Industry Minister Mélanie Joly told Hamilton steelworkers to expect new measures “very soon” to protect their jobs against escalating tariffs — and the industry against “dumping” of cheap foreign steel.

The Liberal minister toured ArcelorMittal Dofasco on Friday and met with Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath in the wake of a controversial doubling of already punishing steel tariffs to 50 per cent by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Joly’s visit came on the same day Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled the One Canadian Economy bill designed to help fast-track major project approvals nationwide and reduce reliance on a suddenly unreliable U.S. trading partner. Separately, Carney is also apparently in talks with Trump in an effort to end the trade war.

In an address to Dofasco workers, Joly

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