Premier Andrew Furey called his Atlantic counterparts together this week to discuss the impact of potential US tariffs on the region, among other things.

Canadian premiers and territorial leaders called an emergency meeting with the Prime Minister late last month vowing a Team Canada approach to any potential American tariff on Canadian goods into the US.

Since then, Premier Furey has led what he calls a ‘Team NL’ approach and is now spearheading a similar Atlantic Canadian approach to ensure that the region and the province aren’t out-negotiated.

“You can imagine a world where there’s incredible pressure on the manufacturing industries in southern Ontario for example. We would never accept a position that Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishery, for example, would be traded-off against automobile manufacturing.” He says they want to make sure that “at the Team Canada level, that Newfoundland and Labrador’s voice is heard loudly and is heard clearly…and I’ve been given reassurances by the Prime Minister that that will be the case.”

Meanwhile, Canada’s premiers will meet virtually with Trudeau again this afternoon.