Governor The prime ministers of six Canadian provinces of six northeastern states have invited them to meet in Boston as both sides face the effects of tariffs.
President Donald Trump’s policy of imposing tariffs on products imported from America’s northern neighbours and other countries has sparked controversy both in the US and overseas.
Included in the Governor’s group Five Democrats – Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Rhode Island Governor Daniel Mackey, and Republicans – Vermont Governor Phil Scott.
Left: President Donald Trump is walking towards the Southern Lawn Marines in Washington, DC on May 1, 2025. Right: General view of the Canadian flag on March 14, 2023, at Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey (Left: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Right: Rich Graessle/Nhli via Getty Images)
The governor is invited to the Canadian premier of New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec, Healy and Mills press release show.
“While the international fuss over tariffs threatens to overturn the economy of each community, we write to reaffirm our friendship and unique interdependence. We are important relationships based not only on mutual financial benefits, but also on centuries-old family and cultural ties that support politics,” said a US politician. invitation.
“As governors of the Northeast, we hope to maintain an open line of communication and cooperation, identify paths to overcome these uninvited tariff challenges, and help the economy endure.
Trumphe has repeatedly shown that Canada wants to become the 51st state in the United States, meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Kearney on Tuesday.
“Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker asked Trump if he would tell Kearney about making it his 51st state.
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“I always talk about it. Why do you know? We help Canada adjust $200 billion a year. We don’t really need their cars. We don’t need their energy. We don’t want their energy.
Mills said the economic and cultural ties between the US and Canada are “strung by the president’s haphazard tariffs and harmful rhetoric targeting its north neighbours,” according to a press release.
