OTTAWA — Quebec's aluminum sector should be in line to receive "hundreds of millions of dollars" from a $5-billion fund to help sectors slammed by U.S. tariffs, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday.

Canadian aluminum and steel exports currently face 50 per cent U.S. tariffs. Nearly all of Canada's aluminum is produced in Quebec.

At a press conference in Montreal, Joly said the federal government hasn't determined yet exactly how the tariff support fund will be divided.

"The Quebec aluminum sector will get its fair share," she said. "And we believe that with the projects that are being discussed right now with Alcoa, with Rio Tinto and with Alouette, it's hundreds of millions of dollars."

Jean Simard, president of the Aluminum Association of Canada, joined Joly at the press confer

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