Canadian diplomats and business leaders fear Canada’s battle to fend off U.S. tariffs just got harder, as president-elect Donald Trump doubles on threats, takes personal credit for Justin Trudeau’s resignation, and calls for the two countries to merge.
Fears are intensifying that Donald Trump’s tariff threat will become a reality for Canada.
Officials around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are increasingly worried that the U.S. president-elect’s mind is made up, and that he will make good on his threat to impose a 25 per cent levy on all Canadian imports the day he takes office.
According to a senior Canadian government source, the concern is based in part on Trump’s recent language on social media, and how he continues to promote and praise what he sees as the effectiveness of tariffs.
For example, his Truth Social post on Jan. 1, when he wrote: “Tariffs, and Tariffs alone, created this vast wealth …