OTTAWA — The member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma region said Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump tried to “wipe Algoma Steel off the map” with his punishing tariffs.

Terry Sheehan also said Trump won’t succeed and argued the financial lifeline the federal and provincial governments have offered the steel plant is “absolutely critical” to its survival.

“The 50 per cent tariffs were meant to wipe Algoma Steel off the map. That’s one of (Trump’s) plans, to decimate the steel industry around the world,” he said.

Ottawa announced Monday that Algoma Steel Group Inc. will receive $500 million in federal and provincial loans to help it reorient its business to cope with the impact of the ongoing trade war.

Ottawa’s $400 million in financial assistance comes from the Larg

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