Canada’s trade and economic policies have been thrown into a state of chaos in the weeks following United States President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports to the U.S.
The federal government is now suffering an internal crisis with the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Canada’s provincial premiers, led by Ontario’s Doug Ford, have responded by emerging from a recent meeting asserting their leadership roles in terms of trade and foreign policy.
