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Edmonton Journal
4 hours ago
- Edmonton Journal
Carney says any trade deal with U.S. will likely include tariffs
OTTAWA — A trade deal with the United States will likely include some tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with his cabinet. Article content Carney told reporters he expects the trade talks with the U.S. to 'intensify' ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline to secure a new agreement, but then in French he said the evidence suggests Donald Trump will not make any tariff-free deals. Article content Article content 'We need to recognize that the commercial landscape globally has changed. It's changed in a fundamental manner,' Carney said. 'We will continue to focus on what we can most control, which is building a strong Canadian economy, and that's part of what we'll be discussing in cabinet today.' Article content Article content Carney scheduled the cabinet meeting last week after Trump sent a letter laying out his plan to levy 35 per cent tariffs on Canada on Aug. 1. It was held virtually. Article content Industry Minister Melanie Joly, who was in Halifax giving a speech, told reporters following the meeting that cabinet had 'good and thorough' conversations on Canada-U.S. relations following the cabinet meeting at a press conference in Halifax. Article content Article content 'The goal is to ensure at the end of the day that we are protecting Canadian workers and we are making sure that Canada and Canadian's interest are protected,' Joly said. Article content Article content Joly did not take questions from reporters before she entered another meeting. Article content The prime minister is also set to meet with Canada's premiers next week. Article content Jean Simard, CEO of the Aluminum Association of Canada, said in an interview with The Canadian Press that it seems 'more and more evident' that countries will have to pay some sort of tariff to deal with the U.S. Article content 'I think the hope for Canada is because we have a very strong and well-established agreement with the U.S. called the USMCA, that at the end of the day USMCA compliance access will remain,' Simard said in reference to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. Article content Trump outlined his 35 per cent tariff plan to Carney in a letter sent on July 10. A White House official later said that new tariff won't apply to goods that are compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. Canada typically refers to that agreement as CUSMA, while the U.S. tends to call it the USMCA.
National Observer
13 hours ago
- National Observer
Carney to meet with cabinet to weigh response to Trump's 35% tariff threat
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with his cabinet today for the first time since US President Donald Trump threatened to impose steep new tariffs on Canada. Trump said in a letter to Carney last week that the United States will put a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian goods starting Aug. 1. The White House says that new tariff wouldn't apply to goods that are compliant with the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement on trade. Canada has yet to respond formally to the latest threat, or to Trump's recent moves to impose lofty tariffs on copper imports and double existing levies on steel and aluminum. Carney and Trump agreed last month to work toward a new trade and security pact by July 21, but the US president unilaterally pushed back the timeline to secure a deal. Carney is also set to meet with Canada's premiers next week. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
13 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
First Nations to launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5
TORONTO – Lawyers representing nine Ontario First Nations say they are launching a constitutional challenge against provincial and federal laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects that the Indigenous communities say infringes upon their rights. Details of the legal challenge have not yet been made public, but the lawyers say they will reveal more at a press conference on Wednesday. The federal Bill C-5 allows cabinet to quickly grant federal approvals for big industrial projects such as mines, ports and pipelines by sidestepping existing laws, while Ontario's bill allows its cabinet to suspend provincial and municipal laws through the creation of so-called 'special economic zones.' Chief Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin of Attawapiskat First Nation, one of the communities involved in the legal challenge, says in a press release that governments are playing a dangerous game with her people's lands and their futures. Chief Todd Cornelius from Oneida Nation of the Thames says the First Nations involved in the challenge are not against all development, rather this is a battle between 'doing things recklessly and doing things right.' Both the federal and Ontario governments have said their laws are tools to counteract the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs by allowing Canadian development, such as natural resource development, to proceed more quickly. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.
