Likely Canadian PM Lays Out Tariffs Retaliation Plans: “We’ll Be Surgical To Maximize Impact On Americans”

CTV News reports:

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would retaliate against U.S. tariffs if he were elected prime minister, potentially matching them dollar for dollar. In an interview with CTV News Atlantic’s Todd Battis, Poilievre, providing details of his plan for the first time, said he would target American products and services Canada doesn’t need or can make in-house if President Donald Trump implemented his much-talked-about 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports.

“We’re both going to lose as Americans and Canadians if we get in a trade war,” he said. “We can buy elsewhere to maximize the impact on Americans and minimize the impact on Canadians.” When asked if the retaliation could be dollar for dollar, Poilievre said, “I would say so. It has to hit hard. We have to be very pinpoint and surgical. If America is going to be an unreliable trade partner, we’ve got to find ways to sell more to ourselves and the world.”

Read the full article. Poilievre is wildly popular among US cultists, who consider him to be the “Trump of the north.”