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It’s official: Canada’s counter tariffs kicked in at 12 a.m. Tuesday, slamming an eclectic list of goods that includes dairy products, cosmetics, haircare, softwood, steel rods and window frames. All will cost between 25 and 50 per cent more, in response to U.S. tariffs that show no sign of going away any time soon. To the contrary, U.S. President Donald Trump is just getting started, sending a stream of over 60 posts on Truth Social Monday in which he threatened to ban aerospace giant Bombardier from selling aircraft in the U.S.

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As he has done with other major developments in the trade war, Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a national address on his YouTube channel, Forward Guidance. It was posted Tuesday morning, and since most Canadians will not devote 15 minutes to watching it, I did. And it delivered several important clues about the government’s strategy going forward.

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