Saskatchewan leaders count down the days until potential Trump tariff [Video]

Canada is less than 72 hours away from the potential 25 per cent tariffs being imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Provincial and territorial leaders held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier today, and Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe said his message was broad dollar-for-dollar counter tariffs “aren’t on from Saskatchewan’s perspective.”

Moe told reporters in Regina ahead of the meeting that everything leaders say and do must be focused on “de-escalating the entire conversation around tariffs.”

He says he’d support a discussion around a targeted package of tariffs and it’s worth considering actions like those taken several years ago during a meat-labelling dispute with the U.S.

Moe also says export charges on farm machinery manufactured in Saskatchewan would have a short-term impact on the province’s industry but cost American farmers more.

“We should not be in any way escalating the conversation to broad-based, dollar-for-dollar tariffs,” Moesaid Wednesday at the …