs are directly at risk, while indirect effects on Canadian suppliers and service providers could put another 35,000 at risk.
The hardest-hit provinces for job losses are Ontario (36,100), Quebec (18,300) and B.C. (11,200), while the industries that are set to have the highest number of job losses are machinery, electronics, plastics and rubber.
“If we assume that these tariffs remain in place for some time, what it effectively means is that Americans will be purchasing fewer of the tariff items from Canadian producers – and that will mean less output in Canada and therefore less employment in those exporting firms,” said Tombe.
Kamil Karamali, CTV National News weekend correspondent
‘In this together’: former Conservative deputy leader
A former Conservative cabinet minister says she hopes Prime Minister Mark Carney will brief opposition members on the proposed trade deal and next steps.
“Having other folks leak and talk to reporters, it’s not helpful,” Lisa Raitt, who is also a member of the advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations, told CTV News Channel on Sunday.
She added that she hopes Carney will set up a briefing in response to the Conservative leader’s request.
“It’s openness that’s needed,” she said.
“They want to know what’s in the deal that isn’t a deal and they want to know what programs are going to go forward for Canadians who are unfairly impacted by the 50 per cent tariff.”
Release U.S. trade offer details: Conservatives
Federal conservatives are calling on the government to release the full details of the trade offer from the United States that Canada rejected this week.
In a letter to Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Canada-U.S. relations critic Shuvaloy Majumdar said while his party supports the government’s decision to reject the deal, Parliament is in the dark on what was on the table.
“If there was a draft text of any agreement that both governments have seen, please release it. The U.S. administration has seen it. Your government has seen it. Canadians deserve to see it,” Majumdar wrote.
A spokesperson for the Bloc Québécois wouldn’t say whether they support the calls for the government to detail what the Americans were offering.
But the party reiterated calls for a meeting between the “recognized” party leaders in the House of Commons to get a briefing on the situation.
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May also said the party leaders should be briefed, but stopped short of demanding the trade details be made public.
“I think we should have at least a Zoom call or Teams meeting as we used to do under the former prime minister to make sure that we are all updated,” May said.
The Canadian Press
Trade war ‘devastating’ for Canada: Trump admin
The Trump administration on Sunday warned that Canada would be “foolish” to think it could win a trade war with the United States.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told “Fox News Sunday” talk show that Prime Minister Carney will return to negotiations “very very quickly, because it’s going to be devastating for his country.”
“We’re great trading partners, right? But Canada gets the benefit of trading with the U.S. way more than the U.S. gets the benefit of trading with Canada,” he said on the show.
“To think that they’re going to go to war with Donald Trump and actually win that war with the U.S., I think it’s foolish on their part.”
AFP
U.S. after ‘fortress North America’
International trade lawyer at Mccarthy Tétrault Ljiljana Stanić says the collapse of the tariff talks with the U.S. was “unexpected”.
“I think most people expected another extension was forthcoming,” she told CTV News Channel on Sunday.
On the issue of U.S. asking Canada to match Washington’s tariffs on other countries Stanić said, “it seemed like the United States was trying to build fortress North America.”
The trade lawyer said she believes “that was a lot to ask from Canada without having free trade with the United States.”
Stanić also noted that “trade disputes are easy to start but difficult to contain,” and added that the situation is now at a tipping point where trade tensions between the two sides can quickly escalate.
Archie Niari, CTVNews.ca journalist
Trump: Canada wants benefits of statehood
In his Truth Social Post, Trump also claimed that Canada has charged U.S. farmers “massive amounts of tariffs” for many years.
Canada only imposes high tariffs on U.S. dairy exports if they exceed quota amounts.
“In reality, however, the countries exporting products to Canada will not pay the high tariff because they will simply not export more than was negotiated in the trade agreement under which they have access,” states the Dairy Farmers of Canada, a national lobby representing Canadian dairy producers.
Trump’s comments come after Prime Minister Carney delivered his own address on the trade dispute in which he said Canada is at economic “war” with the U.S.
In Carney’s address, he said last-minute changes by the U.S. to the deal lead to a breakdown negotiations.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Carney warned about economic coercion
Carney is doing what many other American allies have so far avoided: risking economic pain rather than yielding to tariff pressure.
For Carney, the showdown is the clearest test yet of his argument that middle powers must stand up to economic pressure from great powers such as the United States and China, even when it comes at a cost. Canada’s response could show how countries navigate a world in which long-standing alliances offer less protection and economic ties themselves become sources of leverage.
It could also shape how Carney is viewed at home and abroad, and how other U.S. allies respond to the Republican U.S. president.
The trade dispute also has become a test of sovereignty.
Carney said Washington introduced language in the final hours of negotiations that would have restricted Canada’s ability to make trade deals with other countries. He said that demand was “unacceptable” and “a question of sovereignty.”
The Associated Press
Canada ‘at war?’
Carney was asked: “Why does it feel like, today, Mark Carney is going to war, trade war?”
“You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” he responded.
He said Canada had waited for the U.S. to implement tariffs to respond this way, and now that they have, “we’ve got the reserves. We’ve got the resilience”
“We’ve got the plan, we’ve got the focus,” he continued. “We’re going to focus on what we can control. We’re going to build.”
Luca Caruso-Moro, CTVNews.ca journalist
U.S. tariffs are violation of CUSMA deal, Sask. premier says
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is calling new U.S. tariffs a violation of the CUSMA trade deal.
“Last minute changes by U.S. negotiators undermined the fairness and reliability of the deal,” Moe said in an X post on Saturday.
Moe says over the past few days, the Canadian government was working toward a deal that would have avoided new tariffs and reduced some tariffs that were previously imposed by the U.S.
“The new 50 per cent U.S. tariffs on some Canadian goods are a clear violation of CUSMA and a clear indication that the current U.S. administration cannot be trusted to live up to its own trade deals,” Moe’s statement read.
Caitlin Brezinski, Digital Journalist, CTV News Regina
Mark Carney chairs first ministers’ meeting
The Prime Minister’s Office says Mark Carney met virtually with provincial and territorial premiers Saturday to discuss the suspension of trade negotiations with the United States.
The PMO says Carney outlined next steps to protect Canadian interests, including dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs that will take effect on the Tuesday after Labour Day, along with additional measures to support Canadian workers and businesses affected by U.S. tariffs.
Carney also emphasized the importance of a united “Team Canada” approach, with continued collaboration between the federal, provincial and territorial governments on nation-building projects, diversifying export markets and removing internal trade barriers.
Tammy Ibrahimpour, CTV News National Digital Producer
F bombs in a trade war
California Governor Gavin Newsom made his feelings clear on social media Saturday morning.
“Our closest ally. Our critical trading partner. And Trump is hitting Canada with 50% tariffs,” wrote Newsom on X. “What the actual f--- are we doing?”
Luca Caruso-Moro, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘There are no deals’ with Trump: Former Harper aide
Former Director of Communications to Stephen Harper Kory Teneycke believes Prime Minister Mark Carney should prepare the nation for an “incredibly difficult period of time,” but supports Canada’s approach in the tariff talks.
In an interview with Vassy Kapelos on CTV News Channel, he said that if there is one thing we’ve learned from U.S. President Donald Trump, it’s that “there are no deals.”
Teneycke described Trump as a president who “has broken every agreement he has made on every topic” since he took office.
“He is the kind of guy who starts bombing you when you’re in peace talks,” he said, adding that Canada didn’t start this war, but “we’re going to be there to finish it.”
Archie Niari, CTVNews.ca journalist
Trump ‘can’t be trusted’: Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized U.S. President Donald Trump, portraying him as an untrustworthy bully whose tariff strategy harms both Canadians and Americans.
He says Trump “can’t be trusted” because “he changes the deal” and “keeps moving the goalpost.”
Speaking to reporters, Ford added that Trump is “the type of person that would steal your lunch money the first day, he’d steal the toque off your head the second day, and the third day he’d steal your running shoes.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘No deal is better than a bad deal’: Ford told Carney
In a newly released letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged Ottawa to stand firm against the United States after President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs took effect following the collapse of last-minute trade talks.
The premier had largely remained quiet in recent days as negotiations continued.
However, in the letter, Ford told Carney that “no deal is better than a bad deal” that could encourage the United States to seek further concessions from Canada.
“We cannot allow arbitrary deadlines, shifting justifications or escalating tariff threats to weaken our resolve,” Ford wrote.
He said Ontario would not support removing its existing retaliatory measures without a deal that provides “significant relief” for Ontario workers, businesses and key sectors
Jermaine Wilson, CTVNews.ca Journalist
PM: U.S. proposed new ‘unfair’ terms
Carney said that progress was being made on negotiations towards a “mutually beneficial deal.” But in recent days, American negotiators proposed “new terms that were economically unfair.”
The terms “undermined net benefits for Canadians and called into question the reliability of any deal,” he said.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Last-minute changes
Carney was asked to specify what the U.S. sought to change in the final hours of negotiations.
Among those changes, he said the Americans had proposed a treatment of auto trade that was unacceptable to the Canadian team.
He also said the U.S. had taken “efforts to restrict our ability to have other trade deals,” and that “we believe in free trade.”
Carney was asked later if Canada had any of its own last-minute requests.
“’No’ is the short answer,” he responded.
Luca Caruso-Moro, CTVNews.ca journalist
Changes included auto, trade restrictions
The U.S. made “last-minute” requests to change the deal regarding the auto sector and Canada’s capacity to have other trade accords, according to Carney.
“The Americans wanted to limit it to autos only, not include medium and heavy duty trucks which is a big change, obviously,” he said.
Negotiators also introduced “at the last hour” efforts to restrict Canada’s ability to have other trade deals, he added.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Would Canada tariff other countries in co-ordination with U.S.?
When asked by a reporter if the U.S. expected Canada to tariff other countries as part of a trade deal, Carney responded, “there were elements of that.”
Canada could agree to that as part of an “integrated” market system with the U.S., Carney added.
But if that’s what the Americans are after, Carney said American tariffs on Canadian exports should be “clearly the lowest” among trading partners.
Asked why he thought the U.S. was interested in influencing Canadian foreign trade policy, Carney said “it’s a power play.”
Devika Desai and Luca Caruso-Moro,, CTVNews.ca journalist
‘Mastering energy is mastering destiny’
Carney said Canada has been putting efforts towards ‘mastering energy’ and becoming an independent superpower.
“We’ve doubled the capacity of our electrical network from (now) to 2050,” he said.
He referred to an announcement made on Monday by federal government, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, to update and expand the Churchills Falls generating station, as well as develop the Gull island project and transmissions.
He described it as the “single largest investment in Canada’s history to build the largest clean energy project.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
PM: Canada investing local
Canada will invest $25 billion to protect workers and businesses affected by the tariffs, Carney said.
This will include investments in “equipment, productivity and supply chain resilience,” as well as financing large companies to keep employers “afloat,” he added.
“We’re helping those hardest hit industries retool and pivot to those new international markets, and we’re being our own best customers,” he said.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
PM: Tariffs will hit U.S. steel and dairy
Carney said the retaliatory tariffs will hit sectors such as steel, dairy, appliances, agriculture, electronics.
“Also include products that are currently subject to unjustified Section 232 tariffs. This is a focused response to protect and defend our industries and allow them to compete with U.S. products in the Canadian market,” he said.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Premier pushback did not ‘factor’ in negotiations
Pushback from premiers in recent days over returning U.S. booze to stores did not factor into suspending trade negotiations, Carney said.
“The essence of (Wednesday’s meeting) was ... that we were on a path to a potential deal that would give Canadians ... the best deal in all our strategic sectors,” he said.
The price for that deal was “worth paying,” he added.
Last-minute changes by the Americans made the deal ‘uneconomic’, he added. “So we’re not asking the premiers to do anything.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Tariff protection for Canadians on its way
Carney said that tariff protection will be provided to business affected by the U.S. tariffs.
“Many of them are small, medium-sized businesses,” he said. “They’re in a wide range of industries spread across the country, concentrated (in) Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.”
He did not say when the protections will be announced but added that it will be released “in a few days.”
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Diversifying trade is ‘Plan A’
Carney said he will continue to focus on “building at home and diversifying trade abroad.”
“It has been our Plan A from the start,” he said.“Canada will continue to pursue this path to build Canada strong because it’s right and because it’s working,” he said.
Devika Desai, CTVNews.ca journalist
Poilievre: Canada can’t accept one-way tariffs
“Canada cannot accept one-sided tariffs that will deindustrialize our country. Nor can we accept a bad deal,” reads a statement from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Saturday morning.
He said his party is disappointed with the Americans’ move to impose new tariffs, calling them “unjustified” and adding they “threaten the jobs and livelihoods of families right across our country.”
He also called on the Liberal government to end its industrial carbon levy and enact “major tax reforms” to spur investment, among other measures.
Luca Caruso-Moro, CTVNews.ca Journalist
Premiers respond to failed trade talks
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the “prime minister has my full support for a strong response—tariff for tariff, dollar for dollar.”
B.C. Premier David Eby, who was advocating for relief on softwood lumber tariffs, said Canada’s “politeness should never be mistaken for weakness.”
There is frustration, however, from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who says she is “deeply disappointed” that no deal was reached and is “urging the federal government to restart negotiations as soon as possible.”
Stephanie Ha, CTV News’ Ottawa News Bureau manager.
PM Carney says Canada intends to match the U.S. tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office released a statement ahead of the deadline saying he suspended trade negotiations with the United States, setting in motion the 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
“I have decided to suspend trade negotiations with the U.S. and have directed Canada’s negotiators to return to Ottawa. They have worked hard, in good faith, to defend the interests of Canadians throughout these negotiations up until the very last minute,” the PMO said in the statement.
“However, last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.”
“At midnight tonight, the U.S. intends to impose a 50% tariff on roughly $28 billion of Canadian goods,” the statement read.
“Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses.”
Aarjavee Raaj, CTVNews.ca Journalist
Canada has declined to finalize the trade deal, ‘upended’ balance: Greer
In a statement released Friday night, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada has declined to finalize the deal and “upended” the balance reached during the negotiations.
“Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walkbacks of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” the statement said.
“In addition, Canada is continuing to maintain its prolonged retaliation against the United States, including, among other things, flat-out prohibitions on certain American goods and services.”
The statement went on to say that Canada declined the deal despite the U.S. offering Canada “better treatment” and “significant tariff reductions” on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber in exchange for concessions.
“The U.S. offer was also forward-looking and included a historic economic and national security partnership to cooperate on export controls, combat transshipment, enhance digital trade, and align certain external tariffs,” Greer said in the statement.
“This is a missed opportunity for Canada to partner with the United States, which is the fastest-growing economy in the G7.”
Aarjavee Raaj, CTVNews.ca Journalist
