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British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced that the province is prepared to support retaliatory measures against the United States, including tariffs, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods.
“Nothing is off the table”, said Premier Eby during a news conference on Thursday. “We are prepared to support retaliatory tariffs in response to the United States that gets their attention and helps them understand the consequences for British Columbians and Americans.
This comes after Ontario Premier, Doug Ford threatened to cut energy supplies to the U.S. on Wednesday. “We will go to the full extent depending how far this goes. We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy, going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin,” Premier Ford said during a virtual meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other provinces to discuss Trump’s tariff threat.
“I don’t want this to happen, but my No. 1 job is to protect Ontario, Ontarians and Canadians as a whole since we’re the largest province.”
In November, Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico unless both countries take action to curb the flow of drugs and unauthorized migrants to the U.S.
Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will not be imposing retaliatory tariffs on oil and gas exports should Trump follow through with his threats. “Under no circumstances will Alberta agree to cut off oil and gas exports”, she said.
“We don’t support tariffs. I don’t support tariffs on Canadian goods, and I don’t support tariffs on U.S. goods because all it does is make life more expensive for everyday Canadians and everyday Americans.”
“We are taking a diplomatic approach, and we’re meeting with our allies in the U.S., we are making the case for Alberta oil and gas to be part of the solution”, she added.
Over the same tariff threat, Quebec has halted the study of its Bill 69, a bill designed to help the province double its electricity production.
Energy Minister Christine Fréchette says they want to see how things stand before moving forward, “because there is the question of tariffs in the bill.”
“We have to see the extent the possible tariffs on Quebec exports will change the situation or not”, Fréchette added.
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