Backlash in Canada over U.S. tariffs

Voice Over: On the icy streets of Canada’s largest city, a new attitude toward the us.

People: You don’t stop the back of your friend. I think it’s disgraceful. Uh, we’re very pro Canadian. Uh, we don’t wanna be the 51st State.

Donald Trump: Canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs

Voice Over: in the Oval Office. This afternoon, president Trump floating new tariffs on Canadian lumber and dairy products.

On top of the 25% levy imposed this week on most imports from Canada,

Donald Trump: and we may do it as early as today, or we’ll wait till Monday or Tuesday, but that’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna charge the same thing. It’s not fair.

Voice Over: The confusion and costs chipping away at

People: Canadians innate politeness. This gonna screw us and it’s gonna screw you guys.

Pardon my words, but yeah, you guys are all your prices are gonna go up and all our

Voice Over: prices go up. Canada has responded with escalating tariffs of its own on billions of dollars of American goods. Provincial governments too are taking forceful steps to encourage consumers to buy Canadian Ontario’s.

Government run liquor stores sell nearly a billion dollars in American products every year, but right now you won’t find any on their shelves. The government ordered them to stop selling American wines and liquor earlier this week. What is your message to Donald Trump specifically? Stop the chaos.

Ontario’s premier Doug Ford even threatened to cut off Canadian electricity sold across the border, which powers some one and a half million homes and businesses in New York, Minnesota, and Michigan.

Doug Ford: That’s the last thing I want to do, but President Trump is trying to destroy our country.

Voice Over: And today the Canadian government launched a $5 billion fund to help businesses navigate the tariffs and find new markets for their exports.

Suggesting Canada doesn’t see a truce in this trade war anytime soon. Tom, thanks for watching. Stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app, or follow us on social media.

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