Ontario Premier Doug Ford ‘feels terrible for the American people’ but has issued several warnings
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada by revealing the province will charge 25 percent more for electricity.
President Donald Trump wasted no time signing off on multiple executive orders after being sworn in as the 47th president of the US in January, with one order signed in February imposing ‘catastrophic’ tariffs – including 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 20 percent on China.
With Trump suggesting the only solution for Canada to avoid the tariffs being it becoming the US’ ‘cherished 51st state,’ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by revealing counter-tariffs alongside warning the country was ‘in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures’
Premier of Ontario Doug Ford later threatened to shut off the power to 1.5 million US customers.
He told reporters if the US wants to ‘try to annihilate Ontario’ he will do ‘everything – including cutting off their energy with a smile on [his] face,’ and hit back ‘twice as hard’.
Despite apologizing to the American people and clarifying it’s not them but ‘[their] president that’s causing the problem,’ Ford has since unveiled the latest response to Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
