Carney back in Ottawa to convene Canada-U.S. relations committee as Trump promises tariffs

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 10:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Liberal Leader Mark Carney has paused his run and is backmost successful Ottawa connected Thursday to woody with the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's projected car tariffs, which would wallop the manufacture successful Canada.

Speaking from the Oval Office connected Wednesday, Trump delivered a stroke to the cross-border car trade, vowing to bring successful a new 25 per cent tariff connected finished vehicles imported into the United States, starting next week.

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians jobs are connected to the car assemblage — the largest manufacturing manufacture successful Canada and second-largest root of exports to the U.S. aft oil.

Carney suggested precocious Wednesday that retaliatory measures could beryllium announced. He has convened the committee connected Canada-U.S. relations and nationalist information connected Parliament Hill to representation retired a response.

"This is simply a usurpation and helium has betrayed our commercialized agreement," Carney said. "A effect volition hap soon. I won't accidental more. When it comes to our options, we bash person options."

Earlier successful the day, Carney promised a $2-billion bundle to support Canada's car manufacture if elected April 28.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Trump needs to "knock it off" with his commercialized war.

"We had the champion commercialized narration successful the world, successful the past of the world, earlier these unnecessary interruptions struck our economy, and they're hurting some sides of the border," helium told reporters Wednesday evening.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Trump's latest enactment was a "full frontal onslaught connected autoworkers."

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"There are hundreds and thousands of workers close present that are wondering if their enactment is going to unopen down and if they're going to suffer their job.... We've got to combat backmost similar hell," helium said.

Carney is expected to instrumentality to the run way Thursday day aft the morning meeting.