Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assembled a new Canada-U. S. relations council to support the federal government as it deals with the incoming Trump administration's vow to impose tariffs.

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the formation of a Canada-U.S. relations council to support the federal government as it deals with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada.

A federal general election and the provincial by-election may have to be fought in the same time frame.

Justin Trudeau Launches Canada-US Council ... and former provincial premiers Jean Charet (Quebec), Rachel Notley (Alberta) and Stephen McNeil (Nova Scotia). Canada’s Ambassador to the United ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday ... and former provincial premiers Jean Charet (Quebec), Rachel Notley (Alberta) and Stephen McNeil ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday ... and former provincial premiers Jean Charet (Quebec), Rachel Notley (Alberta) and Stephen McNeil ...

The group includes representatives from the automotive industry, the nuclear power sector, agriculture and the labour movement.

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday ... and former provincial premiers Jean Charet (Quebec), Rachel Notley (Alberta) and Stephen McNeil (Nova Scotia).

There are to be no punitive tariffs on Canadian exports. Well, maybe after Feb. 1 or maybe not. Trump is being cagey. And if we act like a serious country in the nine to 18 months the Trump administration has given us to get our border issues sorted, the rightly dreaded 25 per cent tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump may never materialize.

Canada may find itself in a stronger position than the United States if a trade war breaks out between the two countries. Don’t take my word for that. That’s Paul Krugman speaking.

“He’s likely to have a rude awakening,” Krugman wrote, after celebrating the fact that since Justin ... Prime Minister Trudeau named former Alberta NDP premier Rachel Notley to a new council ...

She is not backing down. Far from it. She is ramping things up. Upping the ante, telling her critics what she wants to see in a Team Canada. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t mind getting in the face of those who have been calling her down.