Canada’s premiers will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again to discuss President-elect Donald Trump and the threat of massive tariffs on provincial exports as his inauguration draws closer.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office said on Tuesday that a virtual meeting of the country’s premiers would take place with Trudeau on Wednesday afternoon.
Ford said the federal government promised to present a plan to the premiers for their approach to negotiations with Trump and his officials.
“They’re working hard,” the premier said of his federal counterparts in a brief scrum with reporters on Tuesday morning.
“We’re going to work hand-in-hand with them all the premiers — and it’s going to be a Team Canada approach.”
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The Prime Minister’s Office also confirmed the 4 p.m. meeting is planned.
Ahead of the meeting, Trump appeared to poke fun again at Trudeau in a post on social media, calling him the “governor” of the “Great …