U of Regina prof warns of risks from 'expansionist government' as Trump takes office for 2nd term
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As Donald Trump prepares to officially take office with his swearing in on Monday, his threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, as well as comments about making Canada the "51st state," have sparked concerns for some in Saskatchewan about what U.S. policy will look like under the incoming president.
"It is an expansionist government," said Tom McIntosh, a politics and international studies professor at the University of Regina.
"The primary focus at this moment is on dominating their closest neighbours."
Trump made the threat of tariffs in November, saying they'll be applied to all imports from Canada and Mexico if the two countries don't address what he says is a flow of drugs and migrants across the borders.
Saskatchewan farmers are bracing for the potential economic and political consequences if those threats become reality.
The tariffs could have a significant impact on Saskatchewan's agriculture sector, which exported $6.7 billion worth of goods to the U.S. in 2023, according to the provincial government.
Garth Massie, a sales and marketing manager with Superior Farms Equipment, said that tariffs could affect sales of farming equipment made in Canada.
"Tariffs would make them more expensive to build and less profitable to sell," Massie said at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show, held in Saskatoon this week.
Loleen Berdahl, the executive director of the Saskatchewan-based Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, called Trump's economic approach "economic warfare," emphasizing the risks of over-reliance on the U.S. market.
"The foundation of our economy is this relationship [with the U.S.]," Berdahl said. "It's not easy to suddenly retool and shift trade to other partners like the … [European Union] or Australia."
The U of Regina's McIntosh used similar language to describe Trump's proposed policies.
"One of the partners in the North American agreement has decided to declare war on the other two partners," he said.
Berdahl praised Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe for standing with most of Canada's other premiers, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to present a largely united front earlier this week.
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