Calgary - CBC News

With Donald Trump once again promising to hit Canada with steep tariffs on Canada's steel and aluminum imports, much of the national focus is on the effect it could have on the massive industry in central Canada. But even in Alberta, steel exports are worth a billion dollars to the provincial economy. 

A trio of Alberta cabinet ministers are standing united in the face of concerns over procurement and contracts in the province's health-care system.

At the moment, the U.S. is threatening two actions: a worldwide tariff of 25 per cent on steel and aluminum starting March 12, and it has also paused, until March 4, the threat of an economy-wide 25 per cent tariff on Canada and Mexico while it works on border-security deals with both countries.

The Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the face of U.S. foreign aid have resulted in a 90-day freeze on humanitarian funding, the shutdown of programs around the world, and thousands of staff and contractor layoffs and furloughs — with some impacts reverberating closer to home.