First British Columbia David Eby Said he hopes that a trip to Washington, DC, will help American decision -makers take a step back from the prices.
But he said that regardless of the result of the mission he undertakes with other Canadian ministers, the relationship between the two countries has permanently changed.
“No matter what the president does, we will never come back to the way we were before, as Canadians, being far too dependent on the decisions of a person in the White House,” Eby told the media before going up aboard a plane at the Vancouver International Airport on Monday evening.
“We have taken our relationship for acquired, I think.”
President Donald Trump threatened to impose prices of 25% on all Canadian goods. A threat to impose prices on February 1 was delayed by 30 days after a last -minute border agreement with the Canadian government.
Eby and the Prime Ministers should meet with American elected officials from both parties, as well as business leaders and organized work.
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At this point, they have a meeting planned with Trump, said Eby.
He said that the mission’s goal was to hammer at home how much Canadian and American savings are closely, and the prices for damage to “mutually insured damage” will make companies and consumers on both sides of the border.
He underlined a price announced on Monday on steel and aluminum as an example. The United States is capable of producing less than a quarter of the aluminum it consumes, said Eby.
“These prices, even the prices announced today will increase costs on so many things for Americans, everything, from cars to planes, and that should not be so,” he said.
“They dry up themselves. They will have to buy it from us or buy it from someone else. »»
He added that he expects the federal government to answer with its sanctions that show in the United States that Canada will not “turn around.”
He added that he appreciated that the dispute had attracted more federal attention to the fight against international organized crime on the border, but that he thinks that prices have more to do with politics and increased income Americans that any legitimate border problem.
In the meantime, Eby has said that the province remains focused on the diversification of British Columbia Products markets, both internationally and Canada by reducing interprominal trade barriers.
He also praised government efforts to accelerate major projects and reduce license time.
“It is so much easier to negotiate with the United States for so many of our businesses, and it is a challenge for them to build markets in other places,” he said.
“We are going to do our best to help them do it.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would retaliate if necessary against Trump’s functions with prices that are specific to him on $ 155 billion in American products, including alcohol, furniture and natural resources.
In the meantime, Canada has tried to respond to Trump’s requests by strengthening border security and drug application with $ 1.3 billion in spending.
He is also promised to appoint a fentanyl tsar, list cartels as terrorists and launch a Canada-US team to fight organized crime.
With Canadian press files
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