Tim Houston appears on Fox News to make case against Trump tariffs

Taryn Grant · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 14, 2025 12:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston took to American cablegram TV connected Thursday to marque the lawsuit for resolving the ongoing commercialized quality betwixt the U.S. and Canada.

Houston was interviewed by Liz Claman connected The Claman Countdown, a Fox Business amusement that airs connected weekday afternoons.

Houston refuted President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. doesn't request Canada. He painted a contrasting representation of 2 mutually babelike nations that are inextricably linked done commerce and familial ties.

"All the speech astir the 51st authorities and conscionable the information that they enactment tariffs connected Canada — it feels similar our champion person punched america successful the nose," said Houston.

Catherine Klimek, Houston's property secretary, told CBC News that the premier's bureau pitched the interrogation to the TV network. She said the anticipation was to present the premier's connection straight to Americans.

"Canadians cognize this commercialized warfare is unnecessary and harmful to some countries," she said successful an email. "Americans merit to cognize our presumption and wherefore this is hurting some of our economies"

WATCH| N.S. Premier Tim Houston connected Fox Business:

His connection for an American assemblage was softer than the 1 helium delivered to Canadians earlier this period erstwhile Trump concisely imposed 25 per cent tariffs connected astir Canadian goods.

Houston past called Trump "a short-sighted antheral who wields his powerfulness conscionable for the involvement of it."

In the seven-minute interrogation connected Fox, Houston didn't erstwhile accidental Trump's name. The closest helium came was successful saying, "This isn't a beef betwixt Americans and Canadians oregon vice versa. It's truly astir 1 person." 

Claman framed the interrogation astir a gathering that happened the aforesaid time betwixt Ontario Premier Doug Ford, national officials and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

She asked Houston what connection helium would present to Lutnick if helium had been successful the meeting.

"Remove the tariffs. Let's enactment unneurotic to physique a beardown North American fortress that tin truly spell aft the existent … culprits extracurricular of us," said Houston, not naming who the existent culprits are.

"The tariffs are conscionable creating turmoil. Look astatine the markets … the hostility is precise precocious and it's truthful unnecessary."

WATCH| Nova Scotia's response to American tariffs:

Houston is stateside this week portion the Nova Scotia legislature is connected intermission for outpouring break. The authorities billed the travel arsenic a promotional tour.

A authorities spokesperson said that portion Houston was successful New York — wherever helium did the Fox News interrogation — helium met with Bob Rae, the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations. He besides met with representatives from the companies Virtusa, Axis Capital and Amzak.

Virtusa is an planetary engineering steadfast with an bureau successful Halifax and Axis Capital is an security institution with an bureau successful Halifax and office successful Bermuda – wherever Houston lived and worked arsenic an accountant for galore years. Amzak Health is an concern steadfast that precocious invested, alongside Invest Nova Scotia, successful a Canadian aesculapian instrumentality company. 

Houston is scheduled to be a seafood league successful Boston successful the coming days. 

Fisheries Minister Kent Smith, who is besides attending the conference, told reporters past week that it's among the biggest seafood commercialized shows successful the world. He said despite it taking spot successful the U.S., the Nova Scotia's delegation volition beryllium looking for planetary buyers to lighten Nova Scotia's reliance connected the U.S. market.