Kate Harrison states the plain fact Carney’s team and David Cochrane keep wrapping in caveats: “There’s a lot of Canadians for whom tariffs are an existential threat if they’re working in automotive or steel or dairy. And I think that they’re owed a bit more information.” After 18 months of this being the Prime Minister’s core issue, the chief negotiator has finally admitted the position is “getting the lowest amount of tariffs on the greatest number of goods”—yet no one will say what rate is acceptable, or whether it beats the August terms that were walked away from @KatlynHarrison

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declined to detail any recent Canada-U.S. trade talks when asked today Reporters pressed him on whether there had been movement in negotiations in recent days and if he had been consulted or had any conversations about it. He replied only that Manitoba is “always prepared to be part of Team Canada,” then shut down further questions with “that’s my answer for now.” Kinew is in Ottawa for the First Nations–First Ministers meeting