Trump's apparent joke about Canada becoming 51st state draws range of reaction in B.C.
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Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
Fox News reported, citing anonymous sources, that Trump joked to Trudeau that if a 25 per cent tariff would kill Canada’s economy, meaning it can’t survive without “ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion” a year, then maybe Canada should become the 51st state.
The joke generated a buzz in Ottawa Tuesday. Some, including Public Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc, who was also at the dinner, downplayed the joke.
“The president was telling jokes; the president was teasing us,” said Leblanc Tuesday. “It was of course, on that issue, in no way a serious comment,” he said.
But the humour is not landing well on some British Columbian ears.
B.C. Conservative Finance critic, Peter Milobar, weighed in Tuesday. “Obviously, a very serious situation as it relates to the B.C. economy and how reliant we are on our exports,” he said.
B.C.’s minister of state for trade, Rick Glumac, tried his hand at comedy in response Tuesday.
School buses across the north are cancelled Wednesday due to poor road conditions and snow squall warnings.
Environment Canada has issued a blowing snow advisory for the London region Wednesday.
A developing low pressure skirting colder air in place across eastern parts of the country will bring snow, rain, and wind to the Maritimes on Thursday.
Toronto could see the first taste of winter weather this morning as a low-pressure system brings snow to the city on Wednesday morning.
Montreal's transit authority failed to properly consult with the public over its 'indefensible' plan to force an elderly couple out of their home to build a new ventilation station in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, a commission was told Tuesday evening.
In the oldest Chinatown in the entire country sits Loy Sing, a business that holds the title of longest continually run Chinese business in North America. It has now been in operation for 136 years and counting.
The Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan is recommending that the province improve its system of monitoring sales of farmland to foreign entities.
With seven months under their belt, Gather Local Market at River Landing continues to try new ideas to move their concept forward. The latest addition is helping small businesses get off the ground.
A Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 forged documents into the country, including Canadian permanent resident cards and driver's licences.
An outspoken former Calgary bishop who was outspoken on several issues such as LGBTQ policy and school HPV vaccinations has died.
Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.