Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs Over 900 Wildfires as Ontario Rebukes Him
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 20
Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs Over 900 Wildfires as Ontario Rebukes Him
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 20
Summary
Doug Ford told Trump to "start helping us" instead of threatening tariffs after the U.S. president blamed Canadian wildfire smoke for "poisoning our air" and raised possible damages in remarks to Mark Carney.
More than 900 fires are burning across Canada, forcing thousands to evacuate, destroying homes and scorching about 28,000 square kilometers as smoke spread over Washington, New York and much of the eastern U.S.
Ontario alone has evacuated about 1,800 people, while Whitewater Lake First Nation was burned over the weekend and Kimberley, British Columbia, put roughly 9,000 residents under evacuation alert.
Carney said Canada has mobilized more than 5,000 firefighters and nearly 300 waterbombers, helicopters and evacuation aircraft, underscoring the scale of a crisis now straining U.S.-Canada ties.