The Prime Minister and the premiers discussed the ongoing threat of U.S. tariffs against Canadian goods, which will make life less affordable for Canadians and Americans alike and weaken economic growth in both countries.

TORONTO (AP) — Top Canadian ministers said Monday that ... tariffs” but said they are also “working on retaliation.” Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Trump can be unpredictable. “None of this should be surprising," he said.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada is "absolutely" prepared if President Donald Trump levies 25 per cent tariffs against Canada next month. Ottawa has potential response scenarios at the ready,

TORONTO: Canadian leaders expressed relief Monday that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump's presidency, but Trump later said he could impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico on February 1.

Trump had threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and other trading partners. An incoming White House official who insisted on anonymity pointed reporters to a Wall Street Journal story saying Trump will only sign a memorandum telling federal agencies to study trade issues.

Toronto: Canadian leaders expressed relief Monday that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump's presidency, but Trump later said he could impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canada and Mexico on February 1.

Canada's outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country's oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

TORONTO — (AP ... Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Trump can be unpredictable. “None of this should be surprising," he said. “Our country is absolutely ready to respond ...

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc speak to reporters prior to a meeting during a cabinet retreat at Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Quebec on Jan 20. (AP)

The leader of Canada's most populous province of Ontario says he will be calling a provincial election next week because he says needs a mandate to fight President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

Roughly $900 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States — and with it, traditionally chummy bilateral ties — is on the brink of upheaval, with President Donald Trump threatening to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada as early as this weekend.

In the face of the looming threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, the Nova Scotia NDP is urging the Houston government to immediately create a task force to deal with the issue. President Donald Trump has not backed away from his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States that would be effective on Saturday.