Prime Minister Mark Carney is silhouetted as he gives a statement after touring Global Container Terminals' Deltaport facility, at Roberts Bank in Delta, B.C., on Thursday, July 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada's response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
Prime Minister Mark Carney is silhouetted as he gives a statement after touring Global Container Terminals' Deltaport facility, at Roberts Bank in Delta, B.C., on Thursday, July 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada's response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says retaliatory tariffs will hit the U.S. starting next month.Â
The U.S. introduced new 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars in ºÃÉ«tv exports on Saturday after trade talks failed.Â
Carney suspended talks with the United States and summoned his negotiators back to Ottawa.
Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill on Saturday, Carney said Canada is walking away from a "bad deal" with the U.S. and will diversify trade abroad.
He said Canada will match Washington’s new tariffs dollar-for-dollar and that the levies will be targeted at sectors such as steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics.Â
Carney says the counter tariffs will come into force on Sept. 8, the day after Labour Day.
The prime minister said in a statement late Friday that last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were "unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal."
On Saturday, Carney said that the U.S., "at the last hours," introduced efforts to restrict Canada's ability to have other trade deals.
He said there were also efforts to restrict Canada's protections of language and culture.
Carney said the government will outline Canada's plan for counter tariffs and measures to support ºÃÉ«tv workers and businesses in the coming days.
"We will do whatever it takes to support these businesses," he said Saturday.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Aug. 22, 2026.Â
