Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online
Editor’s note: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the premiers before speaking live to Canadian media on Canada’s response. Various premiers have posted their own responses to the 25 per cent tariffs US President Donald Trump announced on all Canadian products except energy, which will be tariffed at a rate of 10 per cent.
Here is Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s response, verbatim, as posted on X:
The decision by President Trump to impose tariffs on all Canadian products is disappointing and will damage both our countries’ economies, workers and consumers.
We agree that we need to have strong secure borders.
The US has been clear in this priority. Saskatchewan has been equally clear about efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants.
We have enhanced our provincial border security measures.
Saskatchewan is calling on the federal government to take all necessary steps to strengthen border security and have fentanyl removed from our communities in Canada and the USA.
I am calling on the federal government to strengthen the Criminal Code of Canada to toughen penalties for drug offences, specifically fentanyl. As I have said, I support very targeted and specific retaliatory measures to initial tariffs.
However, this should never be the longer-term answer.
Saskatchewan’s exports are crucial to supporting food and energy security across North America and around the world.
We will also be working to ensure diversification of Saskatchewan markets for our goods.
We will continue to work with all Saskatchewan businesses and other governments to find common ground on this important issue to ensure that damaging tariffs are removed as quickly as possible.
Make absolutely no mistake, these tariffs will cost American and Canadian families more.
That will weaken the highly integrated North American economy which benefits our nations that may not be our allies.
Tariffs are harmful to all of us in North America.
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