‘We can’t keep delaying’: Ford calls for acceleration of U.S. trade talks as CUSMA deadline looms

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[00:00:00]and the US are starting trade talks this week with no mention of Canada. Does that put us at a disadvantage?

[00:00:05]>> Well, I'm concerned. In my my opinion, we need to get to the table. We need to make sure we have certainty, not just here, but in the United States. I talked to a lot of governors, a lot of senators. They want certainty right now.

[00:00:17]And then and you saw it with the jobs.

[00:00:20]When a province of 16.3 million people create 50,000 full-time jobs just in April, and 350 million people only created 115,000, that's concerning. It'd be concerning for the US.

[00:00:34]I'd like to get to the table, or get the feds to the table, and let's start moving on this. We can't keep delaying.

[00:00:41]>> Premier Premier Premier, is the booze ban undermining Canada's ability to negotiate as the Senate witness said yesterday?

[00:00:47]>> Not not at all. What's What the problem is, we should look at all the steel they're putting tariffs on. Look Look Let's look at the auto, the dairy, the forestry sector. That's the problem. The booze is that much compared to what they're tariffing us in all the other sectors.