Canada’s prime minister will begin a three-day summit in Ontario’s bungalow country, a period of anxiety over tariff anxiety and trade with Canada’s closest trading partner, the United States.
Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford will hold all 13 provincial and territorial prime ministers in Huntsville, Ontario, about 220 kilometers north of Toronto, and the meeting will begin on Monday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney will join them on Tuesday to provide the latest news on trade talks.
Carney announced his presence shortly after Donald Trump threatened to not meet the existing Canadian-US-Mexico Trade Agreement (Cusma) tariffs on Canadian goods.
While trade and tariffs are expected to be the main topics of discussion, the Prime Minister will also meet with indigenous leaders on Monday. It is expected that in the afternoon, they will sign more memorandums of understanding to remove barriers to inter-provincial trade.
The province is already Sign various moms Expressing the intention to amend its laws and regulations is the biggest driving force in modern history to promote the preservation of trade.
One study estimates that existing trade barriers cost about C$200 billion in Canada’s economy each year, and all provinces have expressed willingness to work on the issue as a means of boycotting tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Carney’s meeting with the Prime Minister, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was at a time when relations between the province and the federal government were thawed.
In June, the Prime Minister meets with Carney and then talks “Great cooperation, good communication” and solidarity.
The federal government is currently working on the August 1 deadline to reach a new free trade agreement with the United States. Last week, Carney suggested A transaction without any tariffs is unlikely.
“We look forward to hearing the latest news about the negotiations with the United States and how these trade talks go, as New Brunswick is very keen to see this uncertainty,” New Brunswick Prime Minister Susan Holt said Friday.
The Prime Minister is expected to discuss U.S. relations and internal trade, diversification of international trade and how to establish major projects after the federal government’s C-5 bill, which aims to quickly track projects of national importance.
They also expect to discuss Arctic security, wildfire and emergency management, labor mobility, immigration, health and public safety.
