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Question period focused on U.S. tariffs and support for Canadian businesses. Yves-François Blanchet, for the Bloc Québécois, said the United States is now applying its highest tariffs to Canada following an April 6 change in how tariffs are calculated, and that the economic update did not include promised help for businesses. He asked the Prime Minister to act quickly and offered to work with the government to support Quebec businesses that export to the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney responded that the government is developing measures for workers and businesses in the steel, aluminum, copper and derivative industries, to be announced in the coming days, and said the measures would be swift and sufficient.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“We are working on support for workers and businesses in the steel, aluminum, and copper industries. We will announce those plans in the next few days.”
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his interest in this situation. The government is currently developing measures to assist workers and businesses in the steel, aluminum, copper and derivative industries. We will announce those measures in the coming days.

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Mark Carney

Liberal
“We will act quickly and do enough to protect Canadian workers and businesses from new American tariffs.”
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Industry, my colleagues and I can assure Canadian workers and businesses affected by the new U.S. tariff threats that our measures will be swift and sufficient.

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