Trump's latest tariff threats: What should we do?

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This is a CBC Podcast. Good afternoon, I'm Amanda Pfeffer. This is the province's Open Line Show Ontario Today, this hour. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with fresh 50% tariffs on a wide range of goods

that include hockey sticks, cement, dairy, Canadian wine and other liquor. Officials said that this is retaliation to Canadian retaliations. A new set of tariffs to go into effect in 29 days, right in the middle of negotiating a long-term trade deal with the U.S.

What should Canada do? 1-888-817-8995. Should the provinces put booze back on their shelves? Will that help with these negotiations? The decision to change that first and foremost will be taken by the provinces themselves, each individually.

The Trump administration has cited discrimination by Canada, including provinces that have removed U.S. booze from shelves. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke earlier today on Fox Business about the reasoning. Well, I think it's something that we've discussed with our Canadian colleagues for a long time, and they haven't done anything about it.

They're highly discriminatory on dairy products. U.S. alcohol and beverages have been removed from Canadian shelves. So this is really just reciprocity in terms of what they've done to our great U.S. company. The provinces are meeting in PEI today, and the agenda has shifted to talk about this latest threat.

The premiers will be talking to the Prime Minister as well later today. Premier Doug Ford has put out a statement that Canada should retaliate. Here's what Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said earlier today. His province did not remove U.S. alcohol from shelves.

So that'll be a decision each province will have to make, but that ask should come from the federal government. They're at the negotiating table. They'll know the sensitivities that may present in those negotiations. And they'll also know what counteraction would happen should that occur by the American administration.

And I don't know the answer to that yet. We may later today. So it may just mean that the federal government has asked some premiers to remove their loose bands. Is that your understanding? I expect that ask to be coming.

This hour, what do you think Canada's response should be? 1-888-817-8995. I was on your terrace last night, the Canada Terrace. What are those of response to the wildfires in Canada?

No, no, no. That's separate. We're looking at that separately. And what is there anything Canada can do?

It's only response to the way they've treated our farmers and our people. Canada has been very, very tough on us over the years. For many years. And no other president has done anything about it.

I love Canada. I love the people of Canada. Many friends that live in Canada. But their leadership from Trudeau to the current leadership, I mean, in all fairness to them, they need us to survive. Without us, there's no way they can survive.

But they've been very, very tough over a period of the last 50 years, actually. That was President Donald Trump speaking to reporters in the last hour, hinting there were possibly more tariffs coming because of the wildfire smoke. Trump's latest tariff threats, what should we do on 888-817-8995? And just a few moments ago, Premier Doug Ford was speaking in PEI.

Let's listen to what he had to say about Trump's latest threats. Okay, well, first of all, it's great to be in Charlottetown, PEI, with our fellow premiers, and I understand that the Prime Minister is going to be dropping by to pay us a visit as well. I guess I'm going to start off with President Trump.

You know, we always say we can't keep rolling over for President Trump. We can't back down. We need a full Team Canada approach. Everything is on the table, but Ontario can't do it alone.

We need the support. We need a plan from the Prime Minister to come in. And if these talks fail in 29 days, we need to hit them back as hard as we can. I'm tired of the bully trying to take our lunch money all the time.

We always seem to be on our back heels. We need to be on the offense, not constantly on the defense with President Trump. We need to stand up to the bully, and we need to hit him tariff to tariff, all the way across the board.

And that's my message to the Prime Minister. We need a plan moving forward. And that is Premier Doug Ford speaking just a few moments ago, actually. Our number again, 1-888-817-8995.

Tell us what you think Canada should do. What should the provinces do? Barry Appleton is our guest this hour. Before we meet him, let's go to the phone lines right away.

We've got on the line Patrick near Sarnia. What do you think? Well, I think that he's deliberately left off his list stuff that he thinks America needs. So I think we need to put a big export tax on fuel, on oil, on electricity, on potash,

on whatever else he didn't decide to tariff because he thinks he needs it. So you think we, you agree then with Premier Doug Ford that there should be some toughness here, some retaliation. Is that your sense? Yeah, I have my own opinions about Mr. Ford. For this case, I think he's right. I think we need to hit them back. And the way to hit them back

isn't by tariffing stuff coming in because it's hurting our own people. Put an export tax on stuff leaving the country to the U.S. It's interesting to hear from you, Patrick. I know that you're driving. So I appreciate your call. Thank you. Actually, I drive and I cross the border on a regular basis. And I know what's involved. So with that insight on the other side