OTTAWA — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he will not run for the Liberal party leadership. OTTAWA — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he will not run for the Liberal party leadership.
Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.
Canada's Finance Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, said Trump's rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is "becoming very counterproductive."
Canada's finance minister says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state are no longer a joke and are meant to undermine America’s closest ally and major trading partner.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has ruled himself out of the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to devote his full attention to the threat of U.S. tariffs. In the wake of Trudeau’s announcement Monday that he intends to resign as party leader and prime minister,
Canada's response to the tariff threat will be at the centre of today's first ministers' meeting, which the premiers requested to get a better sense of what Ottawa has planned for the weeks ahead. Most of the 13 premiers will be in the nation's capital, while some will join the conversation virtually.
With only hours to go until U.S. president-elect Donald Trump heads back to the Oval Office, Canadian officials say they still don’t know whether he will follow through on his standing threat to level punishing tariffs on Canadian goods.
President Donald Trump made the comments about the tariffs coming into effect for both Canada and Mexico as soon as January ends. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has since responded, saying the federal government is ready and has responses prepared for different scenarios.
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to responding to proposed tariffs by U.S.
Ford, who was wearing a Canada is not for sale baseball hat as he entered the talks, has already said he is prepared to withhold energy exports to the U.S., which could leave some 1.5 million Americans in a bind given how reliant some states are on the province for electricity.
OTTAWA — Canada should make sure the U.S. is aware of its critical reliance on Canadian energy but not pull back on those exports just yet, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey said Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump will not impose his promised tariffs on Canada, Mexico or China on his first day in office, according to multiple U.S. reports, giving this country something of a reprieve,