David Paterson, Ontario’s representative in Washington, advised against overreacting. “The sun will shine in the morning and we will carry on,” he said on CBC’s Power and Politics.
“We really support the prime minister’s approach. When the time is right for that agreement to come together, it will.”
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Fox Business Network that he didn’t expect Trump to “step off the gas,” criticising Canada for retaliating against previous US tariffs.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last‑minute deals were needed to avoid further tariff hikes.
She warned that “those countries that either do not have a deal or have a letter, they will be hearing from this administration by the midnight deadline tonight.”