Hundreds of workers took to the streets of Vancouver on Thursday to make their voices heard amid the Canada-U.S. trade war.
Attendees at Unifor’s constitutional convention gathered at Jack Poole Plaza, outside the Vancouver Convention Centre to press the federal government to protect Canadian jobs.
Among other things, speakers voiced anger at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent decision to remove retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods that are covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
Their message: Canada can win the fight against Donald Trump over tariffs.
“We will win, because we’re not afraid. It’s our job to take on (those) more powerful than us, who believe they’re more powerful than us, we did that all our life,” Unifor director Daniel Cloutier said.
“We’re facing the tyr