In the absence of a complete lifting of customs taxes, as the Prime Ministers of the Provinces hope, François Legault would like Canada and the United States to get on 3 to 5 years in order to restore predictability to businesses.
Upon his arrival at the summer meeting of the Federation of the Federation, which takes place until Wednesday in the Muskoka region, Ontario, Mr. Legault reiterated that the management of the offer, to protect farmers, and cultural exemption, for French language survival, are non-negotiable.
In an exchange with journalists present broadcast by CPAC, the Prime Minister of Quebec repeated that because of Donald Trump’s pricing threats, “private investments have dropped a lot”, everywhere in Canada.
“What hurts Canada’s economy the most is uncertainty,” he said.
He and his counterparts no longer seem to be an illusion: once the deadline of August 1, it would be surprising that there is zero trade on trade between Canada and the United States. The Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney prepared the field in this direction last week. Recall that Donald Trump threatens to impose, as of August 1, customs duties of 35 % on Canadian products exported to the United States.
Predictability
“The agreement may not be perfect, we would better like that there is no price, but above all you have to have an agreement where we know where we are going for a while,” left Mr. Legault, saying that he was discussions between Ottawa and Washington.
Mr. Carney plans to join his counterparts from the provinces on Tuesday to discuss it.
“If Mr. Carney decides to sign an agreement where there are certain prices or certain adjustments, […] We must have the assurance that we will keep this agreement for 3 or 5 years. It is necessary to have an economy where companies know what will happen in six months, ”said Legault.
The head of the CAQ intends to take advantage of Mr. Carney’s passage to ask him to reserve the new federal investments planned in Canadian defense to companies here, as a bomber in aeronautics and Davie in the naval industry.
