Canada is drawing up plans for extensive tariffs against US products if Donald Trump follows through on his threat to put 25% levies on Canadian goods, according to people familiar with the matter.

Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on 14 current and former senior officials of the Venezuelan government, alleging that they had engaged in activities that have supported human rights violations in Venezuela.

In response, Justin Trudeau, who is reportedly stepping down as Canada's prime minister, recently wrote on X: "There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States." Trump-ally Elon Musk then responded: "Girl, you're not the governor of Canada anymore, so doesn't matter what you say."

Canada is looking at putting retaliatory tariffs if President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian products.

The value of Canadian building permits fell by 5.9% in November from October, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Podcaster Joe Rogan suggested that America may as well take over Mexico if so many of its people are immigrating illegally, bringing safety to both countries.

Canada's finance minister says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state are no longer a joke and are meant to undermine America’s closest ally and major trading partner.

President-elect Trump has doubled down on his suggestion of a merged United States and Canada in the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign. Some have shrugged off Trump’s suggestion Canada should “become the 51st state” as an old joke or mere posturing,

The president-elect’s comments about the U.S. annexing its northern neighbor were rejected by Canadians of all political stripes.

Prior to this draft, the classification of the devices were left to the discretion of the state governments, especially in cases of new non-classified devices.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has escaped any penalty other than a criminal record for his felony crimes after a judge on Friday handed him an alternative sentence called an unconditional discharge.