Report From Parliament Hill

Eric Melillo, MP, Kenora Riding

Dear Constituents

Common sense Conservatives strongly condemn President Trump’s latest unjust tariffs targeting Canadian steel and aluminum workers and manufacturers. These tariffs cannot in any way be justified and are yet another betrayal by the President of the long friendship between Canada and the United States.
Retaliatory tariffs are needed to respond to this unjust act and to protect Canadian steel and aluminum workers.
Our message to the US administration must be clear: Do not mistake our kindness for weakness. We are a strong, proud, and sovereign country and we will fight back against these attacks against our economy and our workers.
If the President applies further tariffs as he has threatened, we will hit back on those as well. We will not falter in defence of our country and these attacks will only harden our resolve.
Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to further defend our steel and aluminum workers, listen to the leaders in our industry and take additional action to combat illegal dumping and unfair trade practices by China.
Finally, we are calling on Mark Carney to reverse his plan to impose a massive new industrial carbon tax on Canadian steel and all other heavy industries. Carney’s carbon tax and Trump’s tariffs would decimate our industry forever.
Only Conservatives will axe the tax, green-light natural resource projects and bring home production and paycheques.
Carney-Trudeau Liberals have imposed taxes and blocked projects making us more reliant on the Americans, while Carney profited by shipping jobs out of Canada to the U.S.
We need a Conservative government that will put Canada first. Let’s bring it home.
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Sincerely,
Eric Melillo
Member of Parliament
Kenora Riding