Incoming American president Donald Trump has threatened “economic force” against Canada, crippling 25 per cent tariffs on all imports, and has repeatedly said that the country should be the 51st state. In response to Trump’s threats to devastate Canada, the Liberals have essentially replied: Don’t worry, we’ve got this.

When asked on CTV’s Question period Sunday if Ottawa would “cut off supplies of energy” to the United States to counter the tariff threat, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly refused to dismiss the idea. “What I can tell you is everything is on the table,” she said to host Vassy Kapelos. The minister then went at length to explain why restricting oil and gas exports is an option, raising the need for “strength and unity” because the entire economy is at risk.