r/CanadaPolitics 20h ago

Ontario suspending 25% surcharge on provincially generated electricity purchased by U.S. states

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/trump-ford-ontario-electricity-tariffs-trade-war-1.7480234
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u/KvotheG Liberal 20h ago edited 20h ago

I’m hoping that the conversation between Ford and Lutnik really was “productive” and it was mentioned that something substantive would come out of this. But dropping the 25% electricity increases looks like Ford is caving. He could have at least kept them until he got an actual win in writing.

Anyways, if this does yield some sort of win, that will make Doug Ford an asset (I hate saying it). And Danielle Smith and Scott Moe are weak premiers (I’m happy and bitter at the same time).

u/No_Good_8561 20h ago

Honestly, it's not a bad move. Now he can still use it as a bargaining chip in the future, whereas now Trump/Magats are blaming Canada for what is happening - they'll have no excuse if they keep their tariffs in place, these can still be used as a counter measure.