Next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet in person with Premier Dennis King and the country’s other premiers in Ottawa to address Canada’s relationship with the U-S.
The Wednesday meeting is set to take place days before Donald Trump’s inauguration day — when he says he will impose 25 per cent import tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Earlier Tuesday, B-C Premier David Eby said he and other premiers plan to visit Washington and meet with top officials, to convince Trump to back away from his tariff plan.
Prime Minister Trudeau shared strong thoughts for the first time Tuesday on Donald Trump’s ongoing remarks about making Canada the 51st state.
The P-M responded with “there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States” in a social media post.
He also said workers and communities in both countries “benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partners.”
Trudeau’s post came after Trump discussed the 51st state option in his first news conference since the certification of his election win. Trump threatened to use what he called “economic force” to compel Canada to join with the U-S.
