“The Prime Minister promised to fix U.S. tariffs but he failed. Now a furniture factory is closing and we're losing 126 jobs. Our economy depends on the U.S. but the Prime Minister says that's a weakness. The government hasn't even talked to the U.S. in seven months. Businesses in my riding want the government to fix this before more jobs are lost.”
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