Juno News - Doug Ford now says the federal government will lead negotiations with the U.S.

00:00:00.000 It was a whirlwind day yesterday, for sure. Hopefully you got a little bit of sleep.

00:00:05.160 At this point, at the end of the day, you were back on American networks.

00:00:10.520 There were some quotes from the inner circle of Trump, more or less declaring this a win yesterday.

00:00:16.720 So what are your thoughts? Is this a win for Trump, or how do you back from that?

00:00:21.460 You know, they want to call it a win. Whatever. They're playing politics.

00:00:25.900 But here and there, what happened yesterday, very clearly, Secretary Lutnick called me.

00:00:32.140 I didn't call him.

00:00:33.520 Put an olive branch out, and only a foolish person would decline or hang up on someone and say, I'm not listening.

00:00:41.000 We said, well, that's fine.

00:00:43.060 We need a meeting, and we need it right away.

00:00:46.000 He agreed.

00:00:46.680 He said, fly down tonight, fly down tomorrow or the next day.

00:00:49.800 We're bringing Minister LeBlanc with us and the ambassador to have that conversation,

00:00:56.280 to sit down and see what their requirements are, what their needs are.

00:01:00.100 I always say when you have your largest customer, you listen to your largest customer in business.

00:01:04.660 And we'll sit there and listen and make sure that we bring that information back and sit around the table.

00:01:12.840 It's the federal government that's leading this, not myself.

00:01:16.460 They're going to lead the negotiations.

00:01:19.000 We'll have a very loud voice in that conversation, along with all the other premiers.

Juno News - March 13, 2025