Before U.S. President Donald Trump terminated trade negotiations with Canada late Thursday night, premiers were clashing over which tariff-beleaguered industries should be prioritized.
With Ontario’s auto industry pitted against the canola industry of the prairies, and B.C. raising concerns that the lumber industry is not getting the attention it deserves, Team Canada was looking increasingly splintered.
Trump's latest actions have resulted in a more united front across provincial borders. But as tariffs remain, so do those underlying tensions.
Here’s a breakdown of the industries most under threat by tariffs in each province, and what premiers are saying as Canada tries to negotiate new trade relationships.
British Columbia
B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines earlier this month when he suggested the federal government is not prioritizing the lumber industry.
“Steelworkers in Ontario, when their jobs are in trouble … it's treated as a national emergency, and rightly so,” Eby said at an Oct. 14 news conference.
“What we’re asking for today is … that same sense of emergency is shared for the forest
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