Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains the head of government and holds a variety of trade mechanisms to counter Trump, while Liberal MP John McKay says the leadership challenge gives the executive the ability of 'not having to respond to everything that Donald Trump thinks or says that is actually advantageous.'

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, will be inaugurated as Liberals campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the outgoing leader still has mechanisms to stand up to the incoming administration south of the border, say experts.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

January 13, 2025

Even with Parliament prorogued until March 24 and the Liberal Party in the midst of a leadership contest, the executive of the Canadian government retains a number of tools to counter the economic attacks U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has promised against this country wh...

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