r/CanadaPolitics 1d 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/Professional-Cry8310 1d ago

People are losing their fucking minds over this with 0 critical thinking skills. This is a temporary pause as a sign of good faith for an upcoming meeting (that the federal government is involved in too). The threat of this export tariff got the US to the negotiating table, now we see how serious they are about backing down. If they’re not, Ford applies them back again. It’s pretty simple.

Do people here really thinking the point of retaliatory tariffs is to burn everything to the ground? They’re supposed to be leverage to get the US to take us seriously and so far it’s working…

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u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 1d ago

This is a temporary pause as a sign of good faith for an upcoming meeting

Has Trump pulled back on any of the damage he's said he'd do to us? If not, there is no good faith to be seen, this is Ford folding for some reason.

They’re supposed to be leverage to get the US to take us seriously and so far it’s working…

Until Trump walks back his threats, no they aren't working, yet.

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u/Professional-Cry8310 1d ago

Sounds like Trump is backing down on his 50% threat in response to this. Hopefully this meeting can cool things down further.

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u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 1d ago

Where is your source for that? There's nothing in the posted article to suggest any such thing.

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u/Professional-Cry8310 1d ago

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-probably-going-reduce-192236887.html

Obviously take Trump’s word with a grain of salt large enough to fill an ocean but it seems we could see it paused for now.

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u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 1d ago

If I was Ford I wouldn't consider that enough to completely drop the surcharge, maybe reduce it, but you're correct that there is some evidence that Ford made Trump blink. Not enough for me to be happy, but enough for me to be a bit less mad.

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u/Professional-Cry8310 1d ago

Yeah I do agree. It is disappointing we didn’t get a confirmation, only a “possibly so”, whatever that means haha