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HIGH 14 — LOW -1 COMMUNITY REVIEW HAVE BLOG, WILL TRAVEL SERVING MANITOBA SINCE 1872 PROUDLY CANADIAN THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025 Scheme ‘not only ... reckless — it is illegal’ Dozen U.S. states sue Trump over ‘insane’ tariffs LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American econ- omy. The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has been subject to his “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authori- ty.” It challenged Trump’s claim that he could arbitrarily impose tariffs based on the International Emergency Eco- nomic Powers Act. The suit asks the court to declare the tariffs to be ille- gal, and to block government agencies and its officers from enforcing them. A message sent to the Justice Department for comment was not immediately returned. The states listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit were Oregon, Arizona, Colo- rado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexi- co, New York and Vermont. In a release, Arizona Attorney Gen- eral Kris Mayes called Trump’s tariff scheme “insane.” She said it was “not only economical- ly reckless — it is illegal.” The lawsuit maintained that only Congress has the power to impose tariffs and that the president can only invoke the International Emer- gency Economic Powers Act when an emergency presents an “unusual and extraordinary threat” from abroad. “By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the president has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy,” the lawsuit said. Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, sued the Trump administration in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California over the tariff policy, saying his state could lose billions of dollars in revenue as the largest importer in the country. Poll puts Liberals in slight lead A NEW Probe Research poll suggests the federal NDP’s chances of retaining seats in Manitoba have improved, while the incumbent Liberals continue to lead the Conservatives by a slight margin. The survey, released ahead of Monday’s general election, found 43 per cent of respondents (who are decided or leaning toward a party) support the Liberals and 40 per cent back the Tories, ahead of 15 per cent for the New Democrats. Among those polled in Winnipeg, the Liberals hold a wider lead over the Conservatives (50 per cent to 32 per cent), while NDP support climbed to 16 per cent. “The (Winnipeg) numbers kind of reflect what we’re seeing nationally — that Liberal support just starting to soften a little bit, and the Tories up just a tiny bit,” Probe Research partner Mary Agnes Welch said. “The thing that is kind of quite interesting in our numbers is that NDP rebound — not totally, maybe not enough — but there’s a cadre of voters that are returning to the NDP in these final days of the race.” A March survey suggested sup- port within Manitoba for the New Democrats, led by Jagmeet Singh, dropped to nine per cent from 22 per cent in February. The poll put Mark Carney’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives in a tight race (at 44 per cent and 42 per cent, respectively). Welch said some traditional NDP supporters are gravitating back to the party after an “anti-Tory vote” coalesced around Carney earlier in the campaign amid signs of strategic voting. CHRIS KITCHING Singh rallies NDP amid bleak polling NEW Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh returned to Winnipeg to call on supporters to “dig deep” in Elmwood-Transcona, one of the few ridings where the party remains a strong contender in the province, Wednesday evening. Singh, joined by the riding’s NDP candidate Leila Dance, labour leaders and other New Democrat candidates including Leah Gazan and Niki Ashton, encouraged orange voters to stay the course in a rousing rally outside of Dance’s campaign office in Transcona. “I know there’s a lot of folks who would want us to just be quiet, not complain, stay on the side, give up. But that’s never going to happen,” he said to cheers from several hundred supporters. “We’re never going to back down, we’re never going to give up, we’re always going to fight for people.” Singh warned of a possible Liberal majority as public opinion polls suggest the NDP could lose official party status. “(When) the Liberals have the power, we’ve seen this story before, they forget people, they forget ev- eryday folks, and they only serve the interests of the very top,” he said. While polling may seem bleak elsewhere, the hopeful energy from the crowd may have some merit in Manitoba. A Probe Research survey released Wednesday suggests that, despite NDP polling numbers plum- meting across Canada, support for the party in Manitoba has actually gained some momentum in the past few weeks. MALAK ABAS POLL PROBE RESEARCH NDP support in province rises as crunch time nears ● POLL, CONTINUED ON A5 ● TARIFFS, CONTINUED ON A2 ● SINGH, CONTINUED ON A4 DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, centre, rallies with Elmwood-Transcona NDP candidate Leila Dance, front left, and supporters during a campaign stop in the riding Wednesday. Leader zeroes in on tight but winnable race in Elmwood-Transcona ;