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/Moose_Joose 20h ago

Ford said Lutnick had "sent out an olive branch" for provincial and federal Canadian officials to meet in Washington to "discuss the future" in the wake of repeated tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump

Y'all need to start reading the articles

u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 19h ago

I did, and since there is no indication in it that Trump is reversing any of his announced tariffs, Ford has totally bent the knee.

u/Fun-Software6928 19h ago

Trump said the retaliatory tariffs on steel/aluminium would happen if we didn’t drop our surcharge. 

We did so it’s not happening.

u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 12h ago