TORONTO (AP) — Top Canadian ministers said Monday that ... tariffs” but said they are also “working on retaliation.” Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Trump can be unpredictable. “None of this should be surprising," he said.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada is "absolutely" prepared if President Donald Trump levies 25 per cent tariffs against Canada next month. Ottawa has potential response scenarios at the ready,

The leader of Canada's most populous province of Ontario says he will be calling a provincial election next week because he says needs a mandate to fight President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

Trump had threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and other trading partners. An incoming White House official who insisted on anonymity pointed reporters to a Wall Street Journal story saying Trump will only sign a memorandum telling federal agencies to study trade issues.

Canada's outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country's oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

TORONTO — (AP ... Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Trump can be unpredictable. “None of this should be surprising," he said. “Our country is absolutely ready to respond ...

The Prime Minister and the premiers discussed the ongoing threat of U.S. tariffs against Canadian goods, which will make life less affordable for Canadians and Americans alike and weaken economic growth in both countries.

Roughly $900 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States — and with it, traditionally chummy bilateral ties — is on the brink of upheaval, with President Donald Trump threatening to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada as early as this weekend.

In the face of the looming threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, the Nova Scotia NDP is urging the Houston government to immediately create a task force to deal with the issue. President Donald Trump has not backed away from his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States that would be effective on Saturday.

Former MP Han Dong said he will run in his Don Valley North Toronto riding again and hopes to do so under the Liberal banner with the party’s endorsement.

SPINNING PLATES — DOMINIC LEBLANC is not lacking for priorities. Cabinet’s pointman on government finances, Canada’s premiers and key players in the Trump transition is starting to prepare an annual budget — and, according to the Globe, a bulky tariff relief package.

OTTAWA — Canadian international trade lawyers say that if the U.S. follows through on President Donald Trump’s threat to impose massive tariffs on Canada as early as Saturday, Ottawa could hit back with retaliatory tariffs almost immediately.