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Trump wants to go back to 1913. Canadians and Americans will suffer the consequences; A person browses a grocery store following the announcement of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods by U\.S\. President Donald Trump, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 4, 2025\. REUTERS/Arlyn McAdorey

Trump wants to go back to 1913. Canadians and Americans will suffer the consequences

March 4 , 2025 at 04:38:15 p.m. EST • :

Canadians have taken Donald Trump's threats of trade action — now realized — very personally. Understandably and justifiably so. But the American president's treatment of Ukraine — not to mention his administration's larger withholding of foreign aid — demonstrates that Canada is far from alone.
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Trudeau says Trump's 'dumb' trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference on imposed U\.S\. tariffs as Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Public Safety Minister David McGuinty look on in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 4, 2025\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau says Trump's 'dumb' trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy

March 4 , 2025 at 08:55:23 a.m. EST • :

Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Trump is trying to prompt "a total collapse of the Canadian economy" because he thinks that will "make it easier to annex us."
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Live updates as Canada fights against 25% U.S. tariffs and braces for economic pain; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference on imposed U\.S\. tariffs in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 4, 2025\.

Live updates as Canada fights against 25% U.S. tariffs and braces for economic pain

March 4 , 2025 at 09:35:16 a.m. EST • :

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Premiers jump into the fight against Trump's tariffs; Canada's provincial and territorial flags blow in the wind in downtown Ottawa on June 28, 2024\.

Premiers jump into the fight against Trump's tariffs

March 4 , 2025 at 02:18:47 p.m. EST • :

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose sweeping 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods has prompted a swift response from Canada, with the prime minister and the country's provinces taking action.
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Read Pierre Poilievre's full speech responding to Trump's trade war; Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about U\.S\.-imposed tariffs, Tuesday, Mar\. 4, 2025 in Ottawa\.

Read Pierre Poilievre's full speech responding to Trump's trade war

March 4 , 2025 at 04:51:45 p.m. EST • :

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a speech Tuesday on Parliament Hill announcing Canada's response to a 25 per cent tariff U.S. President Donald Trump is imposing on most Canadian goods.
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Canada has imposed counter-tariffs on U.S. goods. What products are being targeted?; An LCBO employee moves products in an LCBO store at Union Station in Toronto on Tuesday, March 4, 2025\.  

March 4 , 2025 at 01:41:36 p.m. EST • :

Canada has imposed counter-tariffs on U.S. goods. What products are being targeted?

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Read Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech responding to Trump's trade war; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Canada House in London on Sunday, March 2, 2025\.  

March 4 , 2025 at 03:42:37 p.m. EST • :

Read Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech responding to Trump's trade war

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Donald Trump has some thoughts about Canada's upcoming election; U\.S\. President Donald Trump, seen Thursday at the White House while meeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer\.  

February 28 , 2025 at 11:19:53 a.m. EST • :

Donald Trump has some thoughts about Canada's upcoming election

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Thousands of public servants in biggest federal departments breaking remote work rules; Canadian flags are displayed at the National Defence headquarters for Canada Day in Ottawa on June 28, 2024\.  

February 28 , 2025 at 04:10:55 p.m. EST • :

Thousands of public servants in biggest federal departments breaking remote work rules

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Mark Carney says he's begun the process of renouncing Irish, U.K. citizenship; Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Mark Carney speaks to the media following their English-language Liberal Leadership debate in Montreal on Tuesday, Feb\. 25, 2025\.  

March 1 , 2025 at 03:27:43 p.m. EST • :

Mark Carney says he's begun the process of renouncing Irish, U.K. citizenship

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