The latest news as Donald Trump’s administration imposes tariffs on Canada. Web links to longer stories if available. Follow the Star for live updates on Sunday.
7:55 a.m. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was vocal on X Saturday night, saying, “Trump’s tariffs are a tax increase for Minnesota families, plain and simple.”
“While Trump raises prices, I’m proposing the first sales tax rate cut in our state’s history to help Minnesotans weather the storm,” he said in post.
7:45 a.m. U.S. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has been vocal on X, posting about how the tariffs will raise the prices of goods in the country.
“You’re watching the Super Bowl next week. Wait till Trump’s tariffs raise your pizza prices,” Schumer said in a post Saturday evening on X.
How will this affect Canada?
Sunday 7:30 a.m. Business associations on both sides of the border are sounding the alarm over the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s incoming tariffs on the North American economy.
Trump is putting a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian goods and a 10-per-cent tariff on Canadian energy starting Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hit back with counter-tariffs on $30-billion worth of goods starting the same day.
Read the full story from the Canadian Press
11 p.m. If the only way to stop a bully is to punch them in the nose, who is balling up their fists and putting Donald Trump in their sights?
In the less than two weeks since he returned to the White House, Trump has fired federal prosecutors who targeted him in criminal cases, stripped critical former top officials with threats on their lives of security details, and ordered that the Guantanamo Bay military base—home since 2002 to detained enemy combatants—be turned into a migrant detention camp.
That’s on top of his threats to take Greenland and the Panama Canal by force, make Canada the 51st American state, and slap tariffs on any country that doesn’t submit to his will.
Read the full story from the Star’s Allan Woods
What did Trudeau say?
11 p.m. Hours after Donald Trump slapped strict tariffs on Canadian imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned the U.S. that the better path is to partner with Canada, “not punish it.”
“Canada has the ingredients necessary to build a booming and secure partnership for the North American economy, and we stand at-the-ready to work together,” Trudeau said, speaking at a Saturday evening press conference in Ottawa. “Unfortunately, the actions taken today by the White House split us apart.”
The comments came hours after Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on almost all Canadian goods and a 10 per cent tariff on energy, marking an era of economic uncertainty on both sides of the border. Both China and Mexico face steep tariffs as well.
Read the full story from the Star’s Abby O’Brien
Sunday 11 p.m. Despite weeks of cross-border meetings, the creation of expert councils, and the swift implementation of a $1.3-billion Canadian border security plan, U.S. President Donald Trump made good on his punishing tariff threats on Saturday, with Canada following suit just hours later.
“We don’t want to be here. We didn’t ask for this. But we will not back down,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Parliament Hill late in the evening.
And with that, Canada’s relationship with its largest trading partner entered a new — and decidedly uncertain — chapter.
Read the full story from the Star’s Ottawa Bureau
Sunday 10:00 p.m.: Catherine Cobden, President and CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA), called Trump’s announcement about tariffs on Canadian products “deeply disappointing.”
“The North American steel industry is highly integrated across the Canadian and U.S. border. With $20B in annual steel trade between our nations, these tariffs will cause significant disruption and economic hardship in both Canada and the United States. Disruptions that will have negative effects on businesses, workers and their families,” Cobden said in a statement.
