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Ontario will impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota starting Monday in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier Doug Ford warned U.S. governors and vowed to maintain the surcharge until all tariffs are lifted.

Canada has already imposed $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs, with more planned.

Ford also threatened to cut power to the states by April and banned U.S. firms from bidding on Ontario contracts. A $100M SpaceX deal for rural internet was also scrapped in response.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Kudos to the Canadians and Canadiens! I ordered another pair of Baffin boots, Made in Canada, last week.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Based Doug Ford was not on my 2025 bingo card.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Looks like Crude Oil Tax would be FAR more effective.

[–] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When Trump said "America is back!" did he mean in the back of the line? Cause that's where we're at fellas.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In healthcare, we've been back of the line for decades.

[–] TheresNodiee@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ironically, while Ford might be doing a pretty good job staying tough against Trump, he's doing his level best to try to drive Ontario right to the back of that healthcare line as well. So save us a spot?

[–] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's he doing? I'm ootl.

[–] TheresNodiee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Just the usual conservative tactic of underfunding public healthcare to push brake healthcare practitioners and patients into privatised healthcare services, which leaves public healthcare services understaffed and just further snowballs into worse staffing issues at public healthcare services and leaves the state of access to healthcare in the province in an abysmal state.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Why are mostly blue states getting punished for shithead? They should be focusing on red states. They’re the ones who voted for this nonsense.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

If they don’t like it, they need to find a way to hold their president accountable. Trump can end this conflict with a word. Until then, we do what we have to.

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if ON can impose a 25% surcharge solely on Michigan? Ultimately, it doesn't really matter. Plenty of people from Minnesota (47%) and New York (43 %) voted for this nonsense.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Eh, upstate NY is probably all red, save for perhaps part of Albany. NY State and NY City are very, very different.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

In addition to the other answers, there are still red districts in blue states, such as NY-21 currently held by Stefanik and has a large border with Canada.

[–] ycnz@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 month ago

Because, it turns out, that blue states and red states are part of the same country. I think it's a stupid way to do things, but that's what you guys have settled on.

[–] Policeshootout@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know all the facts but maybe if more people.votrd in the first place Donald wouldn't have won? Maybe not.. But Americans should be pushing back and they haven't done anything yet but complain online. Pushing any single one of them to take action is better than only attempting to punish the ones who don't even care.

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately they are the ones getting power provided to them from Ontario.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Canada can't exactly cut off power to Texas

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

However, we're willing to export our Arctic Vortices to Texas free of any additional levies.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Texas handles their own outages perfectly well.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 35 points 1 month ago

USA is USA.

People outside of the USA will treat you the same as you treat any other nation. Does trumps tariffs only target the liberal provinces?

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