By Ian Bickis Manitoba’s premier says he is open to returning U.S. booze to provincial shelves but wonders how reliable any deal will be with a U.S. president known for breaking his word. Wab Kinew made the comments on Winnipeg radio station 680 CJOB Thursday morning as Canada and the United States work to finalize a new trade deal to ward off further punishing tariffs on Canadian goods. It reportedly includes a better deal on steel tariffs, which Kinew acknowledged would benefit the Gerdau steel mill in Selkirk, Man., and other workers in the industry. But he said he would rather keep pushing to remove tariffs entirely than cut a bad deal. “If I were leading the country, I’d fight. I think we should fight this guy,” he told the…
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