CTV National News: Patriotism at an all time high ahead of this year's Canada Day
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After Trump's 51st state comments and tariff uncertainty, people are showing Canadian pride more than ever before. CTV News' Kamil Karamali reports.
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Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? In the past few weeks and months, U.S. President Donald Trump has given a number of rationales for escalating the trade dispute between Canada and the United States. On Friday, he zeroed in on Canada's digital services tax (new window) — a levy introduced last year that could've cost the largest American tech giants billions of dollars in the coming years, after it was set to kick in on Monday. But in a stunning move, the federal government announced late Sunday evening it was rescinding the tax (new window) , just days after Trump cut off Canada-U.S. trade negotiations in response to the levy. International trade lawyer William Pellerin, of McMillan LLP, was only shocked the U.S. president hadn't brought it up sooner. It's actually quite surprising that it took them this long to make a big stink about this issue, Pellerin told CBC News Network on Friday. 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