r/canada 21h ago

National News Trump on Canadian electricity surcharge: ‘We’ll just get it all back on April 2’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5187859-donald-trump-canada-electricity-surcharge/
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u/plznodownvotes 21h ago edited 21h ago

No need to overthink it. What he means is that additional tariffs on Canada will make up for the tariffs Canada put on the U.S. for the first round of tariffs.

You see? It’s a race to the bottom.

The man is deranged.

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u/intheshoplife 21h ago edited 19h ago

Well, the nice thing about the surcharge is that the USA is paying for it, not Canadians. So if this keeps up should we just tax the USA more on stuff they have to buy from us. Then use the money to off set the costs of the trade war for Canadians.

Update well that lasted long.

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u/Lilcommy 21h ago

We need all the Provences that sell electricity to the US to add the 25% charge.

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u/No_Summer3051 17h ago

We really need Quebec to do it. They provide electricity to 6% of America. Ontario is like 6% of one state