Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he and other premiers continue to band together to remind politicians south of the border of the critical trade relationship between Canada and the U.S.

Canadian leaders have made a number of trips in recent months to advocate against 25 per cent tariffs proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, and Kinew says a group of premiers will head to Washington on Feb. 12 to continue those efforts.

"If there's a Trump tariff tax, that's going to raise prices on consumers in…