Retaliatory tariffs are not enough. Canada must penalize any firm that moves jobs or operations from Canada because of U.S. tariff policies.
Here’s why:
Relocating productive assets from Canada to the United States, in response to illegal tariffs, imperils the Canadian economy and infringes on Canadian sovereignty.
Canada already has laws that prohibit firms from complying with foreign rules that adversely affect Canada’s interests.
The federal government must consider all statutory powers to protect jobs, including disincentivizing the “offshoring” of Canadian production, imposing heavy penalties on firms that comply with illegal and unjust U.S. orders, and prohibiting goods previously made in Canada from re-entering the country from the United States or elsewhere.