François-Philippe Champagne: “We stood up for our workers. We stood up for our businesses. We stood up for Canada.”

It’s all about fairness. It’s all about levelling the playing field. It’s all about supporting Canadian workers and Canadian businesses.

Today will be remembered, chiefs, you will be remembered in the history of this country as those who had the vision to build for the future,

As airlines face rising jet fuel costs, today’s relief measure will help stabilize the industry and support a competitive aviation sector for the future.

Those tariffs will have real consequences for Canadian workers, businesses and communities across our nation. Canada must respond.