The Canadian Press: “I’m glad he didn’t sign that deal because it was a bad deal,” Ford said Saturday, noting the Prime Minister was in “difficult position” but gave him credit for walking away from the trade talks.
“I thought it was a terrible deal and I was very clear with the Prime Minister, once you make these deals they can last for years and years and go into decades.”
Ford said they need to hit back at the United States “tariff-for-tariff, dollar-for-dollar,” and in a letter sent to Carney on Aug. 17, which CityNews has obtained, the premier called on the Prime Minister to consider strategic tariffs on imports from “politically significant states” that support the current administration, including Alabama, Florida, Texas and Wisconsin…