U.S. President Donald Trump says he will slap a 25 per cent tariff on medium and heavy-duty truck imports, an announcement that comes just a day before he meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Trump made the announcement in a post on his social media platform Truth Social saying the new tariff rate will begin Nov. 1.
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Battle River—Crowfoot was left vacant when Conservative Damien Kurek stepped down shortly after the spring election to make way for his party's leader, Pierre Poilievre, to run for a seat.
He is urging both sides to quickly resolve the situation that is causing major travel chaos for Canadian and international travellers.
On his way into the meeting, Carney told reporters the pair will focus on aspects of the Canadian economy that "we can control."
The order came as picketers continued to march around the Terminal 1 departure doors at Toronto Pearson International Airport early Monday morning.
Air Canada warned it is cancelling around 500 flights previously scheduled to take off today in anticipation of the work stoppage, with a full halt looming Saturday.
The sixth round of talks wrapped up in Geneva today without consensus on a legally-binding international treaty.