The province’s opposition parties believe Premier Andrew Furey’s response to tariff threats from the United States is not far enough.

Furey has convened multiple meetings with industry and community leaders to form a plan on how to address the impacts of 25 per cent tariffs.

PC Leader Tony Wakeham says it is important to have a plan that reflects the needs of different industries and workers.

Wakeham says roundtables and group meetings are all well and good, but the government should be sitting down with individual groups to figure out a plan for their specific needs.

He uses the fishery as an example.

He says in six weeks’ time, harvesters will be heading out in their boats to catch crab. However, they can’t do that without negotiating a price first, but the threat of tariffs makes that difficult to do.

NDP leader Jim Dinn meanwhile believes members of the House of Assembly should be involved in the discussions as well.

Dinn thinks the legislature should be reopened for an emergency debate for members to have their voices heard on possible actions. Another option, he says, is to have weekly meetings with each of the parties, similar to what was done during the early days of COVID.