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Trump’s tariff risk a ‘reprehensible’ ploy to ‘make Canada the 51st state,’ Eby says

Editorial Board Published February 4, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff risk was “never about fentanyl” however fairly primarily based on an intention to power Canada to hitch america, B.C. Premier David Eby mentioned Monday.

Eby made the feedback in response to an Eleventh-hour border deal to “pause” Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariff on Canadian items.

“Even despite today’s agreement of the fact that this is hanging over our heads as Canadians, Mr. Trump’s, strategy around this is deliberate,” Eby mentioned.

“There’s an intention to destroy Canada’s economy and to drive us into becoming the 51st state. I find it reprehensible. Inexplicable. And, and profoundly, disappointing. And it makes me and British Columbians and Canadians very angry.”

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3:30Fentanyl, the border and the delayed tariff risk

Trump has provided a shifting record of the explanation why he deliberate to impose tariffs on Canada, regularly citing a movement of fentanyl and migrants throughout the border.

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U.S. Customs and Border Safety statistics present lower than one per cent of all fentanyl seized comes from america’ northern border.

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Trump has additionally justified the tariffs by pointing to the U.S.’s commerce deficit with Canada, and on Monday added the false declare that U.S. banks will not be allowed to do enterprise in Canada.

And he has repeatedly expressed a need to make Canada America’s 51st state, and has threatened to take action through the use of “economic force.”

Click to play video: 'Trudeau responds to Trump’s 51st state remark, calls it a ‘distraction’'

0:53Trudeau responds to Trump’s 51st state comment, calls it a ‘distraction’

On Monday Trump repeated his need for Canada to grow to be the 51st state in feedback posted to social media by an official White Home account.

Whereas Eby prompt drug smuggling was a pretext for the tariffs, he mentioned the province will “participate fully” within the federal authorities’s border settlement.

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Below the deal, Canada will implement its $1.3 billion December border safety plan, make investments one other $200 million to again “a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl,” appoint a “fentanyl czar,” record drug cartels as terrorist organizations, and launch a brand new Canada-U.S. joint strike power to fight fentanyl, organized crime and cash laundering.

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“I think there’s a significant role for us to play, we’ve done extensive work on these issues to coordinate and support the federal government in responding in a meaningful way to the realities of the issue here in British Columbia, whether it’s, the need for those inspections, in port police to be in place, whether it’s tracking the money through real estate, through luxury cars, through all the systems that we set up to make it easier for law enforcement to follow the money,” he mentioned.

“We want them to use these systems. We want them to share that information with us.”

Click to play video: 'Trudeau on prospect of Canada becoming 51st U.S. state: ‘That’s not going to happen’'

0:49Trudeau on prospect of Canada turning into 51st U.S. state: ‘That’s not going to occur’

However he mentioned the president’s actions have additionally modified Canadians’ relationship with the U.S. “for the foreseeable future.”

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In consequence, the province will stand able to reinstate tariff retaliation, whereas working to interrupt down interprovincial commerce obstacles and looking for different international export markets.

He mentioned the province can be taking a look at accelerating key tasks which can be close to “shovel-ready,” and can launch an inventory of potential choices on Tuesday.

With recordsdata from Sean Boynton and the Canadian Press

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