Saskatchewan Prime Minister Says “elbow” is not the right way for Trump

Opposition believes Prime Minister Mark Carney has failed to fulfill his promise to Donald Trump’s “elbow”, Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe said he never thought that mentality was the right way to deal with the U.S. president’s tariffs.

“They will still be our largest trading partner and probably will remain our biggest ally as we increase military investment to ensure our continent is safe with the United States,” Moe said in an interview with CBC. house It airs Saturday morning.

“I never thought ‘elbow’ was the proper way to negotiate.”

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“There is no lot of evidence at the moment” the U.S. is willing to sign a trade deal without including some tariffs, which has been attacked by Carney’s opponents in the past few days.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is Social Media Post Tuesday Carney’s remarks were “another one-sided concession for a man, who said he would never return to the president of the United States.”

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Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet said the tax exemption agreement with us was unlikely to be impossible, saying he wanted to see the lowest possible tariffs and “real” negotiations to “real” negotiations “we are entangled in all areas of the economy.”

On Wednesday, Bullock Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet accused Carney of retreating. He told the reporter on Capitol Hill that the prime minister “has not achieved any goal so far and has made many compromises.”

Carney refuses to file additional counting tariffs to the United States after Trump raises Steel and aluminum tariffs up to 50%. Prime Minister also cancels Canadian digital service tax Trump returns to the negotiating table in late June.

It is unclear whether these moves will help negotiations in Canada, as the negotiations are private. But even after these decisions, Trump is still threatening 35% of Canadian goods.

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Moe told host Cullen that he was never a fan of counter tariffs because they raised prices and “harm Canadian families and Canadian businesses.”

Watch | Moe said the Prime Minister’s goal is to make our tariffs zero or as low as possible:

The possibility of sustained tariffs is the reality of our conversation: the Sasks. Prime Minister

Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe said the U.S. Canadian trade agreement with U.S.-level tariffs is “a reality not only dealing with Donald Trump, but also dealing with any international trade agreement.” Moe insists that the prime minister’s goal is to put tariffs at zero or as low as possible.

“I’ve always been more focused on what we can do to get people sitting on tables, put them on tables and hammering that protocol.”

The Prime Minister of Saskatchewan said he hopes U.S. tariffs will have little or no impact on the Canadian industry.

Friday, when asked CBC Power and Politics Whether New Brunswick Prime Minister Susan Holt will see Carney’s move is a surrender to Trump, “absolutely not.”

“I think there are a lot of things in these negotiations that provide the best deals for our country, exporters and our economy,” Holt told guest host John Paul Tasker.

She also said her province wants to “make sure our seafood sector does not require tariffs” and wants to see a path to the North American trade deal, which we can all feel confident in in the coming years.”

New Brunswick Prime Minister Susan Holt held his first ministerial meeting at the National War Museum in Ottawa on Friday, March 21, 2025.
New Brunswick Prime Minister Susan Holt held his first ministerial meeting at the National War Museum in Ottawa in March 2025. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Prime Minister preparing to meet Carney

Canada’s prime minister will meet with Carney in Huntsville, Ontario on Tuesday to discuss Trump’s latest tariff threat and how to strengthen Canada’s economy by cutting out trade barriers from outside the province.

Holt said she hopes to update the U.S. talks “because New Brunswick is very keen to see this uncertainty” and she will discuss how her province connects with the rest of Canada.

During the interview Power and Politics The Ministry of Education said Thursday that some provinces have made a deal with each other to cut trade barriers well, but he is joining the new Western Trade Partnership Agreement (NWTPA) in all provinces.

The NWPTA was founded by Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, and Manitoba joined in 2017. The agreement measures rules that affect trade, investment and labor mobility, with less immunity than the Canadian Free Trade Agreement.

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Michele Cadario, executive vice president of Rubicon Strategy Inc., said each province has its own trade legislation and the federal government does not have the overall responsibility to oversee its implementation. She told B.C. Today’s guest host Amy Bell that negotiations need to get rid of too much regulation to achieve a more unlimited capacity for trade action.

“Maybe it’s time for us to tear up the band-aids, and the freest and open trade agreement we have in Canada is the new West Partnership,” Moe said.

“Extend it to all provinces, I think it’s a positive province.

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