{"id":57430,"date":"2025-08-01T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=57430"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:46:37","slug":"premier-houston-issues-statement-on-u-s-tariff-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=57430","title":{"rendered":"Premier Houston issues statement on U.S. Tariff increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX: <\/strong>The following is a statement from Premier Tim Houston on the increase of U.S. tariffs as of Aug. 1 on Canadian goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As much as we all hoped Canada could reach a trade deal with the U.S. by August 1, we knew it would be incredibly difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today, we are learning that we still have more work to do.<br><br>&#8220;We never wanted to be in this position. No one wanted tariffs. This has been a long and difficult road.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank the federal government, Prime Minister Carney and his team, who have been working tirelessly on this file. I know you\u2019ve carefully considered the concerns premiers have raised.<br><br>&#8220;Our government will continue its part to support our province and the rest of Canada.<br><br>&#8220;Make no mistake: at the provincial level, we will not hesitate to implement retaliatory measures again if they are needed.<br><br>&#8220;For now, we\u2019re focusing on what we can control.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>&#8220;Like building our economy. Becoming more self-reliant. Seizing the opportunities that are before us. Diversifying to new trade markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Removing internal trade barriers. Supporting local Nova Scotians and Canadian businesses. And looking out for the best interests of Nova Scotians.<br><br>&#8220;I will always\u00a0look out for the best interests of Nova Scotians.<br><br>&#8220;We remain hopeful a deal can be reached.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56191&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: The following is a statement from Premier Tim Houston on the increase of U.S. tariffs as of Aug. 1 on Canadian goods. &#8220;As much as we all hoped Canada could reach a trade deal with the U.S. by August 1, we knew it would be incredibly difficult. &#8220;Today, we are learning that we still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[1923,2517,8305,7962,996,7711],"class_list":["post-57430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-canada","tag-premier-tim-houston","tag-president-trump","tag-prime-minister-mark-carney","tag-u-s","tag-u-s-tariffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}