As President-elect Donald Trump goes full throttle on his proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods until they fix their porous border – which America’s northern neighbor has already vowed to address – Conservative leader Pierre Poilievere says that Trump should remember that the US benefits from cheap Canadian oil, which they’ve been selling at a “massive price discount.”
According to Poilievre, this has allowed American refineries to have “profited” at Canada’s expense, adding that tariffs on Canadian energy would mean many Americans would lose their jobs – and that both countries are better off without them so that the US can continue to get “low-cost, totally reliable 100% ally” energy.
“I would remind our American friends that they benefit from our affordable, reliable energy, and the alternative is Venezuela, Iran, and …