Americas
Canada’s Premiers Urge Trudeau to Strengthen Border Security After Trump Tariff Threat
- Ontario premier skeptical of federal readiness to meet threat
- Provinces welcome additional police, urge more NATO spending
Canada’s premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up border security and defense spending to assuage US President-elect Donald Trump’s concerns, with the leader of the largest province calling the federal government “slow to react” and “stuck on its back foot.”
Ontario’s Doug Ford said after a meeting of the premiers and prime minister on Wednesday that he has been pushing Trudeau’s government for months to show that Canada cares about US economic and security worries. He said it simply hasn’t moved quickly enough.