The latest tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump has riled the MP from Essex.
Tracey Ramsey says the idea of slapping a tariff on autos or auto parts crossing the border would cost jobs.
Trump has floated the idea of slapping a tariff of up to 25% on autos imported into the U.S., going so far as to ask U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to consider the idea.
Ramsey says this threat to assess imported autos and parts is causing extreme uncertainty in the industry. "If we start having tariffs of 25% on autos that we know are crossing that border upwards of eight times between Canada and the US, this is going to be extremely costly, which ultimately means that jobs will be impacted," says Ramsey.
She's fired off a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland asking what the federal government plans to do about it.
"It seems like there has been little action to respond to previous threats," says Ramsey. "Canadians have sat by and we've had these multiple, what are described as attacks against us. And at this point it really is time for the Liberal government in Canada to stand up against Donald Trump and to come to some sort of understanding about our trading relationship."
Ramsey is hoping for a quick reply from Freeland about how Canada plans to defend Canadian trading interests abroad.