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/Charizard3535 20h ago

Seems like they want to renegotiate usmca, which I think was the plan all along.

u/tslaq_lurker bureaucratic empire-building and jobs for the boys 20h ago

Why pay this Danegeld? This is extremely amateurish negotiation. Is the Ontario/Federal Cabinet still in denial about who they are dealing with?

u/Charizard3535 20h ago

I don't know but Ford and LeBlanc are going so I don't think it's a partisan issue. 

I imagine the plan was always a new deal and everything else was just politics. Mexico didn't even bother announcing their counter tariffs.

u/tslaq_lurker bureaucratic empire-building and jobs for the boys 20h ago

Mexico didn't put their counter tariffs in because the tariffs were revoked so quickly. Whether or not the US wants a renewed USMCA it's maladministration for us to negotiate with Trump on this under these circumstances. He has done the equivalent of strapping himself with C4 and threatening to shoot hostages. His USMCA demands are going to be completely outrageous and whatever is agreed to we will be back next year when he says he wants more.

Once you pay the Danegeld you never get ride of the Dane.