House gridlock remains as Canada seeks to quickly respond to Trump tariff threats

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it would be ‘shocking’ if opposition parties prevented the feds from presenting bills to provide the RCMP and CBSA with more resources.

Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SOPHALL DUCH

November 29, 2024

The federal government has attempted to put on a united front following U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats, but has yet to explain how it could quickly respond to the incoming administration with Parliament still gridlocked by a filibuster.

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