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UNDER ATTACK: They both want to tax Canadian steel. Trump with tariffs, Carney with carbon taxes
Apr 15, 2025
You know, obviously the steel industry is under attack. This is an area where Mr. Trump and Mr. Carney agree they both want to tax Canadian steel. Trump with tariffs, Carney with carbon taxes.
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ela Deamatia
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Sustar at last night's rally you only
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mentioned steel in passing this is a
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steel town tariffs are a serious issue
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for both the workers the steel workers
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and the community overall we're also a
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border town we've had uh traditionally
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great relationships with our American
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neighbors what is your plan to deal with
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the tariffs and help the steel industry
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prosper in Canada and return good
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relationships with our American
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neighbors and if you could answer in
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English and French for my French
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colleagues I'd appreciate it thank you
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absolutely thank you very much a very
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important question uh you're I did
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mention steel yesterday in my remarks
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and um you know obviously the steel
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industry is under attack um this is an
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area where Mr trump and Mr carney agree
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they both want to tax Canadian steel
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trump with tariffs Carney with carbon
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taxes mr carney has said he wants um
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he's admitted that he wants an expanded
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industrial carbon tax and when asked who
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would pay it he specifically said the
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steel industry would pay it um if uh the
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liberal carbon tax is allowed to stay in
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place and quadruple in in size over the
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next four years as the law has set out
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there will be no steel industry left in
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Canada um obviously Al's also DeFasco
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Stelco EverZ Gordau and many others will
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shut up and shut shut down and go south
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where there is no carbon tax and where
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they would be free from American tariffs
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so our plan to start with is to axe the
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entire carbon tax including the
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industrial tax that Mr carney says he
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wants to keep in place we will
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also put in place counter tariffs on the
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Americans to dissuade and deter their
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protectionism against our steel products
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uh we
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will cut taxes on investment allowing
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Canadians to pay zero car capital gains
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tax when they reinvest in Canada this
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will unlock a boom it will be like jet
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fuel for the Canadian economy and and
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industries that are investment inensive
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like steel will be among the greatest
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beneficiaries we're going to bring home
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Oh by the way we're also the only party
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that supports building pipelines we are
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going to repeal the no new pipelines
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liberal law C69 and build Canadian
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pipelines with Canadian steel to get
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Canadian energy to Canadian markets we
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will build LG plants that also require
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massive amounts of steel and we will
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make that domestic Canadian steel that's
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how we're going to protect the jobs of
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the great uh steel workers of the Sue of
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Hamilton of Reginaina and right across
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this country uh our people are made of
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steel and our economy will be as well
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let's put Canada first for a change
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thank you
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