Could ending a water treaty help Canada fight U.S. tariffs?

The Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries. As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian products and electricity, calls to end the water treaty are getting louder. Correction: An earlier version of this description incorrectly referred to the Boundary Waters Treaty, a legal agreement between Canada and the U.S. broadly governing the use of shared waters. In fact, this story focuses on the Columbia River Treaty, which applies to the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers on both sides of the border. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3TnHioe Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.