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Canada’s former prime ministers have come together to call for Canadians to show their national pride Saturday for the country’s “flag day,” which will also mark the 60th anniversary of the maple leaf’s debut. 

Canada’s premiers travelled to Washington, D.C. to negotiate with Republican senators, lawmakers and business groups in the hopes of persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to rescind his pledge to impose crippling tariffs on Canadian imports.

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening as much as a 100-per-cent tariff on Canada’s auto sector, in addition to the threatened 25-per-cent tariffs now on hold. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allegedly cautioned U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance about the ripple effects that will be felt in his home state Ohio as a result of tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reaffirmed that Canada will remain a sovereign nation amid renewed calls for the country to become the 51st U.S. state and Donald Trump’s recently declared 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the U.S.

Two of the premiers who have been at the forefront of Canada’s border security enhancements have called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to name a fentanyl czar. A week has passed since he made the commitment to appointing a czar, and only three weeks remain in the country’s temporary reprieve from tariffs.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is one of several premiers travelling to Washington, D.C. next week to continue with diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the looming tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

A Canadian energy sector company is reviewing ways to expand projects in the wake of U.S. tariff threats which could see it increase the country’s barrel per day production by as much as 300,000. 

President Donald Trump’s looming tariff threats have prompted British Columbia’s provincial government to take a more pro-energy approach to reduce its reliance on the United States.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson travelled to Washington this week to pitch a “U.S.-Canada alliance on energy and minerals” to Republicans “rather than go down a path that will inevitably be lose-lose.”