Canada's energy minister came to Washington this week to warn U.S. lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump's tariffs threat on Canada: They'd inflict economic pain on Americans, with higher prices and job losses.

In an op-ed in the U.S. publication The Hill, Quebec Premier François Legault made the case that tariffs on Canadian imports would hurt "the American economy, many of its businesses and especially ordinary Americans by causing a new inflationary surge.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers say all options are on the table to respond to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose devastating tariffs on Canada.