INDEPENDENT | Published January 8, 2025
Trudeau announced on Monday that he will step down as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister once a successor has been chosen
Outgoing Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau has slammed President-elect Donald Trump’s argument that Canada should join the US.
“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States. Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner,” Trudeau wrote on X on Tuesday.
The post came after Trump held a press conference where he said he would not consider using military force to make Canada the 51st state but would use “economic force.”
He argued that the US has spent “hundreds of billions” of dollars to protect Canada even as the Americans run a trade deficit. Trump has on numerous occasions suggested that Canada become the “51st state” and has referred to Trudeau as “governor.”
The president-elect has also indicated that he will impose tariffs on Canadian imports.
Trudeau revealed on Monday that he’s stepping down as leader of the Canadian Liberal Party and as prime minister once a successor has been chosen.
Also on Tuesday, Trump once again suggested that hockey great Wayne Gretzky be a candidate for prime minister.
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SOURCE: www.independent.co.uk
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Ottawa (AFP) – There is not a “snowball’s chance in hell” that Canada will merge with the United States, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, while his foreign minister added the country will “never back down” from threats by Donald Trump.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was a “snowball’s chance in hell” the country would merge with the United States © Dave Chan / AFP
FRANCE 24 | Published January 8, 2025
The comments from Trudeau and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly followed the US President-elect’s statement at a news conference about using “economic force” in pursuit of his unlikely plan for Canada to merge with the United States.
“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” Trudeau reacted on X, while also highlighting close bilateral security and trade ties.
Joly, meanwhile, accused Trump of showing with his remarks “a complete lack of understanding” of Canada.
“Our economy is strong. Our people our strong. We will never back down in the face of threats,” she said on the social media platform owned by Trump ally Elon Musk.
Trump spoke in a meandering press conference Tuesday, a day after Congress certified his election victory.
He also threatened military action to secure the Panama Canal, and Greenland.
He has previously vowed to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports when he takes office on January 20, which could be devastating for Canada as it sends 75 percent of its exports to the United States.
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SOURCE: www.france24.com
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