Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske and the heads of its major member unions met Sunday with strikebreaker-in-chief Steven MacKinnon, the Labour Minister in Trudeau’s Liberal government, to plot how they can assists Canadian big business in its reactionary tariff war with Washington.

Punishing 25% levies on imports from America’s closest neighbors were due to come into force at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, but Trump put his two-front trade war on hold, claiming he’d scored two big wins and major concessions.

"I don't think there are a lot of Americans who wake up in the morning saying, 'Oh, damn Canada. Oh, we should really go after Canada,'" Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remarked Saturday, encapsulating the shell shock many north of the border are now feeling.