PM says tariff response will be ‘forceful but reasonable’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25-per-cent tariffs, which he has threatened to impose as early as Saturday, will be “forceful but reasonable,” and that federal and provincial governments were working on removing internal trade barriers to soften any economic blow.In remarks on Friday morning before a meeting with his advisory council on Canada-U.S. relations, Mr. Trudeau said the country was at a critical moment, with Mr. Trump repeating this threat on Thursday to impose levies on Canadians goods, dramatically damaging the country’s economy.