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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on unjustified U.S. tariffs against Canada:
“Today, after a 30-day pause, the United States administration has decided to proceed with imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy. Let me be unequivocally clear – there is no justification for these actions.
“While less than 1 per cent of the fentanyl intercepted at the U.S. border comes from Canada, we have worked relentlessly to address this scourge that affects Canadians and Americans alike. We implemented a $1.3 billion border plan with new choppers, boots on the ground, more co-ordination, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. We appointed a Fentanyl Czar, listed transnational criminal cartels as terrorist organizations, launched the Joint Operational Intelligence Cell, and are establishing a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force on organized crime. Because of this work – in partnership with the United States – fentanyl seizures from Canada have dropped 97 per cent between December 2024 and January 2025 to a near-zero low of 0.03 pounds seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“Canada will not let this unjustified decision go unanswered. Should American tariffs come into effect tonight, Canada will, effective 12:01 a.m. EST tomorrow, respond with 25 per cent tariffs against $155 billion of American goods – starting with tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods immediately, and tariffs on the remaining $125 billion on American products in 21 days’ time. Our tariffs will remain in place until the U.S. trade action is withdrawn, and should U.S. tariffs not cease, we are in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures. While we urge the U.S. administration to reconsider their tariffs, Canada remains firm in standing up for our economy, our jobs, our workers, and for a fair deal.
“Because of the tariffs imposed by the U.S., Americans will pay more for groceries, gas, and cars, and potentially lose thousands of jobs. Tariffs will disrupt an incredibly successful trading relationship. They will violate the very trade agreement that was negotiated by President Trump in his last term.”
I’m glad to see Trudeau leaving the office, but he’s doing a hell of a send off.
As an American, I always assumed hate against him was like Canadian Fox News stuff. What did he (not?) do to turn people against him?
I dislike him because he’s a neoliberal and especially his broken promise to get rid of FPTP voting.
Honestly, people are just tired of him because he’s been in office so long and has failed to deliver on some old promises.
I was hopeful when he got elected, and he fulfilled some promises, but he failed to move forward with proportional representation election overhaul, IMO a major flaw that could’ve been what he was known for in the future. He’s also had scandals like any other PM. The Me to We charity scandal (where a charity was awarded a large govt contract. The charity had previously paid Trudeau and family to appear at its events) was ultimately cleared by the ethics commissioner. His SNC lavalin scandal where he attempted to directly influence our justice minister to intervene on an ongoing criminal case, then removed her from her position when she refused. SNC lavalin was also found to have made illegal party donations, which the liberals didn’t reveal when the initially found them.
He was also the first PM in history to have been found to break the federal ethics rules by accepting a private vacation for his family from Aga Khan, breaking the conflict of interest rules.
He’s always paraded himself as very progressive, but images circulated of him wearing brown face when he was slightly younger (but definitely old enough to know better).
Finally, a ton of people who were anti-mask were fed rhetoric that it was Trudeau’s fault for the masking requirements, despite the fact that it was almost entirely Provincial restrictions. They also tried to cry overreach when Ford failed to remove the Ottawa encampment, and Trudeau enacted the emergency act to clear them, though again, reviews after the fact cleared him and agreed it was an acceptable use of the powers.
Overall, an enormous step up from Harper says of no transparency, but he didn’t quite live up to what many had hoped, and they’re angry at the current situation, and blaming him is an easy scapegoat.
While vaccine mandates were a good way to reopen the economy, reduce hospital capacity, the mandate on Truckers crossing border went too far. Every other covid anger nut joined the protest, and there was a somewhat heavy handed response to them, that kept the anger going.
Because every political leader in Canada is a CIA agent, blaming the cost of heating fuel (diesel at max global refining capacity due to use in war) on the war on Russia was not a political option for any party. Attacks on carbon tax had to be unanswered, and swayed low information public.
The hate is fox news stuff, rather than related to genuine failures/weaknesses
He’s been in office for nearly a decade. Canadians are tired of him. Realistically, he hasn’t done anything worse than any other politician — you make promises, some you deliver on, some you don’t. Eventually, the “don’t”s pile up, and folks get tired
Yeah i don’t really mind him. The one thing I am salty about is still the election reforms that he promised the first time he won. He was in a position to do something big but didnt. Such a missed opportunity.
Trudeau teaching the whole world how to deal with strongmen.
Agreed. I dont know if i remember a single positive thing he did before he announced his plan to resign from office. He’s been doing gods work lately.
fuckin weed, dude
$10 a day child care was pretty good. I’m a fan of the dental coverage too. The carbon tax actually reduced our emissions for the first time and was overall a net financial benefit for most Canadians.
He wasn’t amazing but he was not nearly the washout people act like he is.
Dental came from the NDP pressuring them
Sure, but it was still part of “what he did” with a coalition government. Rare Jagmeet W I’ll give you that.
Would he have tho, if not for the NDP?
And the dissatisfaction was boosted by Russian propaganda.
It’s not a coincidence that the convoy terrorists in Ottawa coincided with the invasion of Ukraine.
Federal pandemic response was a mixed bag, but far from the shitshow of governing that some other countries experienced. Trudeau showed strong leadership through that period in my books.
waves from the US
And now we get more. I hate this timeline.
I know one. Legalized weed.