Trudeau promises "dollar-for-dollar" response if Trump tariffs Canada | FULL

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he is in favour of imposing "matching" retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump hits Canada with sweeping 25 per cent tariffs as early as next week.

"If the president does choose to proceed with tariffs on Canada, Canada will respond and everything is on the table," said Trudeau during a news conference Tuesday in Montebello, Que., where his team is gathered for a two-day cabinet retreat.

"I support the principle of dollar-for-dollar matching tariffs. It's something that we are absolutely going to be looking at if that is how they move forward," he told reporters.

Trudeau is huddling with his team in Montebello, Que., for the government's annual winter cabinet retreat, which will be his last before he steps aside in March.