OTTAWA 鈥� Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last night Canada will retaliate after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed 25 per cent tariffs against Canadian goods would go into effect Tuesday.
Trudeau said Saturday that Canada will respond with 25 per cent tariffs against $155 billion worth of American goods, including alcohol, furniture and natural resources.
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1:45 p.m.
Loblaws CEO Per Bank says the country's largest grocery chain is taking some steps to minimize the impact of U.S. tariffs on its customers.
That includes make an extra effort to buy food grown and made in Canada, and looking for alternatives to U.S. imports from other countries, including Mexico "which has also been subjected to these unnecessary tariffs."
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12:45 p.m.
Canada is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on an array of goods originating in the United States 鈥� from meat and milk to carpets and curtains.
The federal government released a detailed list of the retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion in goods, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump forcibly dragged Canada into an unprecedented trade war.
Canada's initial response takes effect Tuesday, when the U.S. tariffs are applied, with more Canadian retaliatory tariffs expected to follow in the coming weeks.
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12:40 p.m.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says U.S. products will be pulled from his province鈥檚 liquor stores by Tuesday.
He鈥檚 urging people both locally and around the world to buy responsibly, and stand up to what he describes as the 鈥淎merican bully.鈥�
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12:25 p.m.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging people to buy products made in Canada.
鈥淐heck the labels. Let鈥檚 do our part. Wherever we can, choose Canada,鈥� he wrote on social media.
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12 p.m.
The president of the United Steelworkers union is asking President Donald Trump to reverse the decision to impose tariffs on Canada.
David McCall says about US$1.3 trillion worth of goods cross the Canada-U.S. border annually, and the tariffs will threaten the stability of industries on both sides of the border.
He says the U.S. should work to reform the trade system through targeted tariffs on countries that violate U.S. trade laws and by working closely with allies, and not what he calls 鈥渟weeping actions that undermine crucial relationships.鈥�
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11:30 a.m.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is urging the Liberal government to recall Parliament to put in place a 鈥淐anada first鈥� plan to handle the economic repercussions from the tariffs.
The plan he鈥檚 proposing includes retaliating 鈥渄ollar for dollar鈥� by targeting industries that will have a maximum impact on the United States while harming Canadian consumers as little as possible.
He鈥檚 also proposing an emergency tax cut for Canadians, green-lighting job-creating projects including pipelines and mines, knocking down interprovincial trade barriers, rebuilding Canada鈥檚 military and securing borders.
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11 a.m.
Justin Trudeau鈥檚 office says the prime minister is remaining in 鈥渃lose contact鈥� with his Mexican counterpart amid the imposition of U.S. tariffs on both countries.
Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke Saturday to discuss trade and investment as well as their respective efforts to enhance border security and combat illegal drugs.
A summary of the conversation states that the leaders have agreed to continue working together in areas of common interest and to enhance the bilateral relationship between Canada and Mexico.
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8:56 a.m.
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says it's "extremely disappointed" in the tariffs coming Tuesday.
鈥淭hese tariffs are going to have negative consequences for farmers and consumers on both sides of the border. There鈥檚 no question," says Keith Currie, CFA president, in a statement.
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8:30 a.m.
Ontario premier Doug Ford says American products will be removed from LCBO shelves on Tuesday.
He says this means the LCBO, which is the province's alcohol wholesaler, will also remove American products from its catalogue so that Ontario-based restaurants and sellers can't order or restock them.
"There鈥檚 never been a better time to choose an amazing Ontario-made or Canadian-made product," Ford says in a statement.
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8:26 a.m.
U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his trade claims about the U.S. subsidizing Canada in a post on his social media site Truth Social.
"We don't need anything they have," says Trump, calling out energy, cars and lumber in particular.
Trump also repeated his comments about Canada becoming the "51st state."
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8:03 a.m.
Federal Liberal party candidate Chrystia Freeland is urging people to buy Canadian in a campaign email.
"The next time you go grocery shopping, or pick something up for the kids, check where what you are buying is made. If you can, Buy Canadian. And, try your best not to buy products made in the United States," says Freeland.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 2, 2025.
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