City of Winnipeg

08/22/2026 | Press release | Archived content

Statement by Mayor Scott Gillingham about U.S. trade war escalation against Canada

Released: August 22, 2026 at 1:04 p.m.

"Today, Winnipeg exporters are once again seeing their work disrupted, their employees put at risk, and their customers questioning what comes next because of the latest unprovoked trade attack by President Trump.

Any crisis in the Canada-U.S. trade relationship is not the fault of Canadians, our trusted customers in the U.S., or the U.S. mayors and cities I connect with regularly. It is the result of the President of the United States and his advisors continuing to follow through on his arrogant threat to try to control our country using 'economic force.'

I support free trade, but you can't practice free trade when the leader of your biggest trading partner is trying to choke your economy into submission.

While the City of Winnipeg's total spending on infrastructure, salaries and services represents just 4% of our local economy, the City can and will do more to support federal and provincial efforts to fight this bullying.

Over the last eighteen months, Winnipeg businesses have created thousands of new jobs and found new markets despite the President's behaviour. Canadians must pull together to help them - and help ourselves - continue to prosper in the face of this entirely manufactured storm."

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