Ontario slaps 25% levy on U.S.-bound electricity in latest trade war volley

[shockedcanadian]

Ford was warned that America and Americans will pursue local energy sources if Canada applies reverse tariffs. Steel and aluminum tariffs are coming soon so our backs are against the wall I guess.

We will see if this comes to fruition or not. That would be a horrible outcome for Ontario and it would sinks Fords legacy for good, not that there is a much of a positive legacy to speak of really.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-electricity-tariffs-ford-trump-1.7479180

Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on all U.S.-bound electricity as part of its retaliatory measures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods.

The new levy took effect Monday and will add about $10 per megawatt-hour to the cost of power heading south, the province says. It will generate an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day, money that will be used to support workers and businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.

"Believe me when I say I do not want to do this," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said at a news conference Monday.

 

[rightwinger]

Gotta love a Trade War

Thanks President Trump

 

[Maxdeath]

Will not last long because tariffs can always go higher and I have no doubt the U.S. will stop using Canadas electricity

 

[marvin martian]

Gotta love a Trade War

Thanks President Trump

Do you support Canadian tariffs on American goods?

 

[shockedcanadian]

Will not last long because tariffs can always go higher and I have no doubt the U.S. will stop using Canadas electricity

Trump knows he has all the card. Unlike other countries, Canada likes to keep a kakistocracy and covert police state by enforcing the caste and destroying lives.

Even communist leaders are smart enough to leverage their talent, not destroy it (though power abusers do destroy talented people in such systems too).

Now all the souls they forced our, destroyed or stymied would have been great assets to have but they are now in the U.S, Japan or working in a warehouse. A fate Musk would have realized if he had stayed in Canada I assure you.

 

[ThisIsMe]

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Ford was warned that America and Americans will pursue local energy sources if Canada applies reverse tariffs. Steel and aluminum tariffs are coming soon so our backs are against the wall I guess.

We will see if this comes to fruition or not. That would be a horrible outcome for Ontario and it would sinks Fords legacy for good, not that there is a much of a positive legacy to speak of really.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-electricity-tariffs-ford-trump-1.7479180

Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on all U.S.-bound electricity as part of its retaliatory measures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods.

The new levy took effect Monday and will add about $10 per megawatt-hour to the cost of power heading south, the province says. It will generate an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day, money that will be used to support workers and businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.

"Believe me when I say I do not want to do this," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said at a news conference Monday.

didn't trump put a pause on Canadian tariffs? They decided to keep all of their tariffs anyway?

 

[shockedcanadian]

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didn't trump put a pause on Canadian tariffs? They decided to keep all of their tariffs anyway?

Nothing worse than a Police State scorned...

 

[rightwinger]

Do you support Canadian tariffs on American goods?

Tariffs that were negotiated by Trump

 

[Frankenstein]

Tariffs that were negotiated by Trump

answer the question!

 

[theHawk]

Tariffs that were negotiated by Trump

So why did Ford blink and walk back the 25% tax?

Womp womp.

 

[marvin martian]

Tariffs that were negotiated by Trump

Trump doesn't set Canadian tariffs on American goods. Do you support Canadian tariffs on American goods?

They've been around for decades, this should be an easy one for you.