Has Trump broken Canada’s relationship with the US?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
From booing at sports events to boycotting products, Canada is taking a sharp look at its neighbour to the south. United States President Donald Trump placed a 30-day pause on 25 percent tariffs on Canada after speaking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But what does the dispute reveal about the US and Canada’s shared future?
In this episode:
- Stephen Marche (@StephenMarche), Journalist and Novelist
Episode credits:
And that’s the Take. This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K. Li, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Hagir Saleh, Hanah Shokeir, Khaled Soltan, and our host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, the world's friendliest border turns frosty. |
| 0:15.0 | This week we are very much a nation fighting for survival, |
| 0:18.0 | and there's actually quite a bit of fight from everyone. |
| 0:23.0 | After a close call on trade, Canadians are coming together and looking to expand their horizons |
| 0:28.8 | beyond the U.S. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is The Take. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm Stephen Marsh. I live in Toronto, and I'm the author of The Next Civil War. |
| 0:53.4 | Stephen, let's catch people up on this roller coaster of a week in the U.S. relationship with Canada. Oh, my God. |
| 1:02.3 | So February 1st, Trump signs an executive order imposing major tariffs on Canadian goods. |
| 1:06.8 | And this sends just shockwaves throughout the entire continent, really. |
| 1:09.8 | Today, the United States informed us. |
| 1:17.8 | They will be imposing 25% tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States and 10% on Canadian energy. |
| 1:24.6 | A decision that should the elect to proceed with should take effect on Tuesday, February 4th. |
| 1:32.8 | And Canadians, who, you know, are considered very measured, you know, friendly, react with real anger, |
| 1:33.6 | don't they? |
| 1:40.2 | Yeah, I mean, I don't really remember Canadians getting as patriotic as they got this past week. |
| 1:46.7 | I mean, it was, it's truly unifying across provinces and across political parties. |
| 1:53.5 | Doug Ford, who's the Premier of Ontario, he's been a very, very loud nationalist voice, |
| 1:57.2 | threatening to do things like cut off the power to northern New York. |
| 2:00.8 | We will go to the full extent, depending how far this goes. |
| 2:04.5 | We will go to the extent to cutting off their energy, |
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