François-Philippe Champagne: “Those tariffs will have real consequences for Canadian workers, businesses and communities across our nation. Canada…”

Today, I'm announcing Canada will match the U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar, up to 50% on $27.6 billion of imports from the United States of America.

I think Canadians can understand that we have a strong fiscal position, and we’re investing in the things that will generate growth to the country.

We're investing in the things that will generate growth to the country and therefore making sure that we can afford what we're going to be doing in order to meet our NATO requirement.

There is the short-term reality created by the current geopolitics, which is forcing countries to adjust and adapt.