Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on $27.6 billion in U.S. goods Tuesday, and the howling from Ottawa proves exactly what President Trump has argued for decades: our so-called allies have been running a one-sided trade game at the expense of American workers, and now that the correction has arrived, they're threatening to cut off our electricity over it.
The real story isn't that Canada is hitting back — it's that it took this long for an American president to force the issue. Trump's tariffs cover roughly 5% of Canada's annual imports to the United States. Canada's response, announced by Finance Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne, matches U.S. rates
