Feds look at contract retaliation in response to Trump tariffs – National [Video]

The federal government is looking closely at the business it does with American companies as it considers ways to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Treasury Board President Ginette Petitpas Taylor, a member of the government’s committee on Canada-U.S. relations, said the government is looking at “where contracts are provided, what contracts are where.”

“Everything is on the table,” the minister said. “We certainly hope that we’ll be able to avoid the tariffs at all costs, but if the tariffs do arrive, we are going to respond appropriately.”

When asked how many contracts the federal government holds with American companies, Petitpas Taylor said “all departments are in the process right now of looking at where are those contracts, where they located.”

“We continue to work collaboratively within all departments,” she said. “I think we are all on edge and, you know, waiting …