Threats from Trump: Legault changes tone against Trudeau

After lecturing Justin TrudeauFrançois Legault is now “very happy” with the federal government’s strategy aimed at securing the borders to avoid the imposition of high customs tariffs by Donald Trump.

“I am happy this morning to see the reactions of Dominique Leblanc and Chrystia Freeland, who finally seem to understand the message that we need a plan to secure the borders against immigration, then avoid the 25% tariff. I hope that the federal government succeeds in avoiding the 25% and that we work together,” he said Thursday, the day after a special meeting of the Canadian Prime Minister and the provinces on the subject of the president’s threats. designated American.

Since the start of the week, François Legault had nevertheless multiplied the epithets to denounce Justin Trudeau’s border policies.

The Prime Minister of Quebec even described the fears of the future occupant of the White House about illegal immigration as “legitimate”. Wednesday evening, a few minutes after the virtual meeting with his Canadian counterparts, he deplored the lack of a clear response from Justin Trudeau’s troops to table a detailed plan to better secure the lines between Canada and the United States.

His Minister of Immigration, Jean-François Roberge, also welcomed for the first time on Thursday Ottawa’s intentions to put more resources at the borders, in particular by adding additional drones.

“What is clear is that we want to work in collaboration with Ottawa,” he said.