Ontario’s premier is proving to be the best leader we have in the looming confrontation with Donald Trump’s Washington

Trump pledged in his inaugural address that tariffs would be coming in a speech in which he promised a golden era for America. He later said Canada and Mexico could be hit with the tariffs as soon as Feb. 1, though he signed an executive order requesting a report coordinated by the Secretary of Commerce by April. 1.

Peter Morrow, an associate professor of economics at the University of Toronto, said it is premature for Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump’s looming threat of tariffs is a ticking clock on Canada to make a move but some experts believe that imposing retaliatory tariffs would be premature and potentially detrimental.