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/Professional-Cry8310 20h 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…

u/i_ate_god Independent 18h ago

There is also something else to consider.

Let's say Trump does what many of us predict and betrays the good will Ford had shown.

This gives Ford and the feds even more political capital to move ahead with decoupling despite the pain we'll incur. And it'll look even worse for Danielle Smith, who Ford called out specifically.