In a submission today to the Government of Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on International Trade, USW National Director Ken Neumann called for stronger action from the federal government in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports.
The federal government must provide immediate supports to Canadian workers and industry, strengthen our ability to remedy predatory and unfair trade practices, use domestic policy measures to ensure the long-term health of the Canadian steel and aluminum industries and work jointly to remedy the real problem of steel and aluminum dumping, for which Canada is not to blame, Neumann told the committee.
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