The author provides an excellent summary that we should be focusing on increasing our own domestic supply: domestic steel requirements for procurement and infrastructure projects and investments to build our domestic capacity, penalize firms that dump steel, the consideration of a carbon tariff and a broader alignment with the U.S. on restricting foreign carbon-intense steel. Key take-aways: 1) Canada needs a new and robust steel policy - In the steel industry we have allowed imports to dominate our market.2) Should look to the U.S. The Americans have put their industrial policy at the center of their climate and trade policy.
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