Mr Trudeau’s comments to business and labour leaders in a closed-door session were mistakenly carried by a loudspeaker, Canada’s public broadcaster CBC reported.
“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want to be able to benefit from those,” Mr Trudeau reportedly said.
In a post on social platform X, Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labor, confirmed what Mr Trudeau said.
Mr Trump has repeatedly suggested Canada would be better off if it agreed to become the 51st US state.
Speaking in Toronto at the opening of a one-day summit on the Canada-US economic relationship, Mr Trudeau said the country must work with the US to avoid tariffs, adding that Canada needs to eliminate internal trade barriers and expand its trade with other nations.
Mr Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on threats to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, with another 10% tariff on Canadian oil, natural gas and electricity.
Mr Trudeau said Canada can use the 30-day extension to show US officials the country’s increased spending on border security. Canada has announced a 1.3 billion Canadian dollars (£729 million) border security plan that includes drones, helicopters, more border guards and the creation of a joint task force.
“We need to be very deliberate about how we continue to engage closely with the United States to make the case that Canada is responsible for a tiny part of the North American fentanyl problem, but that we are also bitterly touched by this tragedy,” Trudeau said.
“We need to be ready to respond robustly,” he said. “We also have to be ready to support Canadians through the responses we’re giving and through a difficult time of tariffs.”
Mr Trudeau said it is also time to have “genuine free trade in Canada”, while strengthening its trade relationships with other countries.
“It’s clear that we can’t just tinker around the edges with incremental steps right now,” she said in a statement.
“We’ve got to be bold so that businesses and communities can pivot to be more resilient and less reliant on what happens in the U.S.”
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