Accusations fly over Trump tariffs as legislature gets back to business Winnipeg Free Press [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff attack on Canada became fodder for accusations traded by politicians who returned to the Manitoba legislature Wednesday following the winter break.

The tone quickly turned nasty as acrimony overshadowed questions about the response to the Canada-U.S. trade war and the government’s legislative agenda.

Progressive Conservative MLA Josh Guenter was heckled as he decried federal and provincial policies, saying “it’s no wonder” 43 per cent of members of his generation (18- to 34-year-olds) surveyed by Ipsos-Reid recently have “no issue” with becoming the 51st state of the U.S. if they were offered U.S. citizenship and conversion of Canadian financial assets to U.S. dollars.

“Today, Canadian household debt is 85 per cent higher than American household debt, and the average Canadian earns 30 per cent less than his American counterpart,” …