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LeBlancB次元官网网址檚 office confirmed the three-minute video was texted to Howard Lutnick Wednesday evening after the billionaire financierB次元官网网址檚 Senate hearing on his nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Lutnick told senators Wednesday that TrumpB次元官网网址檚 threatened 25 per cent across-the-board duties would be an emergency measure to achieve border security B次元官网网址� and could be followed by more tariffs in the future.

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LeBlanc met Lutnick at Mar-a-Lago late last year after he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled there for a dinner with Trump a few days after the president made his initial tariff threat.

LeBlancB次元官网网址檚 office said the video was sent along with a B次元官网网址減ersonal messageB次元官网网址� to contextualize the video, in relation to CanadaB次元官网网址檚 work to shore up the border. The spokesperson said the message was not part of any official communication plan.

The minister will meet with Lutnick but not until after his nomination is confirmed.

LeBlancB次元官网网址檚 outreach comes as Foreign Affairs Minister M茅lanie Joly is in Washington, D.C. connecting with American officials and lawmakers. On Thursday, she is set to meet Republican senators Pete Ricketts and Lisa Murkowski and Democrat senators Tim Kaine and Maria Cantwell.

Public Safety Minister David McGuinty and Immigration Minister Marc Miller were travelling to Washington Thursday for meetings with various senators and members of TrumpB次元官网网址檚 team.

The three ministers are also set to meet with TrumpB次元官网网址檚 border czar Tom Homan on Friday afternoon.

Trump initially claimed his tariff threat was in response to what he called the failure by Canada and Mexico to curb the illegal flow of people and drugs across the border.

Trump didnB次元官网网址檛 implement the duties on his first day back in office, as heB次元官网网址檇 vowed to do, but later said theyB次元官网网址檇 hit both countries on Feb. 1.

The amount of drugs and people crossing CanadaB次元官网网址檚 border illegally is miniscule compared to the traffic over the U.S.-Mexico border. Still, Canada moved rapidly to appease TrumpB次元官网网址檚 concerns with a $1.3-billion border security plan.

There are additional helicopters and drones in the sky above the border and officers with canine units on the ground. Provincial governments have also boosted border resources.

In response to questions about a report in the Globe and Mail that said the federal government sent packages of video clips to Trump and his team, McGuinty said sharing video with the U.S. is not uncommon.

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Canadian officials are likely well aware that the president has an affinity for images and videos. It was reported during the first Trump administration that the president preferred his briefings short and full of photos, videos and graphics.

During his first administration and throughout his campaign last year, Trump often repeated lines from conservative Fox B次元官网网址 hosts. His new Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth is a former Fox B次元官网网址 personality.

Premiers have already taken advantage of the presidentB次元官网网址檚 viewing habits. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have made numerous appearances on Fox programs in an attempt to talk Trump out of hammering Canada with tariffs.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Canada has seen some success in making its case in direct conversations with state and federal lawmakers.

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Kinew, a former broadcaster himself, said thereB次元官网网址檚 value in selling CanadaB次元官网网址檚 border security plan through easily consumable images and videos.

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