Premier Andrew Furey is frustrated over Canada’s eroding relationship with the United States – the country’s biggest trading partner.

Furey joined Canada’s other premiers in a trip to Washington this week in an effort to impress upon US officials the devastating impact tariffs will have, not only on Canadians, but American consumers and workers as well.

Furey says negotiating with the United States has proven to be a very frustrating exercise since the new administration under Donald Trump came in.

He says the water on the beans is continually changing, which means the strategy used by Canadian leaders must change.

“We’re speaking about borders when it’s really not borders, then we beef up our borders -which we should be doing for Canadians anyway – and then he starts talking about banks, and all of a sudden he’s talking about a 100 per cent tariff on automobiles, and then we wake up one morning, despite the reprieve, there’s 25 per cent tariffs on aluminum and iron. So I think we need to, as premiers go home and re-evaluate our strategy, but be firm and courageous in our resolve that Canadian sovereignty and independence cannot be jeopardized, cannot be eroded in any way shape or form.”