Discussion · Oral Questions
Mélanie Joly Liberal
“I will not accept the member's proposal to drop our tariffs. Windsor is hurt the most by American tariffs. We need our own tariffs to defend auto, steel, and aluminum workers across Canada.”
“Mr. Speaker, if there is a city or a town in this country that is affected by the tariffs, it is clearly Windsor. If the colleague really understood what she was asking for, which would weaken the industrial base in Windsor, she would stop asking that question. The countertariffs are so important to make sure we fight back against the tariffs affecting the very auto workers in Windsor, the very steelworkers in the southwestern Ontario region and the aluminum workers in Quebec and B.C. We will make sure that we fight. We do not actually take that proposition as a good one because—”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, if there is a city or a town in this country that is affected by the tariffs, it is clearly Windsor. If the colleague really understood what she was asking for, which would weaken the industrial base in Windsor, she would stop asking that question. The countertariffs are so important to make sure we fight back against the tariffs affecting the very auto workers in Windsor, the very steelworkers in the southwestern Ontario region and the aluminum workers in Quebec and B.C. We will make sure that we fight. We do not actually take that proposition as a good one because—