Dominic Leblanc, Carney's solution for Trump's tariff war; Family, salary and net assets of the Minister of Commerce in Canada-USA

A loud critic of the American President Donald Trump as Minister of Commerce of Canada-USA is Prime Minister Mark Carney's answer to the trade war between the two North American neighbors. Carney presented his new cabinet on Tuesday (May 13th) and received the legislator of New Brunswick, Dominic Leblanc as Minister of Commerce of Canada-USA. Liflanc's biggest challenge does not differ from his colleagues around the world – who deals with the tariffs of US President Donald Trump.

Leblanc, who was the country's finance ministers from mid -December 2024 to April 2025, had “destroyed” Trump's move after the tariffs came into force as “to destroy the economic relationship between the two nations”.

In April in April in April in response to the introduction of tariffs in Canadian steel and aluminum by the US government. His solution was to implement mutual tariffs for a number of US goods to protect the Canadian industries and to assert the country's economic sovereignty.
He has maintained open communication lines with US officials, including the trading secretary Howard Lutnick, to find constructive solutions, and emphasized the importance of diplomacy and cooperation, whereby the Canada will be firmly against unfair trading practices, but is still committed to both usage resolutions for ongoing disputes.

Lebranc said that the “goal of the Canadian government” is to get rid of the trump government's punitive tariffs and build up economic partnerships with other countries.

After the announcement, he posted on X and said: “Thank you, Prime Minister @Markjcarney, that he is commissioning me to be commissioned by the role of the President of the President of the Privy Councilor of the King of Canada and the Minister of Canada US-USA, and a Canadian economy.

Who is Dominic Leblanc?

He is the son of the former Governor Roméo Leblanc and Joslyn “Lyn” Carter and was born on December 14, 1967 in Ottawa.
As a lawyer of training, he represented New Brunswick's Bauséjour -riding and married Jolène Richard, a former lawyer of Moncton, who became a judge at the New Brunswick provincial court in 2003. The couple lives in Moncton and has an adult stepson.

While public office owners in Canada do not disclose flat -rate assets, the official remuneration of Leblanc is transparent. His assets and details of assets are not known.

Until April 1, 2025, a basic salary of a MP from the Backbench Member on CAD 211,000 CAD, and the cabinet minister, of whom LeBlanc is one, collected around CAD 311,500, including the ministerial allowances every year.

Future of Canada-USA under Leblanc

After the leadership of Leblanc, the trade relationships in Canada and the USA are ready to change, although the tariff war is likely to have much less blows.

Due to its long -term relationship with the most important US numbers and its new agenda “One Canadian Economy”, Leblanc will urge to gradually relieve tariff and combine WTO challenges with targeted exceptions and at the same time accelerate the diversification of Canadian trade in the direction of Europe and Asia.

His appointment has drawn mixed reactions. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce commissioned the move as “intelligent, hard and experienced”, while opposition conservatives criticized the admission of several Minister of Trudeau era as a whole as evidence of “more of the same” if real changes are required.

Prime Minister Carney demonstrated a cut -off cabinet with 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of the state, which were commissioned by 39 years to combat punishment duties and a “Canadian economy” by removing the internal trade barriers by July 1st.

Carney emphasized that “our workers and companies are still exposed to the unfair tariffs of the United States. My government will fight for Canadians.”

“Canada has what the world needs and we defend the values ​​that respected the world,” he added.