After saying on Wednesday that he had not received a 'clear answer' from the federal government, Quebec Premier Francois Legault now says he is 'happy' to see that Ottawa agrees a plan is needed to avoid Donald Trump's tariffs.

Quebec Premier François Legault wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appease Donald Trump by tightening border security and clamping down on the illegal drug trade in response to the president-elect's threat of imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

The best way to take away U.S. president-elect Donald’s Trump’s complaints about the Canadian border is to beef up controls, Premier François Legault said Wednesday. Arriving for question period at the legislature a few hours before a meeting of Canada’s premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,