Canada is prepared to offer pandemic-level financial support to workers and businesses if the US imposes tariffs. Officials emphasize that workers should not bear the costs of US decisions, referencing past Covid-19 responses as a model for potential aid.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports beginning Feb. 1. Touria Izri explains how the federal government is considering pandemic-like relief payments to try to offset those tariffs,