OTTAWA - Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is defending his government's quick backtracking on retaliatory tariffs against seafood and fish imports from the United States.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs will take effect September 8

"We will support our workers, our businesses and our industries with whatever it takes, for as long as it takes," Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on…